wiwaxia:ineptshieldmaid:gessorly:tyrror:ruingaraf:themarchrabbit:Seriously, it kills me when I see p
wiwaxia:ineptshieldmaid:gessorly:tyrror:ruingaraf:themarchrabbit:Seriously, it kills me when I see people hold scientists up as pinnacles of logic and reason.Because one time the professor I was interning for got punched in the face by another professor, because mine got the funding, and told the other professor his theory was stupid.This same professor told me to throw rocks to scare the “stupid fucking crabs” into moving so we could count them properly.SCIENCEthank youthis is one of the best comments this post has recievedI have witnessed:Two professors hiding around a corner and snickering, “Shhh, here she comes!” While a female professor approached and, when she finally found them, she proceeded to scream while pointing from one to the other, “You! I called your office but you weren’t there! So I tried to call YOUR office to figure out where HE was but YOU weren’t there!”Two grad students standing outside a closed and locked door yelling, “Come out of the damn office. You haven’t left for days. If you didn’t have a couch in there I’d be concerned as to where you were sleeping!”A religious studies professor apologizing for being late to class because, “security stopped me because I’m dressed like a hobbit”Watched a professor snort the results of my experiment to determine if I had the right final compound.Two archeology professors toss priceless fossilized teeth back and forth in an attempt to figure out who is smarter by “guessing the type of tooth and species of animal before it lands”Multiple fully degreed individuals throw dry ice at one another in an attempt to be first to use the lab/get that piece of equipment/or change the iPod song.A genetics professor build furniture out of stacks of paper and planks of wood because she is that far behind in grading papers/responding. One of the impromptu furniture pieces housed a fish tank.I could go on but I think that covers the larger portion of the insanity…Every time it comes around on my dash, it gets better.Just the other day, I was on my way to the loo, and a senior lecturer was in the corridor explaining to someone about how he had recently attempted to leave his house with his hat on, but without his trousers.Fortunately, his father brought this to his attention. It is unknown whether or not he saw fit to add trousers, but he was pleased to inform the department that he always knows where his hat is.Last major fieldtrip I was on, I went into my cabin to retrieve a hairtie, and found three male staff members cuddled together on my bed, arguing over a map. When I asked what they were doing and why they were doing it in my bed, they said they had to hide from the undergraduates. As geologists, we have to collect rocks for research. Every staff member has a favourite way of packing them that they think is the most efficient and logical. One likes to use aeroplane sick-bags, and orders them from the wholesaler for that purpose. One uses bread-bags off his lunches. And one uses the kind of clear plastic packet that blood is stored in post-donation. No-one knows where he gets them from and no-one wants to ask. We have a number of vehicles for fieldwork, mostly vans, but one 4wd. The 4wd is the most popular, particularly amongst the male staff members. I asked one why he liked it so much, given it seats fewer people and guzzles more gas than the vans, and he told me solemnly that the bulge of the turbo intake made him feel more manly.. -- source link