May 2012
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April 2012
98 posts
Some of the professors at the college I work for are concerned that we're "fetishizing" them by featuring their work in the alumni magazine. #pretentiousprofessorproblems
#Because “fetishize” is obviously the most appropriate word to use in this circumstance, rather than just, like, “no.”
#If you don’t want to be interviewed just say so. You don’t need to go into hyperdrive humanities nerd attack mode
#also, what the fuck is my job
#working with faculty is a challenge
(This wasn’t an interaction I had but was relayed to me by a coworker. Sometimes I feel so bad for normal, non-SLAC savvy folks who start working here and have to navigate this shit because they are just SO CONFUSED.)
10 Reasons Why The Walking Dead Should Just Kill Off Carl →
collegehumor.com
- Carl, stay in the house.
- Seriously, Carl. Stay in the house
- Carl, I don’t want to yell but it’s the middle of the zombie apocalypse and we’re going to need you to stay close by.
- Okay, buddy. Can you be a good little sheriff and stay put? I don’t know, guard the living room. Yes, okay here’s a special hat and you are officially on duty to protect the couch cushions. Just stay in the house.
- Carl, I’d ground you but it seems a bit trite what with the hordes of Zombies outside trying to eat our faces.
- Remember what happened when another little kid wandered off alone? You were here for that.
- It’s great you’re keeping your childish rebellion alive but if one of the bad guys gets you, Daddy is going to have to shoot you in the head.
- Please, Carl. Just stay here. I’ll be right back. Protect the couch cushions. Make some lunch. Get back to doing that math homework we inexplicably cared about 4 episodes ago.
- Carl, I’m not fucking around. Please, Carl. Just stay in the house. Do this one fucking thing. Just stay in the house for the next 5 minutes.
- HAS ANYONE SEEN CARL?? HE’S NOT IN THE HOUSE.
“What should we do to help America’s young? Basically, the opposite of what Mr. Romney and his friends want. We should be expanding student aid, not slashing it. And we should reverse the de facto austerity policies that are holding back the U.S. economy — the unprecedented cutbacks at the state and local level, which have been hitting education especially hard. Yes, such a policy reversal would cost money. But refusing to spend that money is foolish and shortsighted even in purely fiscal terms. Remember, the young aren’t just America’s future; they’re the future of the tax base, too. A mind is a terrible thing to waste; wasting the minds of a whole generation is even more terrible. Let’s stop doing it.”
—Paul Krugman (via underthemountainbunker)
“Personally I like going places where I don’t speak the language, don’t know anybody, don’t know my way around and don’t have any delusions that I’m in control. Disoriented, even frightened, I feel alive, awake in ways I never am at home.”
—Michael Mewshaw (via tillthemusicends)
