Oh, Twitter…
So this newly-minted doctor posted a picture of herself and her thesis on Twitter on November 27.
She was immediately inundated with a bunch of hateful, hurtful comments about her, her thesis topic, the title (and it’s “wordiness” or “obscureness”), her choice of field (English Lit), and a bunch of other shit.
I have thoughts.
Here they are:
To the “this is a worthless and unimportant topic and worthless and unimportant degree” crowd: the advancement of human knowledge – which includes exploring the products of creativity, such as literature – is never worthless. Just because you may not find it interesting or too specific or too “why would I ever need this?” doesn’t make it worthless. Dr. Louks has made a contribution to human understanding. What have you done today?
To the “PhDs should only be awarded in the sciences” crowd: Shifting focus completely away from the arts and humanities is what’s getting us people who don’t know the original work of The Odyssey and instead see info on the upcoming 2026 “The Odyssey” and say “how convenient that they named the main character after the name of the movie!!!!1!”
To the “this is way too specific and niche” crowd: y’all…y’all don’t know what a PhD is, do you? They’re supposed to be super niche. They’re supposed to be super specific. Hell, I did my master’s thesis on failings of specific fit indices used in structural equation modeling. That shit’s niche, yo, and is probably as obscure (or maybe even more so) to outsiders to the field as Dr. Louks’ topic is to people outside of her field. Here is a visual I showed my ASHA students when talking about what a PhD entails. You should check it out.
Edit: Dr. Louks is now affectionately known as the “smell doctor” on Twitter by her supporters and I see references to her almost every day on there. So yeah, no impact whatsoever.
Sports Twitter
(No, I will never call it “X”; fight me, Musky Boy)
This is why Twitter is my go-to for all sports-related content.
NDP, NO
*Me on Twitter* Why is “Venn Diagrams” trending?
*explores*
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Oh god.
That’s…that’s not how those work.
One Snarky Mountain
Today is the 40th anniversary of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption.
I wasn’t born yet, but I of course have seen videos of it. My dad has (had?) a little thingy that showed the different coarseness/fineness of the ash at like 10, 20, 50, etc. miles away from the eruption.
I actually think I captioned a video about the eruption back when I was working at Pima Community College (which was like a lifetime ago now, haha).
Anyway, I happened upon the Twitter account for the mountain, and whoever is running it has a great snarky sense of humor.
Nothing beats the Big Ben Twitter account, though:
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So this clip came up on Twitter for me today:
(I’ve never watched Bluey so I don’t really know the context, but from everything I’ve heard, Bluey is a great show and you can see that in this little clip.)
Anyway, it got me thinking about houses. As some of you know, I’ve moved around a lot. If I sat down and made a list of all the different times I’ve moved (that is, packed up my belongings and transported them all to a different living location), I suspect it would number in the twenties. Hell, between July 2011 and December 2011 I moved FIVE TIMES.
WHO DOES THAT?
I think a consequence of moving so much has been that I’ve never really felt an attachment to any given house. Sure, I’ve missed living in some houses that I’ve spent time in, but I’ve never had an emotional attachment to any of them. I’ve never cried upon moving from a house, and I cry at everything.
I mean, I can understand why people get emotionally attached to their home, especially if they lived there for like 15 years. Maybe if Nate and I ever move from our condo, I’ll feel that emotional loss (we’ve been here nine years now). But I’ve just never experienced that.
Anyway. Just some thoughts.
Um…
IS HE EARLY????
Boundaries
Do better, y’all!
(This is great, hahaha)
Trendy
So there’s this thing going around on Twitter asking people to list the five topics they can talk about for 30 minutes without any preparation.
So of course I have to join in by posting my answers on my blog.
Because I’m cool like that.
LET’S GO!
- Topic 1: Leibniz
- Topic 2: Statistics
- Topic 3: The Kilogram
- Topic 4: The History of Calculus
- Topic 5: Determinism/Free Will
What are yours?
Relatable
I think all profs can relate to this, especially at the end of the year.
Tweetball 2021
I’ve done this the past few years, so let’s call it a tradition now: posting my favorite baseball-related tweets of the year!
GO!
