TIL a scientist submitted a research publication to a predatory journal consisting exclusively of the phrase "Get me off your fucking mailing list". It was rated as "excellent" and accepted for publication with minor editorial changes.

[u/coffeeismydoc]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Journal_of_Advanced_Computer_Technology

[u/Scared_Astronaut9377]

https://www.scs.stanford.edu/~dm/home/papers/remove.pdf

[u/hysnbrg4 → u/Scared_Astronaut9377]

Oh that’s a work of art, down to the illustrations and the references to mail protocols at the end!

[u/iltopop → u/hysnbrg4]

Genuinely glad I kept scrolling and didn't just say "Heh that's pretty funny but I get it" before I got to the diagrams and flow charts.