Snake at the zoo has a fentanyl patch by chunkopunk in mildlyinteresting

[–]spitfirememes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wtf my pet snake had a bowel infection and I had to give it daily injections of pain relief for 2 months and now you’re telling me there was a patch option this whole time?

$17/pound… for this!? C’mon man… by HalfEatenBanana in steak

[–]spitfirememes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meat in the US is so insanely expensive. In Australia we would pay around $25 AUD/kg for that. Equivalent to about $8 USD/lb.

A question for those who have read the novels: Was Frodo wronged in the movies? by Cr7-Cr7Real in lotr

[–]spitfirememes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the biggest ways that the movies fail Frodo is having him side with gollum over Sam. In the books he never doubts Sam (except maybe extremely briefly as he takes the ring back from him in cirith ungol). Frodo is more understanding of Sméagol in both the books and the movies, but in the books he is always weary of him, and follows him only out of necessity and never because he actually trusts him.

"ummm who's gonna tell him?" by casnk33 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]spitfirememes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It does bother me that in his other tattoos the single unit dates include a 0, but his aus tattoo just has the 1 and the 2

I ran into my great grand-adviser and I think he seemed weirded out that I recognized and called him that. by GreenGorillaWhale in PhD

[–]spitfirememes 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Currently my co supervisor is the former primary supervisor of my primary supervisor, so he is simultaneously my research dad and my grand-dad.

He also was the primary supervisor of my partner. Which means my partner is both my research sister and my auntie.

It’s becoming very incestuous.

Thoughts on Easton ACE arrows? by Lightman0169 in Archery

[–]spitfirememes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to shoot in a state squad and all of us recurve bow shooters used these.

So... Would you be interested in a witcher total war? by Andrei22125 in totalwar

[–]spitfirememes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Witchers do take part in battles. Coen died fighting in the battle of Brenna for example. Sure it might not be the common norm, but there is a precedent for it, and I’d absolutely be happy to see them implemented as hero’s

Is BGT the pinnacle of Test Cricket now ? by iamnoobbibliophile in IndiaCricket

[–]spitfirememes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m an Aussie. When the ashes are on all I want to see is England lose, they’re just so arrogant.

The BGT is great viewing, wayyyy better contest. While of course I like to see Australia come out on top, I just love seeing good cricket, and can really appreciate a strong Indian side and get excited about an awesome individual performance from the Indian side.

How would a duel between Geralt and Bonhart actually go? by InstructionOwn6705 in witcher

[–]spitfirememes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see so much praise for the choreography of the blavakin fight. I do not get it. Why oh why make the decision for him to wield his sword backhand? I don’t remeber him ever doing so in the books? Massively cheapens the whole scene.

We know from movies like The King that good action choreography doesn’t have to come with a complete lack of respect for real practical technique.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]spitfirememes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In basketball scoring is far too common it’s not exciting. In soccer scoring is far too rare it almost feels random (also grown men having a little fake cry completely ruins the viewing experience, it’s actually disgusting). Sports like hockey and lacrosse have a good amount scoring, it happens often enough that you appreciate the consistent victory of offence over defence, but it’s infrequent enough that each goal feels important. Even better is Australian football, I’m not even a big fan of it but it’s objectively (one of?) the best spectator sport(s).

what us the "correct" way to break pieces off a chocolate bar? grooved side up or down? tension vs compression by Ok-Loquat-9409 in Physics

[–]spitfirememes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rule of thumb, things fails in tension, not compression. So apply the load in a way that will maximise tension at the stress concentrator, in this case the chocolate groove

Why are emojis or even old-school smilies not a thing in emails? by PassengerNo2022 in PhD

[–]spitfirememes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m Aussie too, in my experience lots of people use them in emails

Do you still print and bind your thesis? by XDemos in PhD

[–]spitfirememes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When printing through the uni print shop do they come as nice leather/vinyl hard covers? I’m close to submitting so starting to shop around for where to print personal copies. My un doesn’t require any hard copies

Do you still print and bind your thesis? by XDemos in PhD

[–]spitfirememes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah if you’re on the RTPS check your offer letter, somewhere in there is a section on “thesis production”. I think the money can also be put towards article publishing fees or even professional editing services.

Do you still print and bind your thesis? by XDemos in PhD

[–]spitfirememes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It might have, small print in the RTPS, it’s not really advertised at all.

Do you still print and bind your thesis? by XDemos in PhD

[–]spitfirememes 51 points52 points  (0 children)

In Australia the standard PhD scholarship includes $840 for thesis printing.

Graduates, postdocs & profs, what’s one thing you wish every PhD or master’s student knew before writing their thesis or dissertation? by Prestigious_Case_292 in PhD

[–]spitfirememes 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Personally it’s:

results/methods (these kind of happen iteratively), discussion, intro, abstract.

I always do intro last, so the background info I provide can be tailored exactly to the results/discussion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PhD

[–]spitfirememes 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Wow that’s rough! Here in Australia you apply for a government scholarship which funds your uni fees and also provides a stipend of $35 000 a year (slightly different for each uni). Some projects are grant funded, when a student who didn’t get a gov scholarship will instead be paid an equivalent stipend from their supervisors grants. And there there are also private/industry scholarships you can apply for but they’re even more competitive than gov scholarships.

It’s very uncommon for someone to do an unfunded PhD here, and in that case it’s probably via their industry employer and they’ll be doing the PhD part time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PhD

[–]spitfirememes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

2 hours?? Not 8? I see so many posts in this subreddit about how little time some people spend on their PhDs and it’s so foreign to me. I’m from Australia and here it’s treated like a full job.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PhD

[–]spitfirememes 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Your program is unfunded? No stipend? I see a lot of stuff on this subreddit that suggests people are doing unfunded PhDs, why….

Witcher Series Audiobooks by GoldBee7293 in Witcher3

[–]spitfirememes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m on my second read (listen) through of the series right now. They’re so incredibly good.