James Edgar Lim

Philosopher, improvisor, and purveyor of snarky comments.

[James Edgar Lim @RealJlimShady]

@cedric_p Elizabeth Anderson's "What's the Point of Equality?". As an undergrad, it'd never occurred to me to think of equality that way.

[James Edgar Lim @RealJlimShady]

@shengokai The Star Wars La Cantina piece on repeat

[James Edgar Lim @RealJlimShady]

@fabscarlatte *Old timey sitcom dad voice* I'll have what she's having... amirite?

[PhD journey @phdjourney07]

I am opening a new tab while doing literature review

#AcademicTwitter #phdlife #phdchat @PhDVoice @OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter

[James Edgar Lim @RealJlimShady]

@fabscarlatte I can't not imagine this in an Owen Wilson voice

[Daniel Gould, MD, PhD @DJGould94]

Asking me when I'll finish my PhD is an act of violence.

[trash jones @jzux]

microdosing catholicism by feeling vaguely ashamed all day for no particular reason

[Dr. Imran Farooq @drimran_farooq]

Don’t ask these two questions. #AcademicTwitter @OpenAcademics @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie

[James Edgar Lim @RealJlimShady]

When you pass through the security screener at the airport, do you look calmly and confidently at the staff and walk towards them, or avert your gaze to show you're not a threat? #travel #TravelTips

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

Me on a weekend:

@OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter #academictwitter

[James Edgar Lim @RealJlimShady]

So billionaires don't have to be dicks, and some of them just choose to be?

[Forbes @Forbes]

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban launched an online pharmacy that offers more than 100 generic drugs at an affordable price with a goal of being “radically transparent” in its price negotiations with drug companies https://t.co/ZFHA39K5Gi

[Mara Wilson @MaraWilson]

Anytime I see someone with a mask and unfogged glasses I bow to them, because I have clearly just met a fucking powerful wizard

[James Edgar Lim @RealJlimShady]

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@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice "Oh I can actually understand this!"

[PhD Voice - Independently Run @PhDVoice]

Prolly true😂

#PhDVoice @PostdocVoice

[Ricardo Diaz-Rincon @rdiazrincon]

The amount of villains in the Spider-Man franchise with a PhD is concerning.

[James Edgar Lim @RealJlimShady]

@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice "...and that is why doing a phd wasn't a mistake!"

[James Edgar Lim @RealJlimShady]

@phd_with_aischa @PhDVoice About a year and a half! But different disciplines can have very different norms and expectations, so be careful who you compare yourself too (if you have to compare at all!)

[James Edgar Lim @RealJlimShady]

@smatthewliao @DjokerNole Also irresponsible: an NHS rep saying stuff like "Omicron is that vaccine [that we want]"