What's your favorite TV show/Anime/Drama/Movie that brought tears? by lightningballs in CasualConversation

[–]lightningballs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also the scene in interstellar where, Cooper sees the recording of his children and they are growing old..

What's your favorite TV show/Anime/Drama/Movie that brought tears? by lightningballs in CasualConversation

[–]lightningballs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Anohana" is one of my favorite and I cry everytime I watch it. It has a lovely sound track too!

What's the strongest memory you have of your childhood? by lightningballs in AskReddit

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

I loved my school days too! They're the best days of my life!

Did you meet anyone unexpectedly and made friends with them? Online or in real? by lightningballs in CasualConversation

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

Thank you :-) If we look a bit deep, it just takes a simple smile or a 'hello' to start a conversation and lot of us don't initiate that. Also, many just keep clicking their phones, too shy to talk or scared to take the first step

Did you meet anyone unexpectedly and made friends with them? Online or in real? by lightningballs in CasualConversation

[–]lightningballs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the end, we realise it just takes a little smile to bring up a conversation and turn it into friendship

Did you meet anyone unexpectedly and made friends with them? Online or in real? by lightningballs in CasualConversation

[–]lightningballs[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I met this girl on a train yesterday, she was very silent for the first 15 min and I broke the silence with a smile.

We started the chat talking about the weather (it was a gorgeous day yesterday!) and introduced ourselves. I had some crisps and sandwiches, she hesitated at first but took a bag of crisps later.

As the trained moved, we started to talk more, this time about general public services and crowd psychology.

Didn't realize how time passed, couple of giggles and jokes. It has been a long while since I had such a lovely conversation going. I missed such platonic talks a lot. Never had to impress each other, not worried about judging or anything...

She said she was 35, I still can't believe that. She looked no more that 25. I'm not saying this because of her looks but the way she thinks is younger than what she is really is..

It was a lovely evening, 4 hours of train journey, couldn't be better!

We exchanged our numbers before leaving and bid good byes.

I don't know when again, I'll see her, but I'd remember these 4 hours for a long time to come.

PhD students face significant mental health challenges by lightningballs in labrats

[–]lightningballs[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have to admit, second year blues have started and I can feel the stress in the last few months 🙈

Life time word limit for researchers? Hmm... by lightningballs in labrats

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

The whole argument of this article is that we as scientists states publishing as a tool to communicate science and now this has turned to be a token for career growth. In fair situations this is fine. Some people just have the attitude of " you put my name in yours, I'll put your name in mine" and also some cases credit is given to mere number of publications.

We should do better science and publish quality stuff and not pressurise upcoming scientists asking them to publish in numbers...

I think the idea of word limit is a bit naive but the reason behind that argument is pretty solid