试着来点儿有幽默感的东西吧。水平有限,只是提供个思路。东西还很粗糙,希望大家
来完善。我想要的是好笑但影射Nature的傲慢和虚伪。最好有高手能够做成卡通对话放
在Youtube上。
不知道直接指名道姓有没有问题。不过Noah Gray太狂了,实在忍不住要恶搞他一下。
How to become a Nature editor
(Noa Gra is twittering on his computer while his daughter comes in).
Daughter (burbing): Daddy, I lost in our school's burger eating contest
today!
Noa Gra: What? You and your boyfriend won easily last year! You got all my
eating genes.
Daughter (still burbing): Mulan, beat me in girl's competition.She is now
like a super star at school. My boyfriend still won in boy's.
Noa Gra(thinking): Hmm... Let's do something. Tell you what,
I can
publish an online news in Nature and picture Mulan as a cheater.
Daughter: But it does not sound scientific.
Noa Gra: Well, I can make it look like scientific. Now tell me more about
the contest.
Daughter: She finished 36 in 10 minutes and I ate 32. My boyfriend's number
was 42.
Noa Gra: My reporter Audre Richar can submit an article like "Why great
burger eating contest raise suspicions - 'Performance profiling' could help
to catch cheaters in contests". He got a master degree in microbiology and
he can count numbers. He can suggest that Mulan was doping by saying that
she improved her personal best by 5 burgers in just 2 weeks.
Daugher: But it wasn't 5 burgers in 2 weeks, it was 4 burgers in one year.
Noa Gra: Don't worry, if they find out, we can change it back. Audre will
also point out that Mulan ate 8 in the final 2 minutes and your boyfriend
only
did 7. People then must be thinking how can a girl beat a boy. She must be
doping.
Daughter: But Mulan's friends won't be happy. They may say you are biased.
Noa Gra: I am sure that they will make a lot of emotional comments. We know
what to delete and what to keep, you know,we call it according to our "
Community Guidelines." They will look ugly. I will say they are too
sensitive and emontional. Don't worry, if Audre mess up, I will cover his
ass. You know,I am the editor. When people are too angry, I can change the
subtile to something like"'Performance profiling' could help to dispel
doubts". If I mess up, the chief editor will cover my ass. You know, he has
a nice template starting with "I am sorry" but easily sugar-coats almost
anything and never makes an apology. You know,just insist this is about
science. He is really good at it. That is the reason why he is the boss.
Noa Gra: But Daddy, can you sleep well after all these?
Noa Gra: Shut up, you asked too many questions. Just listen, learn from me
and one day you can also be a Nature editor. Come on, look at my twitter, I
got a lot of followers.