But...but...I choose you!!Having said that, I'm ranting. I don't want anyone to think they have to choose a side.
It's the herpes, isn't it? It's always the herpes.
Shit man, I need to do something nice to Jake.
I'm sure we can find someone to moon them.
And nothing about it is forbidden.Everything about this is truth.
What is your field? Geology or petroleum engineering? I'll keep an eye open.I have seen precisely zero postings for my specialty that are not adjunct positions. This is the new faculty, and it will be for the foreseeable future.
Geophysics, actually. Specializing in electromagnetic methods and probability modeling. I should clarify that I was a professor for 5 years, but I left voluntarily. Long story short, Houston and the oil biz were the lesser evils when it came to that university.What is your field? Geology or petroleum engineering? I'll keep an eye open.
Just couldn't take the Marching Owl Band for just one more second, eh?Geophysics, actually. Specializing in electromagnetic methods and probability modeling. I should clarify that I was a professor for 5 years, but I left voluntarily. Long story short, Houston and the oil biz were the lesser evils when it came to that university.
Yeah, University just don't hire full-time faculty anymore. Even positions that should be full time faculty are "temporary 10 month positions", in which they lay you off for 2 months, then make you re-apply. It's all part of the Academic Death Spiral that our educational system is in.I know. FWP. I could easily afford a house in another neighborhood, but only if I want to move there alone, if you get my meaning. I can honestly say I never envisioned my life like this. I swore I'd never enter the oil biz or live in Houston, and now I do both. I wanted to be a prof at a small town university, but that never happened due to the recession. Right now is when the faculty postings usually come out, and they are all adjuncts. I'm not exaggerating, either. I have seen precisely zero postings for my specialty that are not adjunct positions. This is the new faculty, and it will be for the foreseeable future.
So sad to see it from the inside. I kind of wonder if overhauling tenure might help fix the problem. But really one of the issues is a glut of PhDs coming into the market (and old-school PhDs hanging in there into their 70s.) So finding cheap teachers is easier and easier.Yeah, University just don't hire full-time faculty anymore. Even positions that should be full time faculty are "temporary 10 month positions", in which they lay you off for 2 months, then make you re-apply. It's all part of the Academic Death Spiral that our educational system is in.
Reduce it all by an order of magnitude, and you've practically got my situation. You get hugs.I know. FWP.
The people who treat you this way suck. Plain and simple. Trying to be active when injured or sick is so difficult and the people who make these comments to you have no idea.You know what. Im sick of people ragging on how everything is unhealthy. Here is the deal, we all eat way to much. The shit that is shelf stable is full of bad shit, but apperantly the majority of us lack the time or money for good food. Im straight up sick of getting harassed for having a single donut and a cup of black coffee for breakfast! Im sick of getting attitude everywhere about how I am fucking up in every way possible while those who sling insuations are just as GUILTY. We are all just trying our best. I dont want to be 250 lbs and barely able to move. I am trying to fix it, but its hard! Im not a prime specimen, I am crippled and genetically cursed! I am sorry that I am not a paragon like all of you perfect humans who eat perfect and get your hour of hardcore exercise everyday! Im fat and broken, and being told over and over how I am fucking terrible for not being perfect doesnt help me at all!
EDIT: and whats worse for me is being told by my healthy "friends" that they dont have time to help someone like me. I know I am not like a great exercise partner atm, all I want to do is go for a walk for an hour and just get some activity in. I know I can't play sports yet or run with you, but if you help me maybe someday I might be able to!
THIS, THIS IS WHY PEOPLE ARE DRIVEN TO DO HORRIBLE THINGS TO THEMSELVES!
...it is just lucky I am use to this kind of treatment and it only hurts a little these days to be told I am inferior and unwelcome.
what exactly are you trying to insinuate sir? I would suggest you pick your rebuttle carefully, if your plan was to suggest that I am unaware of what it is to be part of a disadvantaged group.Now you know what it's like to be poor, to be short, to be (insert minority here), to be depressed, etc.
--Patrick
I was born with Cerebal Palsy and a frozen ankle(basically I lack a ankle joint in my left foot). I never complained or asked for help, and made do and adapted. got treated like a retard(in the medical sense) still got shit done. despite having limited motor control and a fucked up brain, learned to walk, figured out how to write, got the handle on zippers, buttons and tieing my shoes. I am a fucking inferior specimen, I should not have lived, but I am here and I am trying to do my family proud by not dying of something I can control. I am just in a bad mood I guess....The people who treat you this way suck. Plain and simple. Trying to be active when injured or sick is so difficult and the people who make these comments to you have no idea.
What you do every day is far more of an accomplishment to me than those people's "hardcoreness" at the gym for an hour.I was born with Cerebal Palsy and a frozen ankle(basically I lack a ankle joint in my left foot). I never complained or asked for help, and made do and adapted. got treated like a retard(in the medical sense) still got shit done. despite having limited motor control and a fucked up brain, learned to walk, figured out how to write, got the handle on zippers, buttons and tieing my shoes. I am a fucking inferior specimen, I should not have lived, but I am here and I am trying to do my family proud by not dying of something I can control. I am just in a bad mood I guess....
