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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mossy ass milf⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Since we’re mossposting… Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charlotte doing her Fibonacci Spiral impersonation⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Perfection

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for games that feel like a summer adventure⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the breakdown!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 years ago there were no billionaires worth more than $100 billion - today there are 18!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost seems like the main thing you need to make money is money

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for games that feel like a summer adventure⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you enjoyed any of the recommendations OP? I like your original list/taste and am wondering what else fit the aesthetic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smart⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried to google it and it’s not super clear. -Perelman gets his phd in russia super young and is hired at NYU/SUNY -Publishes some groundbreaking stuff on arxiv (a free site to post white papers in math and physics) in 2002/2003 -There is some drama with another scientist who is known for stealing people’s work trying to downplay Perelman’s contribution -Perelman quits his US jobs and returns to russia to work in math (making wayyyyyyy less money), then quits that job too and becomes a recluse -Turns down fields medal and millennium prize (1M dollars for solving) -Says some mathematicians are unethical but the rest of them tolerate it so they’re shit too so the whole thing is shit. Also says he doesn’t want to be put in a zoo or treated like a pet about it.

  — I’m going to go ahead and assume I don’t understand enough about being a math superstar to understand where he’s coming from, but he certainly sounds like a principled guy and now I respect him.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨stacked⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay but if they really built a hydraulic lift elevator that’s so cool

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Insurance Apocalypse Is Upon Us⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, in my area insurance is dropping fire coverage from homes in areas with high fire risk. It’s also kinda valid on the part of the insurance companies (there are areas ripe for disaster) so policies (like requiring them to provide coverage) aren’t enough—some people are going to need to move and it will be much more equitable if it is planned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mental hell⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If it sounds interesting and other things just don’t I say go for it if you can get a funded position. Definitely ask other students before choosing an advisor so that you don’t get someone who is completely unavailable or a dick

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philosophy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  4.5 Spinoza gets shadowbanned

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mental hell⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it’s not the best path for everyone, and some subject areas just don’t have enough teaching positions to reasonably expect to get one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mental hell⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Getting a. PhD isn’t super competitive (speaking from the US), but if you aim to get a professorship at an R1 it’s somewhat competitive across the board. The program coursework vs undergrad depends on the program too— I would say most differ somewhat substantially though. For most humanities degrees you’re doing coursework for 2-3 years and teaching undergrads while you prepare for qualifying exams, then you teach and write your thesis for a few more. The graduate courses are often in seminar (circle discussion) format rather than lecture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mental hell⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This just confirms what every young person in academia knows: gotta get on uppers to be competitive.

  My partner is a PhD candidate and at a recent party a postdoc was telling us how he acquired a giant crack rock at the beginning of his grad career and whenever he needed to finish a big assignment or something he would lick it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weevil time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  B looks v profesh if he stands up straight and speaks with diction

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They used them at my parents’ church in the late 90’s— parents of little kids would hold one during the service in case the nursery needed them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Because mosts music tastes stagnate after your teens, you are actually admitting your parents music is better - because they are the ones making it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I this cycle is more like half a generation above you than a whole generation. My fav bands in my teen prime were in their early 30’s, while my parents were closer to early 50s at the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never Thought⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you call them Archie?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's best to judge people by their actions more than their words, but on social media, you only see people's words.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure, and with even a teensy bit of reflection I think most people would agree that people are generally quite shit at expressing themselves with words. We say things we don’t mean or imply things we didn’t intend to all the time. A well written book or article takes hundreds of hours of re-writing and getting feedback and re-writing again just to try to communicate the author’s idea effectively. Snap judgments based on social media posts alone are pretty baseless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussions are like a game of telephone; you're converting idea into language and expecting the recipient to flawlessly translate it back into an idea.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, best to assume you’re always misunderstanding, or at least not understanding completely, a conversational comment until you have a holistic understanding of where they’re coming from (ie you become familiar with them and how they think and what they value).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doctors Remove Woman’s Brain Implant Against Her Will⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda similarly, my brother was taking a drug (interferon) for treatment of a rare cancer that not many people need anymore (a better drug replaced the main use case the drug was developed for, which is different from my brother’s use case). The manufacturer discontinued the drug and noone makes it anymore so my brother and others who were relying on it simply lost access. I never knew this could happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$1 million starter home? It's the norm in 237 cities, according to Zillow⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. Unfortunately city gov’t always reasons that the public money will be better spent if developers front the cost of building, but the developers aren’t building the kind of housing that houses the populations that need it (and in the Bay Area many of these luxury towers have very low occupancy). I wish my tax money would go directly to building affordable and dignified housing that would be managed by a public trust or similar.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inflation is cooling, yet many Americans say they're living paycheck to paycheck⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your comment made me wonder about ramen inflation which I couldn’t find immediately but I found an article talking about noodle sales increasing 17% from 2018 to 2021 which…. does not sound like good news.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inflation is cooling, yet many Americans say they're living paycheck to paycheck⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, and for stability under capitalism it is indeed a necessity rather than a myth. We really need to wean ourselves from this market mediation (even if it’s too late to save ourselves there’s honor in the attempt).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stay Mad⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Still drawing the line at genocide. Hate me.