@lancekthompson Yeah. To the point about this being embarrassingly online stuff, it's revealing that in order to have an in-person conversation about this topic, even with someone who knows this meme, you'd have to laboriously spell it out loud to reference it.
@lancekthompson@originaltof I have little insight into what "average people" in the UK think, but surely this just seems farcical to most people, even if they're not especially interested in the genocide? It all comes across as so very weak and desperate.
@lancekthompson 5) Also, most of the other departments are staffed entirely by PhD holders (as they should be), and about half of them are charlatans โ some of whom bought their PhDs and fabricate data in the research they publish now. But again, that may just be the context (END).
@lancekthompson 4) ... not just because our limited experience teaches us they're not necessarily a good fit for this university, but because their applications are poor and their responses in interviews veer into the impractical and the bizarre.
@lancekthompson The Chinese government would complete this on budget within 15 years. The Europeans would open the first line after 20 years, having overrun the total budget for the entire project.
@tinyhamnation It's what it's all about, really. Going to leave disappointed if you don't see at least one pair of beasts going at it, let's be honest.
@lancekthompson@ophiragottlieb Can't read the original piece, unfortunately, but wonder to what extent parochialism and solidarity affect one another. Pure vibes take, but I feel like you're more likely to find solidarity somewhere where you'll get the piss taken out of you for wearing a waistcoat in public.
@lancekthompson@ophiragottlieb Is it not just a standard outgrowth of parochialism? The bigger the place (literally, or in the imaginary), the less to which people are ridiculed and feel self-conscious about trivial shite? Liverpool and Glasgow are "small" places, Manchester and Brum are "big" ones?