Amazing! Master’s student uses clickbait to nail his thesis

Find out how he finished his thesis with this simple trick.
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Sophie Hirsh
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You'll never guess what this guy wrote as his thesis headline.

In an effort to make his project more interesting, University of Oslo student Ola modeled his thesis title after some of the clickbaitiest clickbait he's seen on the internet.

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"The university told me to make my thesis title as compelling as possible. So I did," Ola captioned the image of his cover page. The title and subtitle read:


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Find out how he finished his thesis with this simple trick

Hopefully Ola got a good grade on his thesis – or at least a lot of clicks.

BONUS: It's a french fry party!

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Sophie was a Viral Content Intern for the Watercooler channel. More writing and other stuff by Sophie can be found at www.sophiehirsh.com.

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