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Woah! This is the first time I've seen a new comic without an explanation. It's pretty weird. [[User:SilverTheTerribleMathematician|SilverTheTerribleMathematician]] ([[User talk:SilverTheTerribleMathematician|talk]]) 02:36, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 
Woah! This is the first time I've seen a new comic without an explanation. It's pretty weird. [[User:SilverTheTerribleMathematician|SilverTheTerribleMathematician]] ([[User talk:SilverTheTerribleMathematician|talk]]) 02:36, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 
:You just need to have checked at the right (or wrong?) time, which is different every publication day so you can't generally predict it. But at least three readers find empty explanations every week, and now it's your turn!.  ''OR'', maybe this is just the first time you've unknowingly checked the placebo wiki... ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.75|172.70.91.75]] 02:54, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 
:You just need to have checked at the right (or wrong?) time, which is different every publication day so you can't generally predict it. But at least three readers find empty explanations every week, and now it's your turn!.  ''OR'', maybe this is just the first time you've unknowingly checked the placebo wiki... ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.75|172.70.91.75]] 02:54, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
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04:10, 19 January 2023 (UTC)~ Comment on the title text. IRB is an Institutional Review Board, which I guess is a committee that decides if research is ethical and ok to do. The title text refers g to a placebo IRB, which I suppose is a fake IRB that can approve research as part of an experiment to determine the real effects of IRBs. Or something.

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Woah! This is the first time I've seen a new comic without an explanation. It's pretty weird. SilverTheTerribleMathematician (talk) 02:36, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

You just need to have checked at the right (or wrong?) time, which is different every publication day so you can't generally predict it. But at least three readers find empty explanations every week, and now it's your turn!. OR, maybe this is just the first time you've unknowingly checked the placebo wiki... ;) 172.70.91.75 02:54, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

04:10, 19 January 2023 (UTC)~ Comment on the title text. IRB is an Institutional Review Board, which I guess is a committee that decides if research is ethical and ok to do. The title text refers g to a placebo IRB, which I suppose is a fake IRB that can approve research as part of an experiment to determine the real effects of IRBs. Or something.