Jaded Grad Student

3000% over it

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

Fuck bigots. Fuck fascists.

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

Shitposting on Twitter should count toward my "write something every day" goal

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

I've someone gotten onto my current university's alumni mailing list - and I just love the irony of them asking me for money to "support our ongoing research" while the school is barely funding and paying us well to be able to do said research

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

They say that money can't buy happiness.

But it can buy financial stability, and - in my humble opinion - this would contribute very much to my overall happiness

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

Now just to deal with the pre-mature grey-ing of my hair caused by all the stress of school and I'll be unstoppable!

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

I get pretty bad eye strain from looking at a screen all day - I have blue-light glasses but they only help a bit

BUT today I got a monitor light bar (like the picture) and holy shit wow it really works my eyes no longer hurt while I'm working this is the best day ever

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

I'll just put this in the pile of "overwhelming evidence that the system is fucked and needs to be burnt down"

[Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann]

having a name that takes longer to pronounce is associated with a significantly lower likelihood of being placed into an academic job or obtaining a tenure track position & an initial placement at an institution with lower research productivity; econ
https://t.co/dMrUCvGdOx

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Man Worried Antidepressants Will Leave Trace Of Original Personality https://t.co/XqnoRP6JB8

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

🤔

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

@AcademicChatter

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

Ah yes, the exciting part of the year where I can relax a bit because summer and fewer responsibilities...

...but actually get to stress more because summer and not having stable income until fall 🙃

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

Maybe this weekend I'll finally get caught up on my sleep and feel 100% better and ready for next week

- things I'll tell myself every Friday for the rest of my life

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

@AcerbicAcademic Why limit yourself to just summer?

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

@thephdstory Should have bought $50 worth?

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

In academia summer is a time for feeling guilty about not working on the things that you feel guilty about not having worked on during the semester which you had felt guilty about because you had pushed then off from the previous summer because you had felt guilty about

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

Found the password again for my anon twitter account (this one) so it's over for all of you since I am *back* on my *bullshit*

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

Hey students, little pro-tip for being successful in college: if you set up a meeting with your instructor, it's a good idea to attend that meeting.

You know, the meeting
The meeting for you
The meeting chosen specifically for you
Your meeting

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

Today I taught an in-person class for the first time in 1.5 years so that was pretty neat

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

Need someone to write me an app that detects any time I switch over to Twitter after typing two (2) lines in Word that pops up a big banner that just says "seriously, again?"

[Jaded Grad Student @jadedgrad]

@thephdstory