Put Them on the arXiv

PLEASE DO NOT THROW PAPERS INTO THE TOILET put them on the arXiv

A bathroom sign asks people not to throw papers into the toilet, but someone adds the handwritten instruction “put them on the arXiv.” The joke plays on the double meaning of “papers” and the academic preprint repository arXiv, turning a practical toilet notice into a nerdy research joke.

• @profunctor_io / 550 2018-01-16
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