tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6750520553750247787..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: A Tip.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8841541771105170722016-07-07T16:53:31.120-04:002016-07-07T16:53:31.120-04:00One day, some PhD student will write a dissertatio...One day, some PhD student will write a dissertation problematizing the <i>"Post-Structural Implications of Background Images in College Misery from 2010-2024."</i> I will then read the abstract and skim through the images just to reminisce. Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2514236090584628692016-07-07T13:14:38.011-04:002016-07-07T13:14:38.011-04:00But I did see the ghosts. And now, thanks to Cal&#...But I did see the ghosts. And now, thanks to Cal's contribution, I understand the reference. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76862569471524470852016-07-07T12:40:14.333-04:002016-07-07T12:40:14.333-04:00Yes, sorry -- it does mean "original poster,&...Yes, sorry -- it does mean "original poster," and it's a term used on Reddit often. I guess I'm guilty of forgetting my audience. Sincere apologies.Great Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81447756133621814482016-07-07T12:33:26.113-04:002016-07-07T12:33:26.113-04:00Hmm. . .I think I missed a background (or three). ...Hmm. . .I think I missed a background (or three). Now we're back to one of those that makes me think "that looks familiar. Is that my campus? One of the many campuses on which I've adjuncted/conferenced/interviewed?". In other words, generic campus, 60s/70s-ish redbrick version (though the boxwoods -- or are those azaleas? -- are a bit distinctive,and make me think it's Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54686806728563889572016-07-07T04:15:32.772-04:002016-07-07T04:15:32.772-04:00She doesn't look bad, but if anyone in my depa...She doesn't look bad, but if anyone in my department comes to a faculty meeting naked, I'm leaving. Ewwww...but then, this is the physics department.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35215998276033838322016-07-06T23:44:59.569-04:002016-07-06T23:44:59.569-04:00It took me awhile. You mean Original Poster!It took me awhile. You mean Original Poster!Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815313561677464295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2858421740404840552016-07-06T22:56:10.320-04:002016-07-06T22:56:10.320-04:00I checked it out. I would use the descriptor &quo...I checked it out. I would use the descriptor "it is a different blog" rather than "it is a better blog." I disagree with the latter descriptor.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79510780545813631312016-07-06T17:50:58.839-04:002016-07-06T17:50:58.839-04:00Greta,
Why are you saying OP? Is this the same as...Greta,<br />Why are you saying OP? Is this the same as Nick?Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815313561677464295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32274118119924549032016-07-06T16:35:56.397-04:002016-07-06T16:35:56.397-04:00The new background color makes me feel like eating...The new background color makes me feel like eating a full jar of <a href="http://www.annies.com/products/condiments-sauces/organic-yellow-mustard" rel="nofollow">mustard</a> at my next faculty meeting, but I wonder whether anyone would <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3670455/Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13765836936505597992016-07-06T11:24:05.101-04:002016-07-06T11:24:05.101-04:00Dear Nick,
I make it a point not to follow reddi...Dear Nick, <br /><br />I make it a point not to follow reddit groups. I like pretending the internet is not convinced I'm a lesser person for what lies between my legs or in my gender presentation. And sure: Not All Reddit. But most of it. <br /><br />This is a water cooler of cantankerous opinionated academics with a yearning for the good old days, and I'm much happier here. <br />Madame Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777676382203865143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28585875308358895742016-07-06T10:16:36.537-04:002016-07-06T10:16:36.537-04:00In no way is the suggested subreddit a better opti...In no way is the suggested subreddit a better option than this blog. It's a <i>different</i> option, for sure, but to suggest -- as the OP does -- that it's better is ridiculous.<br /><br />Reddit, in general, is the unofficial internet home of the snowflake. The demographic there skews very millennial; additionally, many, many of its contributors are alarmingly misogynistic -- even in Great Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22793594372412717482016-07-06T09:20:29.139-04:002016-07-06T09:20:29.139-04:00I see Fab changed the header background as another...I see Fab changed the header background as another passive aggressive attempt into shaming us into being more active. I tell you, with the treatment I get around here, I'm going to quit one day!Eating Low Saltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-513559792964031252016-07-06T02:46:45.396-04:002016-07-06T02:46:45.396-04:00The Fruit Stripe Gum posts are Fab's way of na...The Fruit Stripe Gum posts are Fab's way of nagging us to post more original comment. If he's that desperate, I could always go back to taunting humanities proffies: that always gets a rise out of them. Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86613137796503184912016-07-06T02:45:52.580-04:002016-07-06T02:45:52.580-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48660999089037139282016-07-05T20:59:04.629-04:002016-07-05T20:59:04.629-04:00Indeed. I was surprised, since I tend to think of ...Indeed. I was surprised, since I tend to think of reddit as very wild west/anything goes, but that particular subreddit almost looks like a crampicle forum. There are some stories that illustrate all too common kinds of misery (what *do* you do when you're pregnant and your annual contract just happens not to be renewed that year?), but the answers are boringly straight (or -- more what I Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15235974297928971412016-07-05T19:30:44.090-04:002016-07-05T19:30:44.090-04:00Looks too straight-up for us. We tend to be a lot ...Looks too straight-up for us. We tend to be a lot snarkier.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90878432492742957812016-07-05T19:10:49.235-04:002016-07-05T19:10:49.235-04:00Why not both?Why not both?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24452800706839411822016-07-05T18:56:45.735-04:002016-07-05T18:56:45.735-04:00I like to lurk here (don't have the nerve to p...I like to lurk here (don't have the nerve to post one of my stories yet, but I did have a huge authorship brawl recently that I should write up). I particularly like the images, especially the recent posts that make me thing of Fruit Stripe Gum. I Feed Hamstersnoreply@blogger.com