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[escardos]

hey guys! happy vday and stuff! quick q!

how much time needs to pass for grave robbing to become archaeology? like, if i pull a gold bracelet out of a pyramid, i've made an archaeological find. if i pull one out of the common graveyard, i'm a dick. whats the waiting period for looting the dead?

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[escardos]

woah so that's how museums get their content?!

[nor_iron_bars]

sometimes.
other times, it's how a dude who made his fortune in coke dealing gets that 13th century French tapestry he's always wanted.

[escardos]

huh...

i do think that some ppl would see that as grave robbing though?

[nor_iron_bars]

that's cause it is.
archaeology is just graverobbing with better PR.
y'know, for nerds.

[escardos]

grave robbing can totally be nerdy! it just needs a better reputation!

[nor_iron_bars]

well you know what they say:
"be the force of moderate to highly illegal change you want to see in the academic community."

[Jail, no one says that but you.]

[escardos]

i dont want prof moriarty to be angry at me tho ): he’s already going through a lot, he doesn’t need more stress.

[nor_iron_bars]

sounds like a conversation you should be having with him, then.

[Privately, Jail feels that the "Napoleon of Crime" maybe can't tell people not to get in legal trouble without being a hypocrite, but hey. It's not her problem.]

[escardos]

i will try! maybe he’ll let me if i go with a supervisor? @ 128nemesis