tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post131798620693258761..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Original Poster Asked For DeletionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22081298990139265312016-01-20T19:38:18.114-05:002016-01-20T19:38:18.114-05:00Thanks for pointing that out. I'll keep it in ...Thanks for pointing that out. I'll keep it in mind when I'm being forcibly sodomized by felons in the maximum-security prison they'll be throwing me in, for being an intellectual. Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8301319345032047762016-01-14T01:53:45.144-05:002016-01-14T01:53:45.144-05:00That would be Sinclair Lewis (for "It Can'...That would be Sinclair Lewis (for "It Can't Happen Here"), in case anyone is keeping score at home.<br /><br />Lewis's cynicism is THE best, by the way. I think it would resonate very strongly, as they say, with most of the habitués of this site.Pennsylvania Pennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12965486818951503732016-01-12T10:19:52.214-05:002016-01-12T10:19:52.214-05:00Damn straight. Anyone who complains about the site...Damn straight. Anyone who complains about the site should have to provide content for the site.<br /><br />HectorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3593320464493468312016-01-11T20:21:07.529-05:002016-01-11T20:21:07.529-05:00I have a pneumatic stapler attachment for my air c...I have a pneumatic stapler attachment for my air compressor. Should be no problem for dicks, janes, or anyone else. Perfesser Slaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121044187510013809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73845581510423625712016-01-11T19:32:47.725-05:002016-01-11T19:32:47.725-05:00Oh, by the way: MERRY CHRISTMAS!Oh, by the way: MERRY CHRISTMAS!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48847431758437393752016-01-11T19:32:29.888-05:002016-01-11T19:32:29.888-05:00If the censoriousnesss of academia today worries y...If the censoriousnesss of academia today worries you now, just you wait until the Trump administration. All the new hires at Homeland Security will need to see is that copy of "It Can't Happen Here" by Upton Sinclair on my shelf, and I'll be off to the reactivated Manzanar. I'd been meaning to read the Koran: now I'll get my chance, and chances are quite good I'll Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10961973376179335962016-01-11T19:29:56.958-05:002016-01-11T19:29:56.958-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17277541358530454492016-01-11T19:27:03.404-05:002016-01-11T19:27:03.404-05:00MAam: OK, I confess: I only staple dicks to the fl...MAam: OK, I confess: I only staple dicks to the floor for cases who really deserve it, and they are relatively uncommon.<br /><br />Poopiehead: In fact, I actually do have a heavy-duty, industrial grade staple gun in my office: no kidding. It shoots staples with 2-inch legs, easily enough for 150 pages. Considering how cases deserving to be stapled to the floor tend to have smaller dicks anyway, Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75428191222468015902016-01-11T15:42:00.585-05:002016-01-11T15:42:00.585-05:00Frod, I've always had a serious problem with y...Frod, I've always had a serious problem with your 'stapling dicks to the floor' statements, because the average office stapler simply doesn't have staples with long enough legs (yes, that's the official name of that part of the staple) to fully penetrate the diameter of an average dick and anchor it to a floor. In order to get staple legs long enough, you need the large Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33970194556343788552016-01-11T15:39:42.181-05:002016-01-11T15:39:42.181-05:00Well said Three Sigma. Yes, Crystal has done what ...Well said Three Sigma. Yes, Crystal has done what she said she'd do. She's got the lights on. I see a new post every day or so. There's often a fuzzy graphic! It's here, it's available, and it could be whatever the readers wanted. You want to go all Wicked Walter, start writing your "crazzy" down and send it in.<br /><br />I am always kicking myself about not doing Reg W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73547760988950932332016-01-11T15:28:38.041-05:002016-01-11T15:28:38.041-05:00Moderators won't save you.
