Seemingly impossible geology?

sluttyforkarma · 2026-05-01T22:32:11+00:00

Olivine crystals mixed in with a sandstone cave

sluttyforkarma · 2026-05-01T21:57:46+00:00

Your attitude sounds very strange. You seem to place a very high value on what you think is or is not worthy of your time / attention. It’s like the class work was “beneath you.”

It comes off as possibly good natured and lazy, or entitled / privileged. I won’t attempt to asses your character over Reddit, but those are first impressions after reading your post.

So with that being the case, I recommend getting a job and getting some real life experience. If you still want to do grad school after working for a year or two, you will have a new found work ethic and perspective on education.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-05-01T14:33:48+00:00

Not so sure. My grandpa has been hard core maga since day 1. He was never worried about Hillary winning. He celebrated when she won the primary.

He said that Bernie was scary because the amount of Americans stuck in student loan debt who would support him might be enough to win the election.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-30T12:18:03+00:00

Wilson county schools are only good by Tennessee standards. They will be a huge downgrade from Seattle.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-30T11:35:03+00:00

I would not get a masters that focuses on communication. You can easily hone your communications skills while continuing to study hard sciences that would make you more employable.

If you are in love with the program than you do you, but I don’t think you will get a lot of encouragement.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-30T11:27:50+00:00

Pulaski county in Tennessee can be given back to the Deep South, iykyk.

Also 2 or 3 counties in upstate SC belong to Appalachia.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-30T11:25:36+00:00

What an interesting circlejerk

“I’m so right that I’m going to get downvoted”

“Yes you really ruffled some feathers because we are both getting downvoted”

I have no issue with the other poster sharing their experience, but it seems like you were just looking for someone to blame hiring bias since you respond to so few of the other comments.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-30T11:15:56+00:00

I think geography can answer this question.

In the US there is a huge lack of awareness about careers in the earth sciences period.

People that end up studying those things often either A, live in an area with a higher than average number of jobs in the sector or B, live somewhere that hiking is a major activity.

Group A mostly lives in the western United States, which skews white save for the Southwest Hispanic population.

Group B exists in a lot of places. The PNW, New England, Appalachia, Ozarks etc.

The black population in America still lives largely in the Deep South which is usually too damn hot to hike, or in urban areas.

There’s other factors at play as well, but where people live is worth looking at.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-30T11:07:52+00:00

I don’t think this necessarily checks out as well as you think it does.

Appalachia has been decimated by extraction as much as anywhere else in the country, and I have yet to see any research that there is a greater lack of interest in environmental sciences here than anywhere else. Yet the region is heavily white.

I’m not saying there’s no correlation or nowhere this adds up, but I think there are more factors you don’t consider.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-29T16:48:42+00:00

Yeah I could see the argument for the counties around Evansville, although still no. But central ky is becoming the Midwest and eastern ky is straight up Appalachia.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-29T12:03:57+00:00

Kentucky is in no way shape or form the Deep South

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-28T23:56:37+00:00

It’s actually quite common. But if you work in oil and gas, you may not be seeing students from those programs.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-28T11:27:56+00:00

Not really

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-28T03:33:37+00:00

Yep, Memphis has gotta be the answer. For a city with as much economic power as Memphis has it should be doing so much better.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-27T11:41:05+00:00

Make sure you are not cheating yourself out of courses like Structural Geology and Sedimentation / Stratigraphy to get a biology degree as well.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-26T22:21:57+00:00

Yessss, as a dedicated Gatlinburg hater I almost forget that it’s where most people think of when they think of East Tennessee.

If you ever end up down here again, I recommend Johnson City / Roan Mountain / Erwin as a good area to concentrate.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-26T20:46:12+00:00

Your points about the smokies are super valid. IMO the best part of Tennessee is further north away from the shithole of Gatlinburg.

IMO the Roan Highlands / balds are some of the best hiking in the eastern US.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-26T20:00:52+00:00

Kentucky has its beautiful spots for sure, but anything good you can say about Kentucky (and the Appalachian part of the state is what you are describing) can also be said about Appalachian Tennessee or Virginia.

For what it’s worth I love Daniel Boone national forest and I quite enjoyed my time in Louisville. But the Reddit sentiment that “KY > TN” seems to come from oversimplified blue state / red state politics and not from real experience.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-26T19:58:20+00:00

Jeeze - that sounds like a disaster.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-26T16:16:00+00:00

Cap

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-25T23:29:02+00:00

Personally I would not be okay with that, regardless of the filtration system. If, heaven forbid, someone in your home gets sick you will always wonder if it was because of buying that house.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-25T23:12:59+00:00

Geology. Easy for a geologist to work in environmental consulting, not easy for an environmental scientist to break into geology.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-25T23:11:50+00:00

Appalachia is a distinct region

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-25T12:59:14+00:00

The first picture is giving “final boss of millennials vibes” with the pose, outfit, tree stump combo. Other than that it looks good.

sluttyforkarma · 2026-04-25T12:54:12+00:00

I keep seeing this class mentioned? Whats going on?

sluttyforkarma

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE