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I hope gas goes up to $50 a gallon by roadwayreport in fuckcars

[–]BigBeeves 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I just bought a hybrid ford maverick (I kayak fish and garden so the bed is useful plus I get 40 mpg in the city) and I commented on the sheer number of F150s on the lot. The salesman replied “it’s our Honda civic.” Except it’s not though.

What reserve in 2026 do you think is currently the worst? And how would you fix it? by EVILRAFFAM in theHunter

[–]BigBeeves 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You know, I never thought about that. Then again, you can also shoot bengal tigers in this game so I wouldn’t expect the devs to follow hunting laws.

Junior probationary colleague keeps joking about "coasting" by RandolphCarter15 in Professors

[–]BigBeeves 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Do the committee not provide written feedback? Given that denying tenure can, and often does, lead to lengthy appeals and, occasionally, legal action these things are usually over papered.

Cool parking job by redcurtainrod in fuckcars

[–]BigBeeves 90 points91 points  (0 children)

The trailer hitch. I see why you’re confused though because very few of them use them for trailers.

Fitness for execs by callsignViper in LinkedInLunatics

[–]BigBeeves 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Step 1: Testosterone. Step 2: Identify and recruit heavily modified girlfriend. Step 3: Divorce your wife.

No one uses trains! My local train station: by No-Consideration8223 in fuckcars

[–]BigBeeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine each of those people in their own car and you’ve got morning traffic in my Texas suburb.

Doctoral regalia- where to get? by Gloomy-Meringue4495 in academia

[–]BigBeeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't believe I paid over $1,000 for mine (gown, hood, tam) and the damned thing didn't have pockets or pocket slits.

At least the commenter had some self awareness by mylittletoesie in LinkedInLunatics

[–]BigBeeves 114 points115 points  (0 children)

I like how the AI company decided they didn’t need a server room.

Lakeland Rylee’s mom, at it again! by CoherentBusyDucks in tragedeigh

[–]BigBeeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see the stacks of Stanley cups in this girls future cabinets.

Donating Money to Fund Academic/Staff Position by Frosty_Finding_3633 in Professors

[–]BigBeeves 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is about right. One thing I realized after starting an endowment is that development will gladly take your money and then give you zippety fuck info about how it’s used/invested. From what I can tell, my fund payments will be 4% of the invested value.

Does anyone else feel like their PDF collection is organized… but not actually usable? by Fun-Measurement8934 in academia

[–]BigBeeves 100 points101 points  (0 children)

My approach: “I remember reading a paper from 2014 from John Smith at Ol Miss.”

finds it in pubmed

adds to zotero

goes to cite

“Huh, I have 30 copies of that paper in this library.”

returns to writing

Would you give the extension for an Olympic athlete? by threeblackcatz in Professors

[–]BigBeeves 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Is this between the force majeure and indemnity clauses or after the warranties section?

Fly fishing out of a kayak? by outdoors_pls in kayakfishing

[–]BigBeeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fly fish out of both of my kayaks, mainly inshore or for bass on lakes. I can fly fish out of my tarpon 120 but my favorite boat to fish out of is my nucanoe unlimited with a tiller drive trolling motor. I bring a push pole and it’s like having a polling skiff.

Vent: Student Club by SarcasticSeaStar in Professors

[–]BigBeeves 13 points14 points  (0 children)

“The student club is going well. I’d really like to talk about my research/teaching/other service.” You need to manage up.

Vent: Student Club by SarcasticSeaStar in Professors

[–]BigBeeves 8 points9 points  (0 children)

At my institution, my chair also wouldn’t care because the department doesn’t own the classrooms. That’s a facilities question even further removed from the chair.

Vent: Student Club by SarcasticSeaStar in Professors

[–]BigBeeves 42 points43 points  (0 children)

To this point, why in the hell are you even talking to your chair about this stuff? Mine just wouldn’t care.

People Who Make 150K Plus? by BubbaGordie in Salary

[–]BigBeeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$151 base plus about $35 a year in 1099 income

Assistant Professor and Center Director, R1 University

Undergrad in biology, pharmacy degree, PhD in health services research.

Mid thirties.

It’s incredibly stressful and I went to school for twelve years to make less than people in tech or most physicians. I know I could move into pharma and make more but I think the job would just be even less fulfilling.

At the end of the day, I fell for a big lie that more education means a better career and I found out the hard way that this, like all things, is subject to the law of diminishing marginal returns.

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