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    spectastic got a reaction from SmugSnugInARug in Favorite podcasts ?   
    great thread!
    JRP's probably my favorite. He's a great interviewer. I thought howard stern was able to get people to get people talking, but Rogan is WAY better.
    I'm also subscribed to a few other ones that only really curb to my interests, like star talk, bigger pockets, jocko willink (that dude's intense..) or something like that. 
    friend told me about jordan peterson's podcast. if I ever listen to him, I'd have to not be doing something else, because it takes me some more processing to really absorb what he's talking about. but damn he speaks some good truths.
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    spectastic got a reaction from LizKay in How to deal with your mom   
    and I thought my mom was OCD.
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    spectastic got a reaction from Monochrome Spring in Favorite podcasts ?   
    great thread!
    JRP's probably my favorite. He's a great interviewer. I thought howard stern was able to get people to get people talking, but Rogan is WAY better.
    I'm also subscribed to a few other ones that only really curb to my interests, like star talk, bigger pockets, jocko willink (that dude's intense..) or something like that. 
    friend told me about jordan peterson's podcast. if I ever listen to him, I'd have to not be doing something else, because it takes me some more processing to really absorb what he's talking about. but damn he speaks some good truths.
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    spectastic got a reaction from gillis_55 in Fasting in Grad School   
    again, and hopefully for the last time.. carbs is energy for your body (and brain). if you're not on carbs, you're running on fat and/or protein, which is is bad, because fat makes you fat... again, not all carbs are the same. you can get it from candy, fruits, bread, even vegetables. just because you're not eating bread doesn't mean you're not eating carbs. just because potato chips make you fat doesn't mean carbs is bad for you. if you can't eat bread or pasta, try rice, or something that doesn't upset the stomach..
    your body get its energy on carbs. to say that carbs is bad for you only means that you're not eating the right carbs. substituting protein for carbs (as previously suggested) is wrong and stupid.. I don't know any simpler way of saying this.. 
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    spectastic got a reaction from bibliophile222 in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
    Oreo, please note... god gave you your fucking claws to kill insects and to defend yourself, not to unseam every piece of fabric I own, you little shit.
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    spectastic reacted to E-P in Tattoos in grad school   
    Is your university an environment where you can discuss the "not cool" aspect with that professor?  More than likely, since you're in a field not known for high emotional IQ, he doesn't know how inappropriate the comment is.  Alternatively, could you mention it to the Title IX people at your school?  Maybe they have suggestions of gentle ways to give him feedback about commenting on women's clothing/style choices?
     
    It's shitty that you have to defend yourself against harassment - but this IS harassment.  And you shouldn't have to deal with it to go to work.
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    spectastic got a reaction from TwirlingBlades in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
    thanks for sharing
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    spectastic got a reaction from E-P in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
    i have no idea how much to tip people. was supposed to order pizza for group meeting. got $75 worth of pizza. I only tipped like $3, and apparently, the norm is $5 PLUS 10% or some shit. why?? just pay your damn employees a good wage, cover their gas, with vehicle depreciation. we're not in the 60s anymore. tipping is a retarded practice. be gone.
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    spectastic got a reaction from XVIIA in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
    thanks for sharing
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    spectastic got a reaction from TakeruK in "if you put my name right after your name, I'll put your name right after mine" (wtf)   
    We have a relatively small group. also, this guy has a history... he was basically forced out of his last group for reasons we don't know. I think that was a bad call by my adviser to take him in without knowing exactly why he was forced out in the first place. i have a friend from a different group who talks about this guy and some of the things he said. and based upon my interaction with him, it just seems like he's off somehow, like he wasn't socialized properly growing up or something. He's also got what carol dweck would call a "fixed mindset." All of this makes me think his value system is completely different, and furthermore, it's very hard to change it through intervention. So I'm leaving this one alone..
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    spectastic reacted to Beaudreau in Gender Discrimination   
    Thanks.  Here's more evidence that women are self-selecting fields other than STEM, or conversely that men tend to focus on STEM (perhaps because they can't compete as well in other fields.)
    Women outnumber men in grad school 135 to 100.
    More women than men enter medical school. 
    More women than men in law school.
    Anecdotally, I have three sons in college, all studying engineering.  They went to a very strong STEM high school, so not surprisingly their female classmates largely went into STEM fields for college.  But those girls had already self-selected (with parental encouragement) STEM studies.
    With the boys, my wife and I visited 21 schools and their engineering colleges.  Every single one of those colleges emphasized recruitment and retention of female students.  Many had female students leading their tours or had female professors making presentations.
    I lurk on this site a bit because my oldest son has been going through the graduate school admission process.  He is heading to Michigan in August to pursue a PhD in Aerospace Engineering.  Two of his best female friends from high school are also continuing in engineering.  One will be at the University of Colorado in their biomedical engineering PhD program.  The other (his prom date) is starting at Boeing next month as an aerospace engineer.
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    spectastic got a reaction from raneck in Gender Discrimination   
    i sense the feminists have been triggered! RUN
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    spectastic got a reaction from shadowclaw in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
    thanks for sharing
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    spectastic got a reaction from TheHoff in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
    i have no idea how much to tip people. was supposed to order pizza for group meeting. got $75 worth of pizza. I only tipped like $3, and apparently, the norm is $5 PLUS 10% or some shit. why?? just pay your damn employees a good wage, cover their gas, with vehicle depreciation. we're not in the 60s anymore. tipping is a retarded practice. be gone.
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    spectastic got a reaction from RunnerGrad in Gender Discrimination   
    you have a valid point, but I'd like to think that in today's society, that's a pretty outdated perspective. I think it's just the nature of the jobs. leaders and decision makers need masculine qualities to move things forward and see things get done. i've been in the engineering field, and there are important moments when shit hits the fan, and decisions need to be quickly. if you have an opinion, you better get it out, because we're not going to have a circle discussion where everyone gets to share what they're thinking. women are perfectly capable of having masculine qualities in the professional setting. at a risk of sounding a little crude, we're in a competitive world, and if you want to move up, better have some balls.
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    spectastic got a reaction from lemma in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
    thanks for sharing
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    spectastic got a reaction from lemma in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
    i have no idea how much to tip people. was supposed to order pizza for group meeting. got $75 worth of pizza. I only tipped like $3, and apparently, the norm is $5 PLUS 10% or some shit. why?? just pay your damn employees a good wage, cover their gas, with vehicle depreciation. we're not in the 60s anymore. tipping is a retarded practice. be gone.
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    spectastic got a reaction from unræd in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
    thanks for sharing
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    spectastic got a reaction from Carly Rae Jepsen in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
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    spectastic got a reaction from catsareme in Venting Thread- Vent about anything.   
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