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I guess I'm sorta like the PhD goon. Had better grades and am not that far removed from undergrad. Though my job has probably worse hours and people. I'm going to a PhD program that's not super highly ranked, but has the faculty with the research I want to do. Though I'll probably tap out for a MS halfway through. School is also paying me (about half what I make now) as a stipend. I'm also moving halfway across the country to do it. Though a part of me thinks I need to get out of my corner of the country and live on my own for a while
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In the private sector, employers don't care a whole lot about a Ph.D. over a Masters. Keep your lab job and start applying for a research job. Or, go ahead at playing chess or Magic full time. (of course it's Magic, what else would it be?) The odds of making enough purse to live on are very small, but better to try than not try.
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 19:58 |
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I can speak from personal experience that a PhD hurts you more than it helps you in every possible job that isn't academia. A potential employer sees that degree and they will not take you seriously because they think they know that you won't be loyal and will leave as soon as a more advanced position opens up. Don't get it unless your future employer is paying for it.
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 20:28 |
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Your hobbies are playing games, saying that that's your "soul" and "passion" is pretty depressing unless you are actually the puppet from Saw
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 20:30 |
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purple death ray posted:Your hobbies are playing games, saying that that's your "soul" and "passion" is pretty depressing unless you are actually the puppet from Saw games are really good these days
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 20:41 |
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P-Mack posted:games are really good these days
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 20:52 |
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It sounded like humblebrag to me. I have a degree, a job I enjoy, good hours, good colleagues, plenty of free time, I'm passionate about my hobbies and good at them... But my parents annoy me so meh
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 22:35 |
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quote:Time travel is real, I'm a time traveler, but traveling through time fundamentally destroys both the traveler and time itself. I barely remember who I am or was and have no idea of the full impact of my trip. If these notebooks really existed, I would love to see some pictures of them. I assume they're the work of a crazy person (if they exist at all), but I think they would be fun to look at.
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 22:37 |
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DocBubonic posted:If these notebooks really existed, I would love to see some pictures of them. I assume they're the work of a crazy person (if they exist at all), but I think they would be fun to look at. Don't listen to this obvious Rounder spy. Keep the notebooks safe.
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 22:46 |
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Reading a few pages of this thread makes me feel bad like everyone is a failure and we're all miserable
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 22:54 |
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DocBubonic posted:If these notebooks really existed, I would love to see some pictures of them. I assume they're the work of a crazy person (if they exist at all), but I think they would be fun to look at. I've been wondering how the notebooks would have been sent back in time. Maybe they had their own Time TubeTM connecting them to the future and when they get burned they return there as well?
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 23:39 |
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I just got back from the Time Toilet where I took a Time poo poo and Time Flushed it back in time.
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 23:47 |
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Daisy Fuentes is real!!!
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# ? Apr 20, 2017 23:57 |
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Dead dad confessor from a few pages back: your dad probably had one too many beers camping in the woods, didn't stay warm enough and gave himself hypothermia. Paradoxical undressing is a thing.
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 00:42 |
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quote:I'm absolutely head over heels in love with another goon. Her name is "Hard No", but her former and I believe long-standing username was "Teagan". I'll admit, I've never met her in person, or chatted directly with her online, but from everything she's posted, I am swooning pretty hard, for lack of a better term. quote:I'm a goon that used to post a lot about 10 years ago or so (don't want to give exact dates since it was briefly mentioned on the local news). The reason was because I went to prison and just got out a little over 2 years ago. To make a very long story short, I was charged with kidnapping of a minor. I was in a very bad mental place back then and over the course of many months I befriended a 14 year old girl who attended the church youth group I taught. She was having trouble at home and one time asked if she could live with me. I at first said no, it would be inappropriate and I'd probably get in trouble, but she kept getting increasingly distraught until I finally gave in and said she could stay with me temporarily. I fully realize now that this was an incredibly stupid decision and it was not at all my place to try to help the way I did.
