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NJCher

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32. In the last few weeks

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 03:32 AM

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Someone posted an article from Scientific American in the Science forum.

I read the article, finding it quite fascinating, and composed a response using Windows notepad. I had a few outside sources of my own, and I checked my spelling to be sure I was correct, and all in all probably spent a good 20 minutes on that post. Maybe more.

Big surprise! My proposed post was all for nothing because a post from Scientific American was considered inappropriate for the Science forum! It was deleted!

Now you tell me how an article from Scientific American is not scientific.

I sent the poster a DM thanking him for bringing attention to the article and also I expressed regret that it had been deleted for being off topic. This poster responded by saying he was a bit befuddled by an article from Scientific American being judged off topic.

Moral of the story: we’re all just people here and people make mistakes.

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Some days are like that. blm Monday #2

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