Looking into it.

  • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    His fucking follow-up is just like 'He misdated when the bourgeoisie started funding Hitler, claims it was a party created by the bourgeoisie (fair, it wasn't, but it's structures and relevancy was created by the bourgeoise) and misattributes why Hitler started the military build-up (citations needed) and then claims a lack of citations from Parenti (in the intro, where there rarely are any citations because the whole point is to go over what you intend to prove throughout the book.)

    I swear to God, PhD students have to be some of the dumbest motherfuckers in existence sometimes. Simultaneously too nitpicky and too vague in his criticisms.

      • nohaybanda [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Sure, I'd love to sacrifice countless hours of thankless busywork, my health, and mental wellbeing for a cool hat and an illusory boost to my ego.

        -- me, before making a huge mistake

    • copandballtorture [ey/em]
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      2 years ago

      Simultaneously too nitpicky and too vague in his criticisms.

      Think that's just how you do PhD'ing.

    • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      the critical skills developed by the process of earning a PhD are

      • the ability to start public speaking without knowing what you are going to say and possibly talking for several minutes without saying anything noteworthy
      • to participate in the Q and A portion of a presentation by starting with " i don't have a question, it's more of a comment..." while pretending not to notice all the other attendees immediately groan