Academic Pick me

A person that doesn’t put in any effort at school or work and then complains when they are failing.

Jason: why am I failing English?
Katie: you haven’t read the book and you haven’t even started the paper that’s due tomorrow.
Jason: but I don’t understand why I’m failing!
Katie: It’s because your an Academic Pick me!

by Virum69.99 February 2, 2023

Academic Picking

The scholarly malpractice of selectively citing only the literature, methodologies, or data that support one's hypothesis or theoretical allegiance, while ignoring or dismissing significant contrary work. This creates an artificial consensus within a publication or field, making a position appear more robust and uncontested than it is. It's cherry-picking with footnotes, using the veneer of academic rigor to disguise intellectual dishonesty.

Academic Picking Example: A psychologist writing a paper on the benefits of a strict parenting style cites ten studies showing correlations with high achievement, but academically picks by omitting five major, peer-reviewed studies linking the same style to increased anxiety and depression in children. The resulting literature review presents a skewed, non-representative "state of the field."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 4, 2026