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one of the best academic paper titles

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Me: I'm not a superstitious person. I'm a scientist who believes in logic and reason.

Also me: Does my stats in R while sitting on the floor listening to Cats in the Cradle on repeat because that's the way it ran last time and I'm not about to upset R by making any changes.

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" ~X~ is beyond the scope of this paper" is academic speak for "can't be bothered rn but you get the gist"

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"Quick question while we begin - has anyone heard the saying 'bringing a knife to a gun fight'? This would be a very accurate description of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022."

some of my students doing their final presentation

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sorry I couldn't finish the paper, my shirt had the wrong texture and I couldn't focus

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wjen i graduate and they strip me of my free database access im literally going to walk into the ocean

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got a revise and resubmit!!

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hell yeah psychonomics

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"Why does this question matter? Well, that is actually a long story. Here is why!"

notes from my dissertation proposal draft

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I've been trying to reach one professor by email for two (2) weeks and finally found him eating free food at an event

I HOVERED behind that man while he grabbed mac and cheese with tongs so that I wouldn't miss the opportunity to ask him my question

I truly have a committee of all time

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me quitting nanowrimo to focus on academic work

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My villain origin story truly is Universities pretending they are improving the situation of their PhDs /Postgraduate workers with "free mindfulness class!" or "PhD support group" or "time management workshop!"

Like, cool, but could I get minimal wage to pay rent and food. My landlord still does not accept "self-kindness" as payment.

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'for technical reasons' in a maths proof has the same vibe as 'for personal reasons' in a tumblr post.

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arranging a proposal defense is like herding cats