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I feel like “Not an ichthyologist” is a bit confusing way for an ichthyologist to sign their email

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That’s how the Spanish Ichquisition gets you.

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True.

Not an herringtic

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you have to keep them on their toes

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I… Don’t get this one. What am I missing?

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I think the lack of the trailing comma is the clue here. The first three are email signatures. The last one is just saying “I’m not an ichthyologist”.

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Why is there such an overlap between marine biology and love of puns? Has anyone done a study yet?

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I think there’s an overlap in general between scientists and puns, I’ve seen posts like this from all fields

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as an autistic person, i imagine that might have something to do with it 😂 i feel like a lot of scientists and researchers are on the spectrum at least a little bit.

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Sea Me: People Looking at People Looking at Animals Underwater

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When I saw studying marine bio I was told classes would thin out when “the people who just want to swim with dolphins wash out.” Maybe there’s a similar filter people with no joy in life who don’t like puns.

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Quick, survey the people who like swimming with dolphins and see if they disproportionately hate puns!

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Fun fact: dolphins hate puns almost as much as they hate Alan Alda.

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“Gone fishing”

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Depending on the level of professionalism

)><,^-))'>

Or

=D rew

Unfortunately my ichthyology days are seemingly forever behind me (Maine biology with freshwater fisheries and marine economy specialties). Nowadays I sit in a lab and write reports for sales people.

Thanks for the advice davidgro!

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Put a \ before the ^

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Sleep with the fishies

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Ayy lmao

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Sleep with the fish boners

Em, … I mean fish sticks … fish bones, yes, fish bones, that’s the one!

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