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Jul 03, 2011 16:16

AMA, have you ever randomly decided to look up somebody you once knew, only to discover that they have, legit, gone round the bend? Would you tell me about it ( Read more... )

i think she's up to something, common sense is rarely common, conspiracy theories

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faedreamer July 3 2011, 20:57:31 UTC

Is that even a real degree? How on earth does one get a degree in the study of alien cultures when...none have ever been discovered?

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the_voyage_out July 3 2011, 22:19:52 UTC

What institution granted it? The Clown College of El Salvador?

ditaykan July 3 2011, 23:47:48 UTC

I'm... basically I have the qualifications and just have to wait until next semester to actually graduate with a BA in Anthropology (double majoring and my university won't let you get the slip of paper with the one for which I have all the credits until I'm also done with the other, stupid ONE CLASS in English muttergrump) and have NEVER heard of 'extra-terrestrial anthropology'.

For one thing, just based on the wording it sounds like it'd have to be regarding astronauts or space colonies. The latter isn't likely to happen in our lifetimes. If he means aliens, well, that'd be... I don't know, astrozoology or something, since 'anthro' specifically refers to human beings. Unless he's repurposed it to refer to all sentients or something. o.0

I have to know, does he refer to regular anthropology as anthropology or terrestrial anthropology?

speaktothevoid July 4 2011, 12:01:52 UTC

Wikipedia says it's a term from science fiction, also known as xenoarchaeology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenoarchaeology). So I suspect that this is a degree one gets from a lack of medication...

anfractuousity July 3 2011, 20:57:43 UTC

I would never have guessed that a degree in extra-terrestrial anthropology even existed.

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dyheli July 3 2011, 23:45:52 UTC

I LOVED that show!

/ahem

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dyheli July 3 2011, 23:53:48 UTC

Hahaha, I know, but I couldn't take the degree seriously so I went on my own tangent!

mofoburrell July 4 2011, 00:57:44 UTC

Oh man, that show was the best. It started my short-lived (and imaginary) love affair with Shiri Appleby.

ditaykan July 3 2011, 23:52:53 UTC

Oh, also, I have to know how he'd react to that one guy who has basically no degrees at all (well besides high school and stuff), but is pretty respected in the archeological community because NOBODY knows dirt, stratification, etc. like he does.

Don't ask me to name him. I honestly have no idea, and for all I know he's dead.

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