How people in science see each other...

[mandarin.orange]

I can't recall if I first saw this hilarity here, or on a friends FB page...at any rate, it makes me laugh every time I see it...worth the re-post (if that's the case), and hopefully bring a little much-needed humor and a smile! :-)

(My attempt to give credit where its due.)

[TropicalCharlie]

Thanks for the laughs. Poor techs! I have been there, so I know how it feels.

[Arcadian]

Heh...some of them are funny, but some of them I did not understand at all. Technicians are seen by post-docs as...gossiping women? Professors are seen by post-docs as...a giant burning eyeball?

[vonLipwig]

The latter is Sauron, of Lord of the Rings.

[Arcadian]

But why?

[Xanthan]

And for that matter, why does the PI see undergrads as jailbait?

[juilletmercredi]

I think the latter is a jailbait mechanic, which is a pretty accurate descriptor of how many older male scientists may see undergraduates (especially females).

And as for Sauron, I believe he is a being of extreme power and also extreme evil, which is why a postdoc might see his PI that way. He's the Dark Lord of Mordor. One of his other titles is Base Lord of Treachery, which I think hilarious in this context.

[Kbk9]

awesome, my fav is postdocs who see phds as the toddler sticking the knife in the wall.

[mandarin.orange]

awesome, my fav is postdocs who see phds as the toddler sticking the knife in the wall.

That is my favorite and I even used it as my profile pic for awhile.

Scrooge McDuck, the postdoc rolling in $$, and the baby reaching for the beer are pretty good too.