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[–] [email protected] 77 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm an anthropologist studying societal collapses like this one

[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm a safety expert specializing in hazardous environments, like this one.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm a criminologist studying kidnappings like this one

[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am a metaphysicist studying meta jokes

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I was going to tell you a time travel joke.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You did, ans it was great. See you in 1986.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When you told me to tell you to not time travel, I never expected it to come in the form of a lemmy post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Danger, danger close. Don't listen to this duckless. You know what I mean.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago

Computer simulations, like this one.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Oooh I'm definitely gonna use this:

I'm a sound engineer, I deal with sound waves like this one

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago (2 children)

A lot of sentences undergo startling shifts in mood if you add 'like this one' to the end, but high on the list is 'I'm a neurologist studying dreams'.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

I'm a consultant for blood patterns left at violent crime scenes like this one.

Dexter morgan

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

I'm a computer engineer investigating federated services, like this one!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

You're a neurodivergent experiencing schizophrenic episodes like this one.