discovering a new kind of academic procrastination where you see early signs of a possibly ground breaking result but delay working on validating with more data to enjoy the feeling of your work's potential before reality inevitably crashes your hopes
@sunilsideup_ it's either that, or an unbearably cringe adjective/place that has nothing to do with the dish - eg "marry me chicken" or "madras lamb curry". I once saw a korean salad dish called "gangnam style"
after many years of rallying against electronic music with the classic "they're just pressing space bar bro" rhetoric, I must admit that melodic house music absolutely rules and I was being a they-dont-make-music-like-they-used-to flavoured hater
nothing I love more than lowballing sellers on vinted. you're selling a knitted patagonia sweater with lifetime warranty? 20 euros.
selling limited edition game-worn jordans from his last championship game? cool story bro, 12 euros. take it or leave it
they're playing waving flag by k'naan at the olympics, except it's the spanglish version ft david bisbal. this could be because:
- they're embracing the international aspect of the olympics
- like 12 year old me, they downloaded the wrong version from youtube-mp3 and stuck to it
the HBO max app coverage of the olympics is so good, you can watch any sport and set alerts if you're tracking specific athletes or medals.
way better than last time scrambling to find an ad filled shady stream at the covid vaccination center
nothing more entertaining in a conference than the stalwarts of a field pedantically arguing over the smallest, most unnecessary details of their research.
academic dick measuring contest at its finest
the hardest thing after a vacation at home isn't dealing with the change in food or lack of pampering but deprogramming my mind from thinking an afternoon nap is absolutely necessary for daily sustenance