On the concept of grad school/academia as something other than "real life," when expressed by people within academia:
angevin2: it's a sort of self-deprecation thing
commodorified: *nods*
angevin2: i recognize it because i tend to fall prey to it sometimes but not expressed that way exactly
angevin2: but, really, academic self-loathing is a deeply pathetic thing
angevin2: ...which, now that
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