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by abecedarius 732 days ago
The other day, I was reading a chemistry book at the point where it "helpfully" listed four different mnemonics for the same thing -- cations vs. anions, or maybe it was cathodes vs. anodes, or anyway, you know, something in that vicinity.

I just let my eyes skip over that list. I refuse to be the Jaguar in "Just-So Stories" https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/79/just-so-stories/1294/the-begin...