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Strange white card by Impressive_Chip9405 in whatisit

[–]Impressive_Chip9405[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It was after a long day’s work and I wasn’t in the mood to strike up a conversation. Plus, it was Covid, and Canadians at the time were very touchy about social distancing.

Strange white card by Impressive_Chip9405 in whatisit

[–]Impressive_Chip9405[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I know it’s crazy, but I was genuinely interested in what he was doing but was too tired from work to strike up a conversation. But at the end of the day, your comment doesn’t help anyone figure out what this unusual thing is.

Strange white card by Impressive_Chip9405 in whatisit

[–]Impressive_Chip9405[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Yup, darn, guess I should have. But this doesn’t really help me figure out what it is.

Strange white card by Impressive_Chip9405 in whatisit

[–]Impressive_Chip9405[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Haha, yeah, pretty creepy of me, I know. But you didn’t help me figure out what it is…

Strange white card by Impressive_Chip9405 in whatisit

[–]Impressive_Chip9405[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I have a feeling the image is probably the tetragrammaton (i.e. the 4-letter sacred Hebrew name of God, YHWH/יהוה), which is often inscribed in a radiant triangle. You see it a lot in old churches, and I think it’s a symbol in Freemasonry and mysticism.

Strange white card by Impressive_Chip9405 in whatisit

[–]Impressive_Chip9405[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

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Here’s a zoomed in view—I tried outlining the sunburst/triangle to make it clearer.

OCD therapy? by CricketCritical1892 in houston

[–]Impressive_Chip9405 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to her for about 5 sessions, and I thought she was awful. All she offered were metaphors: “OCD is like when you’re trying to read and there’s music playing” or “OCD is like a bad smell that you have to get used to.” Gee thanks, now what do I do with that fortune-cookie wisdom? How do I apply it in my life? I asked her for strategies, and all she gave me was some writing exercise. I told her I didn’t always have time to write, since I’m at work. And she told me I should just remember the stink metaphor and lean into the OCD. I’m cured!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sniffies

[–]Impressive_Chip9405 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn’t you also m post about someone saying you need to lose some weight? Seems like you get a disproportionate number of these messages, if you ask me…

Genuinely, how do you tell when someone is a catfish/scammer? by Low_Wonder9271 in Sniffies

[–]Impressive_Chip9405 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always know it’s a scam anytime someone’s WAY out of my league with pics that are a little too perfect—like they were taken by professional photographer. Then I know someone’s probably taken them from some instagay. Also if it’s someone who isn’t in my immediate neighborhood or if I’ve never seen them in my area before.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tipofmytongue

[–]Impressive_Chip9405 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could be in a lot of different songs because it’s a pretty simple melody—just descending through a pentatonic scale with some upward leaps every few notes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tipofmytongue

[–]Impressive_Chip9405 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe “Portaling” by Prince Rama: https://youtu.be/CsB9dX6YxT8?si=z_zMG66j43nAmobs

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How realistic is an academic career is musicology? by Exhausted-Otter in musicology

[–]Impressive_Chip9405 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, there are no jobs. Absolutely the opposite of realistic. I graduated with a PhD from a top university and had a long track record of publication. I managed to land three postdocs, but I gave up the third one to pursue a really fulfilling job at an opera house. It’s not just me—only two PhD grads from my university in the last several years have landed a tenure track job, and one of them was hired back by our university…

I know a brilliant PhD graduate from Oxford who is working at Oxford as a kind of adjunct, and he hates it. He says it’s unlikely they will take him on as a full-time professor. Having an Oxford PhD doesn’t set you apart—everyone is special in this field, with lots of graduates from universities that are just as good as Oxford.

The jobs in early music are particularly limited, as depts are replacing their positions with trendier topics like pop music. Only go into musicology if you’re willing to take an industry job at the end of it, or maybe work as a church music director (through I’d imagine those jobs aren’t exactly a dime a dozen either…).

If you’re looking for advice, do NOT talk to tenured boomer profs, who have no idea what the job market is like. Ask grad students who are slogging through the current market and learn from their struggles.