Sources Memes

The academic equivalent of money laundering! Instead of directly citing Wikipedia (academic taboo), savvy students skip to the reference section and cite those original sources instead. It's the scholarly version of "I know a guy who knows a guy." Professors think you spent hours in dusty library stacks, but really you just scrolled to the bottom of the page. The tuxedo Pooh represents that extra layer of sophistication when you actually read none of those sources but still get an A. Citation inception at its finest!

Every scientist knows this pain. You present your findings at a conference, and some bearded guy in the third row demands "sources?" for basic knowledge. First, you stay calm. Then you politely mention your references. By the third interruption, you're sobbing "IT'S LITERALLY IN EVERY TEXTBOOK SINCE 1962!" This is Hitchens' Razor in action: extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, but asking for citations on well-established facts is just academic torture. Next time someone asks you to prove water is wet, just hand them a glass and walk away.