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Tweetball 2020
So like everything else this year, baseball got all screwed up by COVID. But there were still some Twitter highlights, at least. Here’s a list!
Originally tweeted by Cara Jeffrey (@cara_jeffrey) on May 1, 2020.
My Plans: 2020:
Originally tweeted by MetsKevin11 (@MetsKevin11) on May 19, 2020.
Mets fans only fans who get nervous with a 5 run lead in the 9th
Originally tweeted by Marc Luino (@GiraffeNeckMarc) on August 19, 2020.
The Mets just hit a walk-off at Yankee Stadium.
What a strange year.
Originally tweeted by Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) on August 29, 2020.
It turns out all these “Schitt’s Creek” headlines are about the Emmys, not the Mets’ postseason chances.
Originally tweeted by Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) on September 21, 2020.
Last night: He’s day-to-day with a stomach bug
This afternoon: He’s receiving some fluids at Hospital for Special Surgeries
Tomorrow: 15-day IL
Sunday: Jed Lowrie
Originally tweeted by Blueshirts Breakaway (@BlueshirtsBreak) on October 2, 2020.
Win probability off the charts!
Originally tweeted by Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) on October 25, 2020.
Turn Down for BUTT
Here’s some nonsense internet/Twitter/Tumblr stuff because everything sucks and these things at least make you think about something other than the virus for a few seconds.
Enjoy.
This whole thing
OKAY BYE
K, I’m Out.
Same, blue bin. Same.
Another hailstorm? This blue bin was like “Nope. Bye y’all, good luck with the rest of this year.”🤣 #yyc #yycstorm #abstorm
@cityofcalgary, this should give the Waste & Recycling folks a good chuckle!
Originally tweeted by Mary Kirk (@iamMaryKirk) on July 23, 2020.
It’s the rye chip, you palateless sheep
So in a super scientific Twitter thread, people are debating the best Chex Mix piece and it’s getting heated about that rye chip.
- Rye chip, followed closely by circle pretzel. Throw the mini breadsticks in the trash
- if you said rye chip block me
- Anyone who doesn’t say Rye Chip is a cop.
- rye chip got weird ass flavor but in a good way
- Idk about the best but the worst is definitely that hard ass rye chip
- I can deal with them all, except that rye chip aka the red headed stepchild……
- The rye chip was like that person who you didn’t like but you had him in the to not be mean to him
- Rye chip can jump off a cliff
- Rye chip is the skin of the gods. Children weep at the site of it, men bow down to it.
- CORN CHEX IS THE OG THEY DON’T CALL THAT SH*T RYE CHIP MIXXXX WTF IS WRONG WITH YALLLLL
- literally anyone who says anything other than rye chip deserves to step on a mfriggin LEGO BRICK
In case anyone’s curious, for me it’s:
- Rye chip
- Mini breadstick
- Corn Chex
- Square pretzel
- Wheat Chex
- Circle pretzel
Come at me.
Oh, Astros.
Freaking Astros. Why? Why did you cheat?
The Astros were probably my third favorite team. Springer, Altuve, Correa, Bregman – I liked all of them. Now I’m sad.
Edit: oh my god:
This season’s going to be rough for them.
Is it summer yet?
Hahaha, this is great.
It makes me miss my random Omegle conversations with strangers.
Tweetball
Hello, peeps.
So the Mets’ season officially ended yesterday. SADNESS!
As I’ve mentioned, Twitter is basically my baseball info hub, and most of my liked Tweets are baseball-related (the rest are math/stats-related, walking-related, or PRIMO MEME CONTENT).
So as a little tribute to the end of the regular season, I present the Mets’ 2019 season in Tweet form! Enjoy.
https://twitter.com/McCanns_Beard/status/1117260366201880576
https://twitter.com/TheNatsFanatic/status/1136094208987672576
https://twitter.com/Pete_Alonso20/status/1156581443889483776
https://twitter.com/JeffMcNeil805/status/1174819899153289226
Bonus nonsense:
https://twitter.com/MLBMeme/status/1108327720843243520
“That Can Be My Next Tweet” is hysterical
That Can Be My Next Tweet a website that generates tweets based on the tweets you’ve already made.
Examples:
deGrom is totally my phone.
The sad thing is that these are about the same coherency as my actual tweets.
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