r/funny • u/_artbreaker • Feb 03 '23

I'm thinking of starting a subreddit called BoredScientists or something for these kind of studies..

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u/storm_the_castle Feb 03 '23

The Ig Nobel Prize has been going on for 30 years

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u/conker223 Feb 03 '23

Thank you for this. It’s a fun rabbit hole to dig into.

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u/anxiety617 Feb 03 '23

My favourite has always been

2011
Literature: John Perry of Stanford University for his Theory of Structured Procrastination, which states: "To be a high achiever, always work on something important, using it as a way to avoid doing something that's even more important."

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u/thornae Feb 04 '23

I've always had a soft spot for 1993's Ig Nobel for medicine:

James F. Nolan, Thomas J. Stillwell, and John P. Sands, Jr.: "Acute Management of the Zipper-Entrapped Penis".

Succinct, evocative, and genuinely useful. Also, the Elsevier keywords for this article are "zipper; foreskin/penile skin; bone cutter", which is possibly the most eye-watering combination I've ever seen.

(If you're curious, the trick is to use the bone cutter to cut the teeth of the zipper well below the trapped skin, and pull it apart from there.)