... what?Now you know what it's like to be poor, to be short, to be (insert minority here), to be depressed, etc.
--Patrick
Actually that is kind of what I was saying...about you, about me, about everyone. Everyone knows what it's like to be part of a disadvantaged group, because pretty much everyone is part of a disadvantaged group of one sort of another. However, what people don't realize is the cross-applicability of that situation. You may be fully aware of what it's like to be a member of your disadvantaged group, but that doesn't automatically give you insight into what it's like to belong to some other group. Having Cerebral Palsy does not grant you insight into what it's like to lack access to fresh water or have aphasia, for instance.what exactly are you trying to insinuate sir? I would suggest you pick your rebuttle carefully, if your plan was to suggest that I am unaware of what it is to be part of a disadvantaged group.
Actually that is kind of what I was saying...about you, about me, about everyone. Everyone knows what it's like to be part of a disadvantaged group, because pretty much everyone is part of a disadvantaged group of one sort of another. However, what people don't realize is the cross-applicability of that situation. You may be fully aware of what it's like to be a member of your disadvantaged group, but that doesn't automatically give you insight into what it's like to belong to some other group. Having Cerebral Palsy does not grant you insight into what it's like to lack access to fresh water or have aphasia, for instance.
I have no doubt that you understand what it is like to be disadvantaged, and my comment was constructed to suggest that, when dealing with someone who is disadvantaged via some situation which you do not share, to try and keep in mind how naturally easy it is to be dismissive of their issue, and to suggest that not understanding their issue doesn't make it any less valid. I do it, you do it, everybody does it (usually unconsciously and therefore excusably) and I am just pointing out that it happens, and suggesting a method by which a person might put one's self into another's shoes, even if it is not an exact fit.
A bit of a warning, though. If taken too far, there is the possibility of getting all SJW about something you only think you understand, and that leads to other problems.
--Patrick
Im with him. So basically im told stop bitching youre just as bad as the people you complain about on different things you dont understand.... what?
I think I actually understand LESS of what he meant now.Actually that is kind of what I was saying...about you, about me, about everyone. Everyone knows what it's like to be part of a disadvantaged group, because pretty much everyone is part of a disadvantaged group of one sort of another. However, what people don't realize is the cross-applicability of that situation. You may be fully aware of what it's like to be a member of your disadvantaged group, but that doesn't automatically give you insight into what it's like to belong to some other group. Having Cerebral Palsy does not grant you insight into what it's like to lack access to fresh water or have aphasia, for instance.
I have no doubt that you understand what it is like to be disadvantaged, and my comment was constructed to suggest that, when dealing with someone who is disadvantaged via some situation which you do not share, to try and keep in mind how naturally easy it is to be dismissive of their issue, and to suggest that not understanding their issue doesn't make it any less valid. I do it, you do it, everybody does it (usually unconsciously and therefore excusably) and I am just pointing out that it happens, and suggesting a method by which a person might put one's self into another's shoes, even if it is not an exact fit.
A bit of a warning, though. If taken too far, there is the possibility of getting all SJW about something you only think you understand, and that leads to other problems.
--Patrick
This is what happens when I try to meticulously craft a post full of significant content while I'm at work where I get interrupted every 25 seconds. My bad. Let me try to summarize:I think I actually understand LESS of what he meant now.
That... that's not how conversation works. When you reply to someone, that is a direct implication that you are talking to them. If one then addresses a third party or indirect audience, one needs to make that intention clear: instead of saying "you", one should address "people" or "the reader", etc.No, keep bitching. It will raise awareness.
I'm not trying to punish anybody. I'm just trying to open people's minds to more possibilities, that's all.
You might have assumed that, because I quoted your post, that I was directing my comment specifically at you, when in fact I was directing it at "the reader."
--Patrick
Yes. Should I not try to help?[DOUBLEPOST=1410716109,1410715879][/DOUBLEPOST]I've had to say this before, but--you do realize this is the rant thread? For people to vent about their issues?
I wish English were better about this, I really do. But it's easy to be unclear what with so many meanings of "you." There's the general you, the singular you, the plural you, etc. Why'd we have to get rid of "ye?" Things would be so much easier.If one then addresses a third party or indirect audience, one needs to make that intention clear: instead of saying "you", one should address "people" or "the reader", etc.
Blame the tools, that'll show us.Yes. Should I not try to help?[DOUBLEPOST=1410716109,1410715879][/DOUBLEPOST]
I wish English were better about this, I really do. But it's easy to be unclear what with so many meanings of "you." There's the general you, the singular you, the plural you, etc. Why'd we have to get rid of "ye?" Things would be so much easier.
Also, it's hard to always say "one" when I actually want my sentence to speak directly to that one, which would necessitate the use of "you," again.
I guess this counts as a rant about the failings of English syntax and not meeting my needs. Bah.
--Patrick
It's a misconception on people's problems though. Sometimes people want advice, like in the Health and Help and Advice and such sub-forum, and sometimes people just need to vent, which is this thread and its sibling threads.Yes. Should I not try to help?
--Patrick
I can't blame the tools. Just my lack of talent at using them.Blame the tools, that'll show us.