Two types of people 1 comments
lihea · 6 years ago
* Those that pee in the shower
* Those that don't because they have to clean the shower, too.
It's not a joke, it's lament 13 comments
lihea · 6 years ago
Researchers do not make a lot of money! P.I's (primary investigators) are the "supervisors" of researchers and they get decently paid. The regular researchers do not get a lot of money.
In the Netherlands for example, a researcher in his first year (Ph.D yr 1) will get slightly more than minimum wage. That's a fact.
In Norway a postdoc (that means someone who has finished his Ph.D) will get the equivalent of 500 $ more than minimum wage. It's not much.
The P.I's however, they can quite a bit of money. They are the ones going out there getting grants and spending it to fund their research ideas. The researchers then follow the lead of their P.I with varying degrees of personal input.
Research is something you pursue out of passion, not in order to get money.
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Bill Nye talking about race 25 comments
lihea · 6 years ago
OMG! The cognitive dissonance alone would be enough to melt his tiny brain!
This is better than the nair instead of conditioner idea!!
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Bill Nye talking about race 25 comments
lihea · 6 years ago
You'd think that facts would help people understand the world around them and that they'd alter their beliefs if proof arose that challenged them. Unfortunately, not so with my brother in law.
We've told him there's no real scientific difference between "races".
We've talked to him about there being no studies that have proven white people with blond hair and blue eyes to be more intelligent, or more emotionally stable than all other people on the planet.
He won't hear it. He proudly proclaims himself to "not be a rational person".
How someone can be proud of that trait is beyond me.. but somehow it's a badge of honor to him...
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Geevjo 126 comments
lihea · 6 years ago
Bicebr...
Like someone with an accent saying "bicycle"...
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When did people start questioning the shape of the world again anyway? 20 comments
lihea · 6 years ago
His hair color is blond already, but I believe it's because he bleached it. He is going bald a bit, though, and that upsets him a lot :D
Conditioner it is! I would love to see him throw a hissy fit because his hair is falling out in clumps!!!!!
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When did people start questioning the shape of the world again anyway? 20 comments
lihea · 6 years ago
True. And normally I can because I have the freedom to avoid them. I can't really avoid him because he lives at his mother's and that's where all the family gatherings are held.
Also, I am Indian. So I am one of those "inferior" people and when I mention anything scientific, he likes to remind me that white people are genetically superior and more intelligent.
It's a sad way to deal with his insecurities, clearly. He has a hard time dealing with people that know more about anything than he, but it's still infuriating.
I kind of want to replace his shampoo with Nair. He's so vain, it'll destroy him.
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When did people start questioning the shape of the world again anyway? 20 comments
lihea · 6 years ago
You'd think, and I'd agree, but he sees it differently.
When people take offense to his thinking "they are part of the problem" and he feels he has the right to say whatever insulting or demeaning thing he can think of. And since he is quite tall and muscular, i think a lot of people are intimidated by that.
He is absolutely without any friends, though. But he'll tell you that's HIS choice...
It's hopeless...
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When did people start questioning the shape of the world again anyway? 20 comments
lihea · 6 years ago
I know someone who thinks the earth is flat. He just believes in conspiracy theories because I don't think he understands science. Which is surpising since he was decently educated (a-levels), even if he didn't pursue a scientific university degree after.
He also believes the holocaust isn't real, that illness is caused by aliens entering the human body and that Israels policy regarding the Palestinians is an policy every country should adopt when it comes to foreign nationals.
He believes that white people are genetically superior to people of any other color (eventhough he is half mexican) and even amongst white people those with light hair and light eyes are more evolved than those with dark hair and eyes.
I absolutely despise this guy. I can't even remember hating someone before I met this guy.
Unfortunately he is my fiance's brother. (My fiance shares NONE of his beliefs)
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Tag yourself 22 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
What does "cake on cake" mean? It seems like it's supposed to signify that something's redundant, but cake on actual cake seems like an incredible idea to me.
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A Friend of mine wants to know 15 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
It's the unholy union of all three.
Somehow I think music reflects more 41 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
Haha... I replied to this damn thing yr ago... I forgot, oops. But you're damn crazy for replying to me again a year later! Weirdo! :P
Somehow I think music reflects more 41 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
I don't like music. What does that say about me?
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Makes sense 19 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
My fiance has a ph.D in Neuroscience, he works in a interdisciplinary lab with ppl who have ph.D's in psychology, computer science, physics, and many other disciplines.
They all live modestly, because there's no money in science. You work in science because you're passionate about it, not because it makes you rich.
Most of those post-docs still live with roommates and only very few are able to buy or take out credit, because no contract lasts longer than 4 to 5 years. After that you're out looking for a new position in another lab, so banks are not very willing to give you credit or give you a mortgage, since you can't provide proper guarentee you'll be able to pay it back.
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Family trip 1 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
That's a lot of chicks trying to climb one dick... DUCK, DUCK!!! Damn autocorrect....
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George r. R. Martin buying his notebooks 6 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
My 2 favorite things!
Real Flowers with Smiling Faces 8 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
Undertale....
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I felt the pain while reading it 17 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
It does mean that, though. Tree Snake Snake....
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I felt the pain while reading it 17 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
Huh? Why the downvotes? Boomslang snake literally means Treesnake snake which is like Moon Moon?
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I felt the pain while reading it 17 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
Came here just to say that. We have found another Moon Moon.
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It actually really works 4 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
I have a headache right now and it hurts in all three of those places...
guess I'm all sorts of effed.
Buffy & Dean: Best Friends for Life 30 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
It's been one yr and after my buffy marathon I did decide to try out Supernatural! God help me... It was awesome!
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A Real Vacation 20 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
I hear the same thing about Germany. Only there they weren't skipping school they were given a holiday to help harvest the potatoes.
So many kitty toes 17 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
Call it cute all you like, but have you noticed it's front paws? Those look a lot like thumbs, people.
Be wary... Be very wary...
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They are just hugging :> 23 comments
lihea · 7 years ago
Oops, I accidently know where that scene is from...
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