It's like explaining physics to the dog....

[634-5789]

They'll never be able to comprehend the awfulness, the stupidity, the selfishness of not getting vaccinated for the good of the entire world. Ignorance can be fixed, stupidity is forever, and these MAGAt Morans are never going to change, regardless of the death numbers, the health casualties later in life, the wrecked relationships. Worst part: we all have to bear this ongoing trauma.

[lastlib]

1. Sounds like Glen was taking marshmallows to an intellectual gunfight.

The only thing worse than being weapons-grade stupid is being convinced that you're not stupid.

[DeeNice]

3. Dunning-Kreuger strikes again n/t

[marble falls]

2. They'll shoot steroids, drink horse dewormer, use chlorine internally, and run from the vax.

[bottomofthehill]

10. Don't forget the shoving a lightbulb up your ass part

The Trump cure.

[marble falls]

31. There's a religous cult in Florida that the leaders og have been arrested for selling an ...

... industrial chlorine as a cure for Covid among other things.

I imagine it's only a matter of time until someone starts selling Curing Light Covid Wands™.

[mopinko]

4. there actually is a book called- explaining quantum physics to my dog.

of course, it's a talking dog. but the guy did a great job of explaining it w/o a lot of math and big words.

[groundloop]

35. HAH..... wish I'd had that book while I was in college.....

that subject kicked my ass.

Not that I'd be much better at understanding the intricacies of how an MRNA vaccine does its' job, but at least I have a pretty good idea of when to let doctors, medical professionals, and scientists do their job.

[mopinko]

36. there's actually a lot going on right now

applying quantum mechanics to medicine.
gonna be some interesting shit.

[maxrandb]

5. and half the people thinking the dog is a genius n/t

[lagomorph777]

24. A quarter, not half

[keithbvadu2]

6. Research pays off

[leftieNanner]

7. Correction

4 years for a degree
5 years for a PhD.............

2-3 years for a post-doc

[keithbvadu2]

8. Frank went to Trump University

[leftieNanner]

9. HA!

I would think that particular "school" would want to soak their students for as many years as possible.

[thenelm1]

11. And in all likelihood barely passed HS biology, if he took it it all. n/t

[keithbvadu2]

13. If his check passed, he passed.

[KS Toronado]

14. Guy in the chair is studying at Google Q University

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Frank Swain is based in UK. The USA does not define the world. . . . nt

[Mr. Evil]

15. I was just about to say,

In other parts of the so-called 'western world' college degrees are usually attained in a shorter period than in the USA. That extra year we require is most likely to pad the school's bank accounts and increase the profit margins of the student loan lenders.

[leftieNanner]

22. I didn't know he was from the UK

Thanks for pointing this out. My daughter's PhD in P Chem took five years - my only reference point.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. You are welcome. However many years, your daughter's accomplishment is impressive.

Many people take their own reference points and extend them globally.
Not recommended.

If something doesn't match my reference points, I assume there is a factor outside of them and look it up, rather than assuming and posting that something is wrong.

[cayugafalls]

18. Others have pointed out this is UK, but my son in USA...

Completed his degree program in 3 years, accelerated honors program with perfect 4.0
Now he goes for his PhD and it looks like a 3 year program as well, perhaps because of all his accelerated work, published research, he gets a pass on 2 years?

I'll have to ask him. If he can make time for me...research, you know.

[leftieNanner]

21. Good for your son!

My daughter's PhD in P Chem took five years. I guess that's my only reference point.

I didn't realize he's from the UK.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Doesn't Apply To Me

3 years, BS. 4 years part time to get masters & PhD. I did have the advantage of having resources so I could do lab work at the same time I was doing my paid work.
And, if one isn't pursuing academia or pure research, no post doc is required. I got my PhD a couple months before I got married in 1980. I was 23.
So, there are different paths for different people.

[Sympthsical]

37. That is seriously impressive

Really good for you.

I'm back in school as an older student to get a master's. I can't decide if it's easier or harder. It seems easier. But the procrastination remains the same.