I wish everyone wo...Moderators won't save you.<br /><br />I wish everyone would stop trying to blame the moderator, and just realize that any social site is going to have it's share of crazy. Let it happen!Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83122902135782379602016-01-11T13:56:54.563-05:002016-01-11T13:56:54.563-05:00wait, you didn't mean it? Damn. And i put it i...wait, you didn't mean it? Damn. And i put it in my syllabus and everything..Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90853027528509804812016-01-11T12:26:05.508-05:002016-01-11T12:26:05.508-05:00> Here in California, we get so much good weath...> <i>Here in California, we get so much good weather I routinely turn my nose up at weather I would have jumped at the chance to use when I was an undergraduate in Chicago.</i><br /><br />Brilliant. But you're making me nostalgic again.dmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17793976744475698182016-01-11T11:15:48.720-05:002016-01-11T11:15:48.720-05:00If you would just post content and stop talking ab...If you would just post content and stop talking about how awful everything is maybe more people would read. No, never mind. This place jumped the shark years ago. I thought there was a new moderator. How come he's not doing anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17433922876694198032016-01-11T10:54:49.995-05:002016-01-11T10:54:49.995-05:00I don't GET why people don't GET this page...I don't GET why people don't GET this page, and I don't GET why we're always scrambling to make sure nobody is offended.<br /><br />90% of everything that we were good at is gone. I keep coming back for the occasional good bit, but, Jesus, it's worse than the Crampicle most days. Please don't flame me. I'm delicate like everyone else!<br /><br />No, I'm not. Wisconsin Willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51057447500041679422016-01-11T08:55:34.485-05:002016-01-11T08:55:34.485-05:00I think it speaks volumes for the state of the pro...I think it speaks volumes for the state of the profession. Notice that, whenever I advocate stapling dicks to the floor, no one takes it literally. Suicide is different.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9111606248114772202016-01-11T08:46:12.331-05:002016-01-11T08:46:12.331-05:00You aren't alone. We leave our graduate progr...You aren't alone. We leave our graduate programs with Ph. D. in hand with visions of great things ahead of us...(research awards, directing talented, hungry graduate students).<br /><br />Reality: we end up spending most of our time either teaching remedial stuff or spending all of our prep time for an "out of area" class we are roped into teaching because the specialist quit. <br Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953435368705942387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87006359129803111112016-01-11T08:45:12.446-05:002016-01-11T08:45:12.446-05:00It's official. We're humorless fucks. This...It's official. We're humorless fucks. This place used to be so much fun.<br /><br />-GlennAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85875385523652314752016-01-11T08:32:35.663-05:002016-01-11T08:32:35.663-05:00Suicide is, indeed, not a joking matter, but this ...Suicide is, indeed, not a joking matter, but this page is known for hyperbole. There are also occasional mentions of a desire to kill students (or at least do other, less seriously inappropriate things to them), and all available evidence suggests that no students have actually been harmed (and in some cases the proffie in question has headed back into the fray with some good suggestions for Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71681116776586802772016-01-11T07:44:54.393-05:002016-01-11T07:44:54.393-05:00What makes you think that the OP was joking?What makes you think that the OP was joking?EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63172750625136505352016-01-11T06:52:54.857-05:002016-01-11T06:52:54.857-05:00I had a colleague kill himself several years ago a...I had a colleague kill himself several years ago and this "comedy" is inappropriate. You should be ashamed for publishing it.<br /><br />JessicaJessicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7454610837807545952016-01-11T02:56:59.753-05:002016-01-11T02:56:59.753-05:00Jokes aside, if you really are serious about the &...Jokes aside, if you really are serious about the "Kill me now" part, perhaps you might spend a little time on the couch. It's worrisome.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7016318289163408372016-01-11T02:55:29.144-05:002016-01-11T02:55:29.144-05:00Oh, YEAH? Just you wait until your students stop b...Oh, YEAH? Just you wait until your students stop being docile, and become organized and MILITANT. I'll bet your administration caves in like a house of cards: they always do. <br /><br />Just you wait until you have come into your office a boy student who thinks that just slapping on more Axe body spray is a suitable substitute for washing. If you feel trapped now, that's NOTHING comparedFroderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com