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 01:26 |
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Well that's stalkward
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 01:40 |
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food court bailiff posted:Don't listen to this obvious Rounder spy. Keep the notebooks safe. I have no idea what you're talking about. (Unless I'm part of a rival organization trying to undermine the work of this unknown confessor. Solice Kirsk posted:I've been wondering how the notebooks would have been sent back in time. Maybe they had their own Time TubeTM connecting them to the future and when they get burned they return there as well? That's how I got my notebooks. Oops, said too much.
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 02:33 |
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It was me that wrote that fesh about that girl that posts here, and I broke up with my gf now so PM me if you're interested :{3
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 03:24 |
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Tsaedje posted:Dead dad confessor from a few pages back: your dad probably had one too many beers camping in the woods, didn't stay warm enough and gave himself hypothermia. Paradoxical undressing is a thing. You find a dead guy in the water, you assume he drowned in that body of water and sign out the death certificate accordingly. Nobody tests the fluid to determine if it is fresh or saltwater, as there are lots of confounding factors that would gently caress up the test anyway.
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 04:08 |
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my confession is that these threads are more fun when it's people confessing to living creepypastas or going to jail rather than just an endless stream of their boring rear end fetishes
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 04:21 |
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loquacius posted:yeah uh a bunch of notebooks full of nonsense science and fake history don't exactly prove what you appear to think they do
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 04:20 |
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:my confession is that these threads are more fun when it's people confessing to living creepypastas or going to jail rather than just an endless stream of their boring rear end fetishes My fetish is interesting asses
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 04:22 |
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Dear goon admirer, I think that I should thank you for being brave in articulating in what you think you feel, but that it is completely unwarranted, that I promise there is absolutely nothing special about me, that there are millions of women who wear leather coats and play with grease. It is nice that you think I am pretty, everyone likes to hear that. We all tell each other that openly in the pyf thread, because it is true, goons are beautiful creatures. I um, am not expecting any pm's professing love, but since my pm function doesn't work on my end, anyone who does want to chat and be friends, I am a good goon-friend. In fact, a goonfriend told me about this post. How nice of him. Thanks goon friend for that. Please continue the to be a non stalker, that would be appreciated, and if you decide that you want to participate more actively in the thread, you really should, anyone should, it is a lot of fun, and yeah, we learn a lot about each other. You guys should check out Picnic Princess getting her finger bitten by a monkey and the gory photos that resulted from that! So... love your girlfriend, okay? She's real. I am a goon. A really bad one at that.
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Hard no. posted:Dear goon admirer, I think that I should thank you for being brave in articulating in what you think you feel, but that it is completely unwarranted, that I promise there is absolutely nothing special about me, that there are millions of women who wear leather coats and play with grease. It is nice that you think I am pretty, everyone likes to hear that. We all tell each other that openly in the pyf thread, because it is true, goons are beautiful creatures. This just makes me like you more. Edit: i bet this makes the anon confession goon like you more.
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 05:53 |
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ReidRansom posted:___________________/ Ban this person, what is this sick _ filth.
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 09:00 |
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Hard no. posted:Dear goon admirer, I think that I should thank you for being brave in articulating in what you think you feel, but that it is completely unwarranted, that I promise there is absolutely nothing special about me, that there are millions of women who wear leather coats and play with grease. It is nice that you think I am pretty, everyone likes to hear that. We all tell each other that openly in the pyf thread, because it is true, goons are beautiful creatures. I think maybe you might've just passed up an opportunity to have a free printer delivered to your house. Wait... That story ends badly. Anon goon, don't hurt yourself
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 09:05 |
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Wait, there are threads with beautiful women posting pictures? Why do I read confessions and politics?!
