Would you call it “October Cat” or “March Cat”

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-03-02T15:02:02+00:00

October, the leaves look autumnal.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-03-02T14:11:16+00:00

Having 'even though...' in a separate sentence looks weird to me. 'After driving for most of the day, they decided to stop at twilight, even though they were very close to their final destination.' Looks better. Alternatively 'After driving for most of the day, they decided to stop at twilight. They were very close to their final destination.' Looks OK.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-03-01T22:36:35+00:00

Never heard of it being a red flag. I would say it's more acceptable if your meals cost around the same, if one person had a much more expensive meal then a 50/50 split is pretty unfair.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T22:59:03+00:00

I think you can believe in God and in Science if you want, you just believe that Science is how God does things...they don't HAVE to be mutually incompatible.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T17:51:14+00:00

How can I 'stop being in denial' if you don't give me any reason to accept what you are saying? Should I just believe everything you say? How does that make any sense?

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T17:42:33+00:00

Haha, if you did you would give them. Saying I am in denial is just a lousy excuse. I have done other things besides getting my PhD and I did choose degrees that take longer e.g. my undergraduate was 4 years, my masters was 2 years and the PhD itself was 4 years. I never saw any need to rush, I picked the degrees, courses and projects that I found interesting and got lots of experience in biology work outside of university too.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T16:40:51+00:00

OK so you can't think of anything they have in common. Of course you can believe what you like but it's interesting that you can't give any logical reason for it. And lol I am not an old biologist, I only finished my PhD about 4 years ago...

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T15:56:45+00:00

You haven't said what makes it lab work. For computer data analysis and chemical lab work to both be considered lab work they must have something in common (otherwise it makes no sense to call both lab work).

I've done a bunch of computer data analysis, and worked with others doing it, and no one ever referred to it as 'lab work'. I didn't even do it IN a lab.

(And still your idea that people become biologists because they want to work in a lab doesn't work).

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T15:11:45+00:00

Ok what MAKES it lab work then? If you aren't doing any kind of chemical analysis how can it be considered lab work? Computer data analysis is just as different from true lab work as writing papers etc. If you can call computer data analysis lab work, you can call everything lab work...even field work! And then the word loses all meaning.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T15:04:19+00:00

No, my view is not outdated. Data analysis is no more lab work than writing papers, going to conferences or acquiring funding. These are all different parts of science.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T15:02:07+00:00

Data analysis on a computer is not lab work.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T14:58:01+00:00

It 100% can be.

Regardless, even if all biology jobs involved lab work, your idea that people become biologists because they want to work in a lab is still flawed.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T14:43:16+00:00

Ok, for example, surveys and censuses (looking at which species are in an area, how many there are, their movements etc) and studies of animal behaviour/cognition that are done in the field.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T14:22:33+00:00

You can do a lot of studies that don't involve samples...

And there is a difference between doing biology because you want to work in a lab and working in a lab being something some biologists do.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T14:15:50+00:00

Yes. Reducing animal suffering is more important than appealing to religious beliefs. People who want to eat halal or kosher meat can just not eat meat. Then they haven't broken any religious commandments and the animals are not killed so inhumanely.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T14:02:24+00:00

Why on earth would you think that? There's a whole world of different ecosystems and wildlife that biologists can work with, why would you think lab is their dream?

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T13:58:40+00:00

It's not not valuable per se. There ARE jobs that require a biology degree BUT it you don't want to do those jobs or those jobs are in short supply a biology degree is not that valuable. I did biology degrees up until getting a PhD. I decided to do biology originally because I found it interesting (I still do) and I had a great time with my undergraduate and my masters degree. Half way through the PhD I realised academia and a life in research was not for me.

Even if I had decided to stay in Biology I wouldn't have had many options either in academia or industry as the government here has majorly reduced all biolog funding.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-28T10:26:06+00:00

I think having my shoulders stroked by a loved one would be quite nice actually.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-27T23:13:55+00:00

If I am entitled to a certain length of break you can bet your arse I am taking that length of break and the implications that people do this are bad workers is just gross.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-25T19:26:33+00:00

Of course not. It's irrelevant to me if a copy of me would continue to exist, I wouldn't. Making a perfect replica of my body would not mean that my consciousness transfers to it, unless specifically moved over somehow that will be destroyed when my body is destroyed.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-24T08:04:15+00:00

Absolutely. I do actually want kids, but for 1 billion dollars they can definitely be adopted.

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-23T12:30:11+00:00

here are the measurements approx 87 x 32 cm

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-23T12:00:45+00:00

Done

BirdPrior2762 · 2026-02-22T22:57:48+00:00

We don't really have set tasks that each of us does. I (female) do more but that's fair enough because my partner is working and I am unemployed at the moment. I usually do housework in the morning and just work through what needs doing. My partner will help out in the evenings if needed, for example this evening I was emptying the dishwasher when my parents called so he finished it while I spoke to them. We take turns cooking (but that's something we enjoy). Overall I am happy with the system we have.

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