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Tom Smejka
Tom Smejka is lecturer at the faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.
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Why I’m Leaving Maastricht
"My hatred of carnaval is a hill I will happily die on, especially because death would guarantee that I never have to hear carnavals’ 'music' again"
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The Good, The Bald and The Ugly
"Perhaps the rise in hair transplants for men, does represent a kind of gender equality… the evil capitalist kind"
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Don’t Kiss Me, I’m British
"While I say “hug” we’re still British so it’s often more of a one-armed back pat"
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Why are you booing me? I’m right!
"Now more than ever, we need to be ready to jump on misinformation with a well placed "um, actually…'"
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Code Breaker
"I have hidden a puzzle within this text"