Depressed Scientist Dwayne's a middle aged man who had his doctorates degree in astronomy. He spent his whole life trying to find the secrets of the Universe, to truly find out what Dark Matter is really made of. He struggles and struggles and eventually falls into a deep depression. He gives up and feels defeated, his whole life is a failure.. So he turns off the lights and sits in his office, loads his gun, and sticks it to his temple. Suddenly, right when he needed his friends the most, his c…

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So I got this email at work today... Subject: HS Graduation in Detroit High School Graduation In Detroit: A student played high school football in Detroit. He was a great running back, but a really poor student. At graduation, he didn't have enough credits but he was a great football star and the students held a rally and demanded the principal give him a diploma anyway. They were so insistent that the principal agreed if Dwayne could answer ONE question correctly he would give him a diploma. Th…

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Another: Isaac Asimov's ""Death of a Foy"" It was extremely unusual for a Foy to be dying on Earth. They were the highest social class on their planet (with a name which was pronounced -- as nearly as Earthly throats could make the sounds -- Sortibackenstrete) and were virtually immortal. Every Foy, of course, came to voluntary death eventually, and this one had given up because of an ill-starred love affair, if you can call it a love affair where five individuals, in order to reproduce, must in…

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