aka people who couldn’t stop whining about young people if their life depended on it accusing young people of being “ageist”

i went this exact route a few months ago–along with anna’s archive, best investment ever

talking about doing a thing is not the same as doing the thing

they won’t band together to defy trump, which is the only possible way they can hope to defy trump.

c’est la vie

it’s not just me

https://theconversation.com/snobbery-in-the-academy-is-alive-and-well-and-doing-harm-32037

https://www.beyondphdcoaching.com/academic-career/academic-arrogance/

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2505473/hidden-barrier-to-intellectual-growth

hell, someone actually wrote a fucking paper on it

https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.29-Issue4/Ser-4/G2904044951.pdf

this sort of comment is exactly what i’m talking about. taking a blatantly metaphoric (cliched even) statement literally, and arguing against that, and then asking me to explain how private personal relationships might affect one’s general overall attitude? really?

but seriously, if you’re just trolling–keep practicing. if not, then thanks for illustrating my point.

how good human nature can be that academia is still working on such a collaborative and communicative basis despite capitalist and neoliberal pressures.

you mean all the dozens of prestigious unis who completely buckled like an accordion to obey in advance and defenestrate their DEI policies because…trump?

to be fair, the cultural anti intellectual takeover of the country is basically complete-- that, added to the college age population cliff, and fascism means higher education’s days are numbered anyway. unless you’re a STEM hotshot and are willing to sign a “i love trump and i hate DEI” pledge, then you should start thinking about plans B, C, and D

academia would be a much better place if every pompous ass my-shit-don’t-stink scholar had a spouse to regularly bust them down a peg and make them stop taking themselves so seriously to the point of cringe

don’t forget about data obtained by your insurance, who’ll jack up your premiums, and then jack them up again if you surpass the donuts purchased per month threshold

the problem is that AI can generate a million bogus “research papers” for every single legit paper. and for the general public (ie science writers, bloggers, news reporters, etc.) they are indistinguishable from each other. so unless you have literally done the research on a particular hypothesis yourself (good luck with that, with all the funding cuts), then everything is suspect

so the question of “are we better off with AI?” as of right now, is absolutely fucking not

don’t worry, science as conclusions derived from research will soon be replaced by bullshit psuedo-research-AI-word-vomit derived from equally bullshit pre-determined conclusions

i can’t believe people still use fucking facebook

lol ok, video games and reading

but i think you’re mistakenly assuming that because you’re deeply concerned about having everyone’s approval for what you like, then everyone else must be too. i’m not.

sorry, i sometimes forget how sensitive sportsball fans are

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

are we supposed to take breaks for that? TIL

introducingbooks.com

they look like kids’ stuff, but they’re pretty deep dives into the topic they’re talking about

that person sounds like an insufferable “i’m entitled to the world and everything in it” manbaby narcissist. no amount of money is worth having zero time away from work and destroying your mental health. fuck that

yea, i’m all for shitting on the us, but come on. i’ll bet all those countries also spend more on everything “per capita”

what the fuck are people actually paying for at this point