Nervous about accepting/rejecting offers?

[orinincandenza]

Read American Pyscho, and understand that Ellis is writing an allegorical biography of the American moment.

Huh? What a weird non sequitur.

I'm determined not to comment on the argument at hand, but I can't stop myself from opining on Bret Easton Ellis: what a jerk who can't write! No offense, JC, I've just always had a serious (perhaps to the point of unwarranted, though I'd never admit that) aversion to, like, everything he's ever done. This thread's gotten heated, sure, but I wouldn't wish BEE on even my most hostile internet adversaries.

::end geeky anti-Ellis diatribe::

[windsweptvoid]

You know what I am entitled to as a waitlister? Cookies. And I've chosen my philosopher/critic cookie: The Wayne Booth Biscuit. An elegant, simple biscuit, with just a bit of cinnamon that I can dip in a big glass of milk.

And I'm on a couple of waitlists, so that means a couple of cookies. Once that's done, we can use big words and try to look smart.

Did you know they actually sell a Nietzsche "Will to Power-bar." Yes yes, that is my cookie of choice-- how delicious it is to be an

[lyonessrampant]

Where would one get that bar? As a former debater/current coach who opines regularly on the relative virtues (or lack thereof) of Mr. N, I feel entitled to one of those "Will to Power" bars. . .even if entitlement still requires a credit card

[sonicsustain]

Did you know they actually sell a Nietzsche "Will to Power-bar." Yes yes, that is my cookie of choice-- how delicious it is to be an

[mmbakhtin]

I'm sorry--but I'm a sock puppet? If I am, at least I remember my lines.

That you do, little sock puppet. That you do. Thanks for apologizing for your sock puppetry: I think it means a lot to everyone here. Too bad you couldn't just stop there, though. You had to remember all of those nasty, self-justifying lines about why it's totally cool for you to be an asshole to everyone who'd appreciate some security about their futures at this point. Underpinning your argument is this notion that it's fine for you to be indifferent to other people because you don't owe them a reply before April 15. No, you don't. But if morality stopped strictly and abruptly at what we owe to other people in the legal sense of owe, the world would be a fairly miserable place. Notifying a school once you know that you won't accept an offer is just one of those little things we all do to make it easier for our friends and colleagues to live in this world, in hopes that someone will do us a similar good turn when it's our time.

This is the problem with Marxists: no concept of moral discretion, no sense of the benefits of exceeding the ethical requirements. Everything has to be cast in terms of strictest duty and inflexible political maxim, and your responsibility stops there. It's so...trite. And boring. Kind of like very obvious sock puppetry.

Shoo fly.

[sonicsustain]

Where would one get that bar? As a former debater/current coach who opines regularly on the relative virtues (or lack thereof) of Mr. N, I feel entitled to one of those "Will to Power" bars. . .even if entitlement still requires a credit card

You can look them up online. They have some sites that sell them.

[windsweptvoid]

Where would one get that bar? As a former debater/current coach who opines regularly on the relative virtues (or lack thereof) of Mr. N, I feel entitled to one of those "Will to Power" bars. . .even if entitlement still requires a credit card

google teh unemployed philosopher's guild. They have all sorts of fun stuff.

[nicholysseus]

If we're talking theoretical desserts, I'd go for Deleuze and Guattari's Mille G

[wrappedupinbooks]

They were planning on doing something similar for Derrida until they realized that, in order to stay true to the idea, they would have to package a few raw eggs, some wheat stalks, and a stick of butter and convince the customer that it is, in fact, a cookie. "There is no outside of the cookie!" What is a cookie, anyways?

I'm not going to let this one go by without commenting on your comic genius.

It's genius and it made my night.

The end.

[Jack Cade]

Jack Cade's almost incomprehensible post, littered with grammatical errors, isn't worth my time.

Hahahaha and then you go on to reply to my post. Ilikecats, you're silly. I would've expected someone with that screen name to take themselves much less seriously.

I love the "littered with grammatical errors" oh you wicked ad homineming, tu quoque immune, grammar Nazi in the informal communication medium of the online forum you!

I am so sorry to have wasted your time with my poor use of your English.

I do so humbly beg your forgiveness.

Oh if only I had language rights too....

Woe is me

This is silly.

And completely immature, if only our future departments/advisors/mentors could see us now, they'd be so proud. However, this has been well in keeping with the thread's ontology.

Of course, it is this esprit de corps which makes so many departments so like a bad soap opera or a good sit com.

I feel sorry for OP, sorry I bashed you.

I just hoped to make the point about being lucky and privileged to be in their position, and that being sensitive to the feelings of others is an important part of being a good scholar. Those with power need to be wise. Getting called stupid and getting someone all worked up was certainly not my intention. They, OP, seemed likely to have taken the meaning well, but in came ILC...

I sincerely apologize to all, and genuinely regret my comments; although not the "ad homineming," that I like; I could do without the sloppy posts, but, I am also not going to read through these twice; oh I do love some of the jokes. :wink:

I surrender the field vanquished!

Alors, Bon courage.