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 09:27 |
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It's called tumblr
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 09:40 |
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PhD Hobby goon with annoying parents: dude, do what makes you happy. I don't think it's "depression" to just not have professional ambition if you're comfortable. Life isn't about "getting ahead" for many people and if your hobbies make you happy and you honestly are ok with your current place in life, I say stick with it. I'm basically on the same boat, I have a job I'm not really crazy about but lets me live comfortably, and I go through my work everyday just go get home and smoke weed, play videogames, hang with my dog, work on my relationship (that's not doing great for reasons unrelated to all of this, but it does make me happy) and get together with my friends. I could very well spend my time studying and getting some technical certifications that would let me find a better job, but I'm ok with were I'm at right now and I see nothing wrong with it. Just make sure you're honestly ok with it and not lying to yourself. For this reason MAYBE get therapy if you have some doubts about it. And your parents? Don't mind them if they have different goals for you, because it's your life and you should live it as you want, not as they wish you would. Dude that tells people to kill themselves then they do it: a single comment can definetely be "the last drop" and trigger a person into killing themselves, but the real reasons he's doing it have nothing to do with you and chances are anything would've caused the thought process that led to that. Don't feel guilty, but please take it as a lesson to be less confrontational and offensive and let people have their opinions without you going "kill you are self". You have no idea what the gently caress is going on on someone's life and words can weight heavily. Think of it this way: while your comment might have been the last drop for this guy, a kind reply could be someone else's wake up call to get help. Would you rather be the kind of influence on someone else that makes them help themselves, or the kind of influence that adds to a bunch of poo poo going on on their lives? MARRY ME, HARD NO (watch out from goony stalkers because that Confession was creepy. Confession goon: stop idolizing virtual people and start thinking about why you do it, and probably get some therapy. Also: I hear Hard No sometimes farts.)
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 10:00 |
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Hard no. posted:Dear goon admirer, I think that I should thank you for being brave in articulating in what you think you feel, but that it is completely unwarranted, that I promise there is absolutely nothing special about me, that there are millions of women who wear leather coats and play with grease. It is nice that you think I am pretty, everyone likes to hear that. We all tell each other that openly in the pyf thread, because it is true, goons are beautiful creatures. This is much more a soft no really.
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 10:05 |
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Hedrigall posted:My fetish is interesting asses An rear end in the shape of minnesota
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 12:47 |
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Hard No, I actually feel kinda bad about posting that now, sorry We've had "secret admirer" type confessions before which nothing ever came of (the guy alluded to one of them in the fesh) but in retrospect it kind of stands to reason someone could easily tell you about the post which makes it way creepier. Thanks for being cool about it, though! New thread policy: I already won't publish anything that mentions an SA username if I think it's really dumb (eg "it's me, Loquacius, speaking through a confession rather than a post for some reason, and I think that <BLANK>" etc); from here on out if a confession mentions an SA username but warrants being posted I will redact the username. So ordered *gavel bang*
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 12:49 |
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New business:quote:I lived in a rural area growing up and we had one neighbor within walking distance, a family that homeschooled their son. He became, by default, my best friend when I was in elementary just due to living nearby and having an SNES. Most days after I finished my homework I'd walk over there and we'd play some games or play with legos or whatever stuff we did. quote:I sexually assaulted a woman in college and never told anyone. She never pressed charges and I never saw her again. I was an awful person and, despite everything I try and do now, I realize this is a permanent blackmark on my life.
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 13:17 |
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That last one was bad, but not as rapey as I feared it would be.
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 13:36 |
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Panfilo posted:That last one was bad, but not as rapey as I feared it would be. Just a little rapey, you know, aggressively grabbing someone's junk. Whew, what a relief.
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 13:38 |
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That Teagan fesh was physically painful to read gahh
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 13:47 |
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It was so mild, she didn't even press charges because she knows her assault would've been handwaved away! (You are trash, but I guess at least you know it) Edit: did you vote for Trump? Hugoon Chavez fucked around with this message at 13:53 on Apr 21, 2017 |
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The worst part was how premeditated it was. I mean it'd still be very wrong even if it was spontaneous and he was actually drunk, but the fact that he planned it all out is gross. Berating a woman for not letting him rape her was also pretty pathetic.
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# ? Apr 21, 2017 13:47 |
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Meridian posted:Just a little rapey, you know, aggressively grabbing someone's junk. Whew, what a relief. I wasn't trying to downplay it. I was saying that it read like it would be even worse than it ended up being.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:The worst part was how premeditated it was. I mean it'd still be very wrong even if it was spontaneous and he was actually drunk, but the fact that he planned it all out is gross. Yeah, that's what moves it from "you're a hosed up rear end in a top hat" to "you're gonna wind up raping someone some day you sick gently caress" territory. Just the sheer predatory nature of the entire thing.
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