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girdles gone wild get off my d*ck
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chill son
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at least change your color to white. jeez.
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wow dude why you making it into a black and white thing? check your privilege
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shennong posted:

i'm just curious what the market is like for someone with a PhD in d&g who doesn't want to be tied to a specific institution, like what do those people do exactly



More of what I do at the moment, plus some other things. Teaching, writing, exhibitions and projects. I'm interested in the research and qualification will obviously be helpful if I apply for existing things as well as getting funding for the stuff I initiate.

My PhD isn't actually going to be centred on D&G, at least it isn't positioned like that in the proposal.

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babyfinland posted:

NEOADMINISTRATOR posted:

DO NOT DO IT.

THE END.

youre a computer programmer engineering guy joey.



so what's your point. grad school is an abyss no matter what your discipline.

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btw i am NOT a "computer programming guy"
#48
Mike Nelson here.
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i'm going to become an investment banker instead of a political theorist because i've got a theory that i'm actually jewish.
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Mike Nelson here.
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NEOADMINISTRATOR posted:

btw i am NOT a "computer programming guy"

sure, sure.

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getfiscal posted:

i'm going to become an investment banker instead of a political theorist because i've got a theory that i'm actually jewish.



i used to think i might be b/c i knew my german grandma had to hide in an addict or something near the end of ww2. but it turns out it was because she got in trouble for having an estonian lover (my actual grandpa)... maybe a similar case for you...?

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my theory is based on some of my great-grandparents being from an area of what is now ukraine that was overall like 30%+ jewish and also refusing to talk about their past and becoming socialists and such. which is mostly a joke i'm sure they were catholics but yeah.
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my girlfriend also thinks she has like some ancient jewish ancestor from ukraine or something like that and so now i'm not allowed to be antisemitic at the dinner table. it makes life hard. a heavy burden.
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NEOADMINISTRATOR posted:

my girlfriend also thinks she has like some ancient jewish ancestor from ukraine or something like that and so now i'm not allowed to be antisemitic at the dinner table. it makes life hard. a heavy burden.

when i was a small child i got really upset by my friends telling racist jokes about blacks so we had a long debate about it and i came to the compromise that they could tell the same jokes as long as they used the word "paki" instead. a boy's life.

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back to the OP, grad school almost destroyed my soul and it had absolutely nothing to do with the work or the difficulty of the material. Do Not Do It.
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getfiscal posted:

NEOADMINISTRATOR posted:

my girlfriend also thinks she has like some ancient jewish ancestor from ukraine or something like that and so now i'm not allowed to be antisemitic at the dinner table. it makes life hard. a heavy burden.

when i was a small child i got really upset by my friends telling racist jokes about blacks so we had a long debate about it and i came to the compromise that they could tell the same jokes as long as they used the word "paki" instead. a boy's life.



you sound like a pretty good negotiator. maybe you coulda done well in politics...?

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germanjoey posted:

back to the OP, grad school almost destroyed my soul and it had absolutely nothing to do with the work or the difficulty of the material. Do Not Do It.

what if grad school is an MBA

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NEOADMINISTRATOR posted:

i used to think i might be b/c i knew my german grandma had to hide in an addict or something near the end of ww2.


kinda ed gein-esque

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getfiscal posted:

germanjoey posted:

back to the OP, grad school almost destroyed my soul and it had absolutely nothing to do with the work or the difficulty of the material. Do Not Do It.

what if grad school is an MBA



what do you mean, "what if" ?

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i would do an mba if i had the marks but my transcript is sometimes used in enhanced interrogations
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Kurdt
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christopher hitchens decided he was 1/16 jewish and became a neoconservative and achieved massive financial success shortly thereafter, makes u think
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gyrofry posted:

christopher hitchens decided he was 1/16 jewish and became a neoconservative and achieved massive financial success shortly thereafter, makes u think

one of my personal heroes.

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Mike Nelson here.
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hitchens had the guts to tell old guys in robes that mutter in latin that maybe their mystical worldview was fictional, blowing a lot of minds in the process.
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the Academy's dyin' cloud!
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germanjoey posted:

back to the OP, grad school almost destroyed my soul and it had absolutely nothing to do with the work or the difficulty of the material. Do Not Do It.



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grade school almost destroyed my soul
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tpaine your av quote is wrong fyi. he says "i saw the sunrise at Lizas" not watched
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2nd grade was really difficult. we always cheated on our math tests.
high school was a breeze though.
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Harry the Hat
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Don't worry, OP. There is always hope. Maybe it seems like a bad job market, but there are still jobs out there. even if it is a 1 in a million chance, if you work hard and are the best in your field, you can get a job. It doesn't matter who you know, or how good a schmoozer you are, it just matters how pure your heart is and how dedicated you are to your field. Keep fighting the good fight. Believe in yourself. Stand out from the crowd. Never say die.
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good advice bon clay.
agree 100% good stuff. never give up.
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wrt univesity talk: anyone wanna do one of these when they start?

https://www.coursera.org/courses

(ie 'lets study' instead of 'lets read')

as an example people here would probs find the 'model thinking' one interesting, but it had already started when i came across it...
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let's do the roman and greek mythology course and get grumblefish up in on this beast
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is 'Game Theory' a PUA class?!?!?!?
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https://www.coursera.org/course/healthpolicy

this one starts next month id actually probably "do" it. these r free right?

About the Instructor:
He appears regularly on television including Morning Joe, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Hardball with Chris Matthews.



sounds great

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bonclay posted:

Don't worry, OP. There is always hope. Maybe it seems like a bad job market, but there are still jobs out there. even if it is a 1 in a million chance, if you work hard and are the best in your field, you can get a job. It doesn't matter who you know, or how good a schmoozer you are, it just matters how pure your heart is and how dedicated you are to your field. Keep fighting the good fight. Believe in yourself. Stand out from the crowd. Never say die.



true words, coming from you...