The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Cadence]

Gladius Dei super terram, cito et velociter.

 

[darjr]

But it makes stupid funny noises. Like it’s trying to talk?!?

 

[Bolares]

Ooooh, now I know what you all were talking about feeding the troll.... such a cheap bait... I'd have fallen for it too

 

[Umbran]

It sometimes terrifies me how particular threads unravel in ways that uncannily parallel the real world.

Yes, well, there's a myth of gamer exceptionalism - the idea that the hobby attracts people who are smarter, more thoughtful, and generally better than the population as a whole.

This myth is entirely false.

 

[Ryujin]

Yes, well, there's a myth of gamer exceptionalism - the idea that the hobby attracts people who are smarter, more thoughtful, and generally better than the population as a whole.

This myth is entirely false.

The same false bias exists in IT and academia.

 

[darjr]

The same false bias exists in IT and academia.

No it doesn’t!

does it?

naw!

 

[Ryujin]

No it doesn’t!

does it?

naw!

One of my co-workers thought that it would be a good idea to dispose of the mixed vegetables from his lunch in the staff washroom. Not in the toilet, mind you, but the urinal.

Over the years I have lost count of the number of professors who looked down on me, thinking that almost literally anyone could do my job, only to find out that their computer was "dead" because it was either unplugged, or the power bar was turned off.

 

[darjr]

I do have to say some of it goes the other way.

I heard a coworker say that academics don’t have to compete for their money and let me tell you funding is always constantly an issue and they in fact have to bust thier ass to compete for it.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Reaper's Bones 6 KS just started - I can't wait to read the comments section. I have a bucket of popcorn on one side of me and a bucket of soapy water on the other to wash the blood off my boots, lol.

 

[billd91]

I heard a coworker say that academics don’t have to compete for their money and let me tell you funding is always constantly an issue and they in fact have to bust thier ass to compete for it.

It's one of the reasons academia politics and infighting are so vicious.