Just Another PhD student

This is an account for all those thoughts that live rent free in my head, so I can finally evict them and claim back the space for memes and tiktoks.

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

2 weeks away from my viva and the nightmares are getting weird. What's your weirdest viva nightmare? In mine, I was asked how I could do an experiment on a horse... #phdchat #phdlife @PhDVoice

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

They're good guys, they don't say that shit. Just because you're not part of the problem, it doesn't mean you're part of the solution. Think about that. /4 #enoughisenough #SarahEverad

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

You know something that really hurts my soul? My partner is in a WA group with childhood friends and when I pointed out that one of his friends was being misogynistic every time someone shared an argument they had with their girlfriend, he started defending him. 1/

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

None of the people in that group took him aside and explained to him that that was not acceptable. Even when he thought that he probably couldn't make a girl he hooked up with come because she used her vibrator too often (??). They just think it isn't their problem. 3/

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

I found this video today and I thought it made a very good point. Stay safe and keep yourself safe. #saraheverald #dickout #EnoughIsEnough

https://t.co/EzvLCkwPhH

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

I'm sorry, what? Despicable!

[MentalHealthGradStudent @GradHealth]

I’m sorry I’ve been quiet lately. But I had to come here because I just saw an awful thread on Facebook of tenured faculty arguing that grad students cannot take weekends off and we should be grateful for our opportunity. If you were wondering why I can’t wait to leave academia

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

Happy working from home? Great. Here it is a new 50 minutes training course for health and safety for homeworkers and a 10 min test at the end. Enjoy. #FridayFeeling #wfh

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

Health&Safety training in the UK is extremely close to cover how to chew food without biting your tongue and perform a risk assessment on it.

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

@PhDVoice Yes but only if the person teaching the course is a PI voted by students every year.

[Audrey Baetz @Fish_Baetz]

Is it normal for grad school to make you feel super dumb 90% of the time 🥲

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

Spot on.

[PhD Voice - Independently Run @PhDVoice]

If abstracts were honest:

“Well, we did some research. Not sure what we found. But the figures look good. Hope it’s enough to be published.

P.s. We’re 100% willing to change everything about it just to get it published.”
😋

#PhDVoice

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

@GradHealth My uni paid for an online service to help with mental health. We could just sign up using our uni email and it would be free. Seemed nice, so I tried to sign up and use it, but the website wouldn't recognise my university email😂 so I gave up.

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

@AcademicChatter I decided to get a second PhD. This time, I'm studying the effects of the wood panel attached to this email.

The research questions are going to be hellish.

[Academic Chatter™ @AcademicChatter]

I used to wonder if I was good enough, now I wonder if the environment is good enough for me.

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

I woke up today feeling completely overwhelmed. Even going for a run seemed like such a big task. So I'm taking it easy and I'll do some yoga in my flat instead. Take care of yourself 💪

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

@BiochemistTomas Oh I know what you mean. Lockdown helps, so most of the conversations happen via chat. I can punch the wall and shout at my PC and they wouldn't know.

[Just Another PhD student @JAPhDS]

Doing a PhD gave me the power to win all the family discussions about science. Thank you, next. #phdchat #phdlife #worthit