• arrow74@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    Telling someone to drink less beer and study more is wild.

    Academics in general have a long history of being alcoholics or alcoholic adjacent

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      22 hours ago

      There are three types of academics, ones that are addicted to alcohol, ones that are addicted to caffeine, and ones that are addicted to both.

      (For health reasons I dont reccomend both at the same time)

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          If you’re not joking, reach out to your college’s academic support/tutoring centers. They’re literally paid to be there and help you with your classes. Even if you understand all the class content already they can still help you with whatever you’re struggling with, like figuring out how much time a project needs or how to get it started/organized.

          I struggled my first go ‘round in college 20 years ago and wish I’d known that, now that I’m going back I’ve been using the support systems the college has a lot more and it’s been paying off.

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          Heavy drinking is considered irresponsible through your bachelor’s. After that it’s considered “networking” and “building professional relationships”. With the implicit usage as a coping mechanism

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            7 hours ago

            Not just in academia. This is true for corporate life. There are happy hours left and right which are as much networking as they are excuses to have someone else buy you drinks

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      24 hours ago

      “I’m not drunk, MOM! I’m just working on my PHD!”

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      17 hours ago

      It’s a way to dull the senses to how retarded everyone around and especially above you is, maybe…until you need your plumbing done or the damn printer fixed 😅