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Certain hobbies set off warning bells (slrpnk.net)
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[โ€“] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The seemingly nonsensical information in the pokedex, like a pokemon that's hotter than the sun or size to weight ratios calculating out to absurdly high or low densities, actually makes more sense when you realize it's all written by unsupervised ten year old kids who are pulling numbers out of their asses.

[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

No wonder none of the pokemon "professors" talk about their degree or academic institutions, either