Comment on degree in bamf

Nacktmull@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Taking credit for the work of people who are barely even credited in the first place is… a way of responding. If only she had disappeared behind the curtain for a moment, re-emerging with everyone there with big hair and guitars and eye shadow and screamed “we are McCarty and the Et Als!!!”

  Oh well; next time.

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  • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    She drew attention to her being the/an author of the paper rather than just being a naming coincidence (or family relation, etc).

    Adding the et al was likely for that effect, rather than an attempt to take credit for other authors’ work, imo

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• thechadwick@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We’re all et al on this glorious day!

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  • perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My friends just call me Al.

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    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can you call me Betty?

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    • Socsa@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hello Al, I’m Et.

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    • DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Alright Allen Iverson… Or is it just Al. Can’t tell with damn LlIi

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      • beebarfbadger@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh, that reminds me:

        l ll ll L

        I’m at a loss as to what you are trying to say.

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      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        :.|:;

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  • Chef@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Speak for yourself.

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• ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe et al was their last name.

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• theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Common misunderstanding - her full name is “Jessica McCarty Et Al”

  from SMBC comics, 4 panels. Narrator: I realized something. Man, at home, to himself: Wait: Scientists no longer know any Latin Narrator: This presented an opportunity for a first mover Man, at an office: Hi, I’d like to get my name changed Narrator: the means were not entirely honorable Man, giving talk: Hello, ladies and gentlemen Narrator: But I am now the most cited researcher in history Man: My name is - “Et Al” Audience gasps

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  • Nacktmull@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is that her father?

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    • theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, Papa Et Al registered Et Al as his family name, and combined names when he got married

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• MalachaiConstant@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Et al” is a pretty funny honorific though

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• Socsa@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  She’s so prolific, one mere mortal body is insufficient for her bamfness.

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