• WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I appreciate the effort on your part - it's a trash article however you look at it - and I wish I could even attempt an explanation but all I can think of is an attempt at a mega lib twisting of words, what a mess

    • CatherineTheSoSo [any]
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      4 years ago

      I read it in autumn, I think, when people started memeing it on reddit. The best interpretation I've managed to come up with is the fact that in the Soviet Union after finishing college graduates were assigned a relevant job often in distant parts of the country where their expertise was needed the most and were expected to work there for a couple of years. This, coupled with fact that you could not just be a housewife or decide to fuck around and start a band or something without having a day job, may be wrangled as being "coerced" into a scientific career.