Average liberal academic.

https://www.reddit.com/r/lostgeneration/comments/1858yiw/comment/kb3ooo1/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

  • Nakoichi [they/them]
    hexagon
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    9 months ago

    How the fuck can you claim to be a PhD student and not know what a "primary source" is lmao.

    • MoreLikeHazBeen [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      Well they've not finished the PhD have they. Any moron can start a PhD and be too stupid to finish it.

      Source: am a moron who started a PhD and hasn't finished it.

      • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        Seems like an OK definition of primary vs. secondary sources (which itself is kind of academic; what you're really looking for is reliability).

        The galaxy-brain part to me is "here's a video of them in Hamas captivity, here's a still of them dead from a block away, this totally means Hamas killed them (despite an abundance of violence in a tiny area, with a background of indiscriminate Israeli bombing)." Anyone drawing a conclusion about who killed them is working off their priors.

      • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]
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        9 months ago

        Hey! Give yourself a little credit! Some of us morons would never dream of even attempting a PhD. I think you're awesome.

      • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        Well, they probably have an Economics degree. Don't beat yourself up.

        • MoreLikeHazBeen [he/him]
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          9 months ago

          I dug through the reddit comments and it's a cross discipline CS and "Digital Media Studies" degree lol

  • frogbellyratbone_ [e/em/eir, any]
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    9 months ago

    "i disagree with everything IOF is doing which is why I hyper focus on every tiny, minuscule, and disproportionate (although admittedly horrific) thing Hamas has done.

    ...btw I am a full time PHD student appeal to my authority."

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    "Oh, so you're getting a PhD in contemporary Middle Eastern history?"
    "Music theory." (probably)