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I have a presentation that I gave on philosophy of science for scientists (as a scientist who has been increasingly interested in that discipline as a hobby interest), and one of my slides had this image, which describes the scientific method in terms of "fuck around and find out". The context of the presentation was such that this kind of joke wasn't inappropriate (and was a useful way to break the tension and not make a bunch of scientists feel patronised that I was clarifying how the scientific method is defined), but I can definitely imagine a world where at a larger conference, someone like you would have to tell me off for that slide
I hated that job because I inherited 75% of my boss' responsibilities (this included) when he quit but I was always pretty nice - and most speakers were just like "lol damn u got me, sorry"
In the 4-5 years I was screening decks, only one person was a dick. And if you guessed it was because I said he couldn't promote his paid online course for half his presentation, you'd be right! Every other slide had something like "Learn more about this at [www.shitbagscumbag.com/givememoney]"
He flipped his shit asking why he'd even present if he couldn't advertise. I didn't even reply, I just forwarded the email to the meeting director. They barred him from the meeting and I think he lost his membership.