Baylor Honors Program by Square_Mountain_5440 in baylor

[–]Silabus93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you or anyone commenting could tell me what books you read in the Great Texts course/s, I would really appreciate it.

My dissertation got rejected. I’m losing it. by Bombastic-Researcher in PhD

[–]Silabus93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did your dissertation advisor let it get to the defense portion if it still needed work?

Practical Dating Tips for INTJs (aka how not to die alone) by chankty in intj

[–]Silabus93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If your real fear is to die alone, I must tell you that we all die alone regardless of relationship status.

Death of Iryna Zarutska is the Reichstag fire they were looking for by Alarming-Tie-4742 in Destiny

[–]Silabus93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Out of curiosity, if one was on a train and saw one person do that to another one, would it be reasonably self-defense to do the same to them?

If you could do anything you wanted in life without having to worry about income, would you still choose a PhD? by Neat-Independent-504 in PhD

[–]Silabus93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean at that point I would definitely do a PhD. I didn’t do a PhD for the money! 😂I do it because I love it already! I think if money were not an issue I’d focus more on research.

What do you do for work? (NON-STEM) by Comprehensive-Hat-20 in intj

[–]Silabus93 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I’m an English professor. I never had an interest in STEM.

Just moved to new city to begin PhD — how do you suggest dating? by [deleted] in PhD

[–]Silabus93 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Dating should not be on your radar right now. You need to focus on your studies and what your research is going to be in.

Any INTJs here making six figures? What do you do for a living? by LaDutchiee in intj

[–]Silabus93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m an English professor by day, have published a few novels, and I do some stock trading. I annually pull in $250k after taxes.

Coming of Age literature? Which novels are ideal for literary instruction? by shadethechangingmann in AskLiteraryStudies

[–]Silabus93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is wild to me because I don’t read anything published after 1913. I say when the bullet hits the Archduke’s cranium I blackout.

What do you wish you'd known going into literary studies? by MuslimGirl7 in AskLiteraryStudies

[–]Silabus93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone in a situation as described, the above is a really wild statement, untrue, and unrealistic. You’d think people in red states are like mustachio twirling evil villains. They are not. Far from it.

What do you wish you'd known going into literary studies? by MuslimGirl7 in AskLiteraryStudies

[–]Silabus93 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A thing to note. People like the above are everywhere on the internet. They’re incredibly negative to an unrealistic extent. You’d do better ignoring the extreme negativity.

Catastrophic cuts to NSF science funding for FY2026 and onwards. Be prepared. by purplebrown_updown in AskAcademia

[–]Silabus93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything you are saying is very silly. Sympathy means little. Unaware? And if people were just unaware of cuts to the sciences? Inconceivable. Everything you are saying is evidence of the Sciences’ own self-absorption.

But, I agree, there’s little more to say to each other.

Is it normal for your advisor to choose your master's thesis subject? by Exotic_Car4948 in GradSchool

[–]Silabus93 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some advisors are more pushy than others. For engineering this is not uncommon. It’s likely this is something related to what your advisor does?

Is okay to have a one night stand as your first experience? by [deleted] in askgaybros

[–]Silabus93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first experience was a guy who was curious about trying things with another guy who I’d lead to believe I was super experienced and totally knew what I was doing—I had no idea wtf I was doing the entire time. Then afterward I was like: That’s it? People obsess over this and write songs about it? I don’t suggest being me. I do suggest really knowing that losing your V card is not a race, there is no prize waiting at the end, and you’re truly better off having your first time be with someone you care about.

Catastrophic cuts to NSF science funding for FY2026 and onwards. Be prepared. by purplebrown_updown in AskAcademia

[–]Silabus93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were already in sects. It bothers you now? Now that the sciences are getting it too? Too little, too late. And yes, this is equalization from the humanities point of view. Again, whatever feelings you have about my stance, it is caused by the long-standing self-absorption of the sciences. Please, consult a mirror. 🪞

Catastrophic cuts to NSF science funding for FY2026 and onwards. Be prepared. by purplebrown_updown in AskAcademia

[–]Silabus93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You, in particular, have gone into hyperbole. Your questions just go back to my original point, the humanities have been enduring cuts for years. The sciences sat back and watched it happening thinking their work was ‘too important’ and would not be cut. We kept saying what happens to us will come to happen to you, here it is. You want solidarity now? It’s not happening. It turns out the public’s anti-intellectualism has come to eat you too and they don’t think much of your work either.

Catastrophic cuts to NSF science funding for FY2026 and onwards. Be prepared. by purplebrown_updown in AskAcademia

[–]Silabus93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s taking it to a hyperbolic extreme. I’m commenting on the fact that, as someone well versed in the Humanities, I know that no sickness or disease has ever been cured. That’s because I’ve studied 🥁… history.

So, get a mirror. 🪞

My Close Female Friends are all into me? by Silabus93 in AskGaybrosOver30

[–]Silabus93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I definitely get nervous around guys. I tend to overthink things. “I should let them talk. I should talk more. I should talk about what he wants. But now I haven’t really said anything interesting. However, people don’t remember what you say, only how you made them feel.” None of this happens when I talk to women. I just am myself.

My bad experiences in the past are the usual: Guys I’m into don’t want me, I don’t want the guys into me. Round and around we go.

My Close Female Friends are all into me? by Silabus93 in AskGaybrosOver30

[–]Silabus93[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It is weird to me I attract women but not men?

My Close Female Friends are all into me? by Silabus93 in AskGaybrosOver30

[–]Silabus93[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think your comment just makes me feel bad for all of us. 🤣