Looks like a Rembrandt

You’re also in a dept with some good eggs who get it. So just keep on doing what you’re doing.

You’re doing well to spot it this early! Now you can just ignore all the BS and do what you were going to do anyway, bc life is too short to play the kind of game where the rules change on you all the time.

The more time I’ve spent in the profession, the more I’ve seen, the clearer this has become. It’s rampant. And serves to protect all the hierarchies you’d expect.

That, and neurological impact of repeated COVID infections.

Naturally he brought his laptop so he could read between periods.

Guy sitting next to me makes my 85yo mom (also here) look like a spring chicken. Seriously hope he’s emeritus. But he’s enjoying the heck out of the game.

Right there with you.

I think I might be able to make a Davy 🤔

Hi Davy! I think I need a Davy.

I like your border collie with the wreath

Yep. At the dawn of the MOOC era I was very skeptical anyone would do it, for the same reason.

AKA hypocrisy, not walking the walk, etc

She actually was able to recover from it after a whole lot of effort, alternative therapies, etc. She can now eat small amounts of red meat again without getting a reaction. But her case was never severe — no anaphylaxis, just skin rash.

And I grew up in a town where everyone knew pretty much everyone, so you’d think social shame would have kept people in check.