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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You got me. This one is too good.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The first tell was the author using the first person, and the next tell was the piano falling.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago

2 Miami-Dade College, Kendall, FL, USA Department of Fictional Geology

Thankful I saw that first, very relieved.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I only read the abstract. So I missed the piano falling part entirely.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There are pokédex entry # for fossils!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

That is exactly what clued me in.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

“I first went about the humane capture of the wildlife of C-100. A few peacocks were caught with bear traps, an iguana was captured via a falling piano,  and a peacock bass was shot in the face with a shotgun, all in line with the standards set by the Florida Constitution [3].”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

You missed the pokedex entries too!

[–] Semjaza 2 points 3 days ago

My fave part was the expired crispr kits, arbitrarily cut off at desired date.