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TheAlbatross

@ TheAlbatross @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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  • I am getting offended on this kind of messages, am I overreacting?

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  • I'm not sure, though I don't think I'd use the word greed or entitlement there. That said, I think people who aren't working through their doctorate often don't appreciate just how lucky they are to avoid such a burden. A friend of mine was kvetching about a fellow in their cohort complaining about how the dissertation scheduling was interfering with their European vacation holiday while my friend is trying to pick up as many shifts as they can at two part time jobs that wildly underpay them for their education level. My friend never has a consistent schedule and never seems to have more than maybe ten hours of free time a week outside of sleeping. That person is entitled and clueless.

    That all said, I don't think you need to take the words of anyone on social media or an internet forum all that seriously or personally.

    Personally? The academic system seems utterly fucked up and abusive. In a way that favors education for the few that can mitigate the pains of capitalism already.

  • I am getting offended on this kind of messages, am I overreacting?

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  • There's two kinds of people I've met pursuing doctorates.

    Those who are independently wealthy and don't need to work while pursuing it and those who aren't and do.

    Both seem incredibly stressed and depressed almost consistently. Though the latter seem to be, understandably, bitter at the lamentations of the former.

  • Hot Take Time: What is a popular long-running franchise that just needs to stop?

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  • For shame for you to say that Star Trek has run on too long.

    We need messages about cooperating to create a classless, moneyless society of benevolent people now more than ever.

  • How did Gen X/Millennials failed at tackling the political issues they criticised in the 90's

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  • Gen X isn't as radical on the whole as one might think (of course there's some incredibly rad exceptions) and, well, boomers haven't died off yet. They still hold most of the wealth ergo most of the power in America. It's a geriocracy and it ain't the 50+ year old Millenials running the show.

  • How do people get rid of or sell stolen jewelry? I ask cause the news says the the Louve thieves can never sell it because it so known?

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  • They either already have a buyer set up before the heist (seems unlikely, things that probably just happen in movies) or far more likely, cut it up into unrecognizable gemstones then sell it

  • How do you kill time at work?

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  • Richii mahjong phone app

  • Why don't police use rubber bullets instead of live rounds? I get if someone is holding a loaded weapon. But wouldn't a rubber bullet have the same effect with out putting holes in another person?

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  • Oh, honey, it's not about protecting people...

  • Why are so many people role playing as animals?

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  • Dunno how old you are, but we got internet when I was about ten years old and lemme tell you it's always been there.

  • Why are so many people role playing as animals?

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  • Imma guess, like most things it seems, they always have been, we just see it more thanks to the internet.

  • If a block some user/community/instance on Lemmy, do we become invisible/incommunicable to each other, or we just won't see each others posts on the feed?

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  • It's seventeen minutes after you replied to me and I can not only see your reply, I've upvoted it and made this reply.

  • If a block some user/community/instance on Lemmy, do we become invisible/incommunicable to each other, or we just won't see each others posts on the feed?

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  • I'm pretty sure blocking goes one way. You can't see their posts but they can see and reply to yours.

  • It's basic, but is there anything in the world more satisfying to dice than green onions?

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  • I've been playing with this Garnish technique I saw on Chinese cooking videos where you cut a 3 inch section of green onion, flatten it with your knife, then cut it along the short edge to form long strands of green onion. A few of those delicately placed atop a dish, especially one lacking green, really makes it pop

  • It's basic, but is there anything in the world more satisfying to dice than green onions?

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  • You're so right that it's satisfying to dice green onion and get that beautiful gradient.

    Have you tried mincing meat by hand? I get incredible satisfaction wielding two cleavers and going to town on some chicken. It's amazing how quickly it turns from chunks to a fine paste. Plus the sound is astounding. My roommates legit gather because it makes such a ruckus and apparently I get a huge smile on my face whenever I do it.

  • "Pretend" there are no required qualifications or legal and ethical restrictions to becoming the president of the US, who would you like to see in office?

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  • Someone who has actually had an American experience. Someone who's been homeless, who's worked more than one job just to barely make rent. Someone who's viewed home ownership as a pipe dream. Someone who's waited tables. Someone that's done drugs just for an escape. Someone who's lost friends and family to those same drugs. Someone who's had a total stranger express hate for them just for being outside the in-power group.

    No more of these disconnected rich pricks who don't really know how the average person lives.

  • Are Combo Convection/Microwave Ovens Legit or a Gimmick?

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  • I had one. The microwave worked as one would expect. The air fryer function was less than stellar, but i don't have a lot of experience with air fryers, so it may have been fine. It did heat up and crisp things decently, but it took longer than the packaging for the foods I heated up indicated. It didn't really make French fries from potatoes too well, but that mighr have just needed more testing. I quickly gave up and just used the wok.

    I never tried it with things I'd usually put in the oven.

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  • From the little info you've shared, it sounds like you've made fair choices that align with your life style and goals, but she has the right to get her hackles up and say that those life styles don't align with hers.

    Her hesitancy is fair if she has different views on marriage.

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    When We Sleep Our Mind Creates A World In Dream Then Can't We Believe The Power Of The God? Human Birth Is To Attain The Supreme

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  • It's worse than stupid, it's proselytizing.

  • Finally H.P.

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  • If I had a nickle for every time someone who knows I keep kosher offered me butter chicken "because it's not pork", I'd be a rich man.

  • As Game Pass prices get laughably high, Microsoft is reportedly spinning up a free version of Xbox Cloud Gaming—but of course you'll have to sit through ads

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  • Canceled my sub via the handy link in the 50% price hike email.

    Microsoft can huff my piss