What is with this series of emails?
this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2026
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It's a bunch of jokes for our viewing pleasure? At least I think that's what's with them.
Okay so it's just a bit I guess. It is silly but I've been kinda struggling to enjoy them... I guess it's something to do with the real-ish format. Idk, probably just some tism on my part
Idk, probably just some tism on my part
Well you've come to the right place
Science memes is legit one of my favorite places haha
It's a creative writing exercise someone is posting to Lemmy in exchange for upvotes.
a meme that I personally would have suspicions about it's origin considering it paints a black academic woman in a bad light.
This is the first time we get a face to the name “Faith”. These emails are obviously jokes. That you’re spinning this into a race issue tells more about you than OP.
No it isn't. See my other reply, she was the one who originally broke the story of her masters thesis being rejected because she mentioned her boyfriend, publically on her tiktok profile which shows her face.
I still question the motives behind the original author.
All characters are, as far as I am aware, Kenyan. I find it very weird that you consider the skin colour of faith to be a sign of anything.
Well I decided to look into it a bit. It seems like the original Faith ran into trouble for dedicating her Masters thesis to her boyfriend.
I cannot find the OP amongst that particular story which was reported on a lot of low-effort quasi-journalistic outlets (think Buzzfeed but less well known).
Might it be the case these are copycat meme creators who are creating these memes to capitalize on a trend/news event and are impersonating the original author for - at best a laugh, at worse for an ulterior motive?
I don't think it's "weird" to question these motives. I think its perfectly reasonable to suggest that this anonymous screenshot should be subject to critical thought.
Thank you for the context!
Found this gem:
"I will get migraines imagining this thesis in libraries is credited to a boyfriend who likely doesn't even know what SPSS is," Prof Kutaywa wrote
Reminds me of David throne
& Ted the caver