Signed,

Posting here and not doing the assignment that's due at midnight.

[NJCher]

39. reminds me of

a paper I did while working on my M.A.

It was on procrastination. I scheduled a certain amount of time each day for two weeks. If I did that, I wouldn't have to spend a long stretch of time to meet the paper's deadline.

However, I spent 9 straight hours in front of the computer the day before it was due.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Get Cracking, Youngster!

A little late because I signed off well before you posted.
What field of study are you pursuing?
I only went to HS 3 years, and got my BS in 3. Since I had a bday in the second half of the year, I graduated & went to work, plus grad school, at 19.
I went to a school with a highly rigorous undergrad program (I didn't know that while I was in it), so I didn't learn anything I didn't already understand until the 6th or 7th masters class. I took 2 classes at a time for the first 6 ten week terms. So I was 80% done.
I started my research paper work using stuff I was actually doing for my job. I had the advantage of working in a sizeable R&D facility, so all the resources, bench & analytical, were at my fingertips.
While working on it, a professor set up a meeting with an advisor thought the work had PhD written all over it.
The advisor directed additions & extension of concepts, so the same project worked for the MS, then the added stuff brought it further & made it defensible. All of that took 3.5 years.
Right when I got it, I changed jobs, because my annual raise would be 6% and the 3 level bump would be around 18%. So, a 25% increase. But, another company offered me 15% over that, and it cut my commute from 40 miles each way, to 8.
No brainer.

[lark]

16. Ha, they are actually chicken.

The way to make them get vaccinated is through vaccine mandates. Every time these are implemeted, fuckers freak, but then - guess what - they go ahead and get vaccinated in almost all cases. Only the truly die hard truly committed idiotic murderers will lose their jobs over this. Those asses deserve the horrors of unemployment - especially in FL where unemployment was designed to fail and the backlogs are horrendous - on purpose. Unfortunately, too many Repug governors value grift over life so make us let the murderers roam with impunity - infecting us for the profits of monoclonal antibodies & the huge kickback donations the govs will receive.

[Jon King]

17. I have a MS degree in Microbiology yet my AC guy explained vaccines to me.

All those virology and immunology classes were a waste. The guy who recharged our AC knows way more about this stuff than I ever will. Just ask him.

[orleans]

19. hysterical

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Is Glen a Russian bot or from Qanon?

[FakeNoose]

25. Why not both?

[BobTheSubgenius]

26. "...this ongoing trauma."

And the ongoing costs. Not to seem crass, but that really is a factor. Obviously, there are massive "legitimate" costs, but there are also totally unnecessary, wasteful costs in both human misery in terms of people being crowded out of medical services. And enough money to probably go back to the moon.

[ProfessorGAC]

27. My Dog Would Understand Physics Way More

These people are monumentally stupid.

[TrogL]

29. But I like explaining physics to the dog

He listens really well and doesn't roll his eyes at me when I get an equation wrong.

[BadGimp]

30. John Cleese on Stupidity

[Buckeye_Democrat]

32. When a person barely knows anything...

... they'll too often follow conspiracy theories to make themselves feel "special" instead.

Lots of people inherently value power and influence over truth anyway. Truth is a very low priority for them, to the point that they lack the willpower to pursue it if it's going to extract calories away from their power motives.

[Handler]

33. Outstanding

[Aussie105]

34. My dog explained Quantum Physics to me.

Something along the lines of Food in one end, Shyte out the other.

Sounds legit. Must Google to confirm it.

[Dukkha]

38. They will eventually leave their mark in the world

[canetoad]

40. I've had a couple of dogs

Who innately understood the basic laws of physics; ball in flowing river, calculate an intercept path. Treat too high? Pile things to stand on. It's not rocket science - ooops, I guess it is. Shame some of the anti-lifers just don't understand the same principles my dogs did.

[czarjak]

41. Suggestion questioned.

[Texin]

43. The tRump humpers would lap contaminated toilet water right out of the toilet

if their Velveeta vulgarian told them to. This is pure political/Q-Anon cultism.