Reject Modernity, Embrace Top Hat

Reject Modernity, Embrace Top Hat
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Modern chemistry: spending years on research for a minuscule improvement that'll be irrelevant before your paper clears peer review. Meanwhile, Victorian chemists were out there licking unknown compounds and declaring "splendid taste, old chap!" before promptly discovering three elements and inventing a new dye industry between breakfast and tea time. Back when science had style and the periodic table still had plenty of blank spaces labeled "adventure opportunities." Sure, they occasionally poisoned themselves, but they did it while looking fabulous in formal wear!

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