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[-] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 years ago

@drail@fedia.io built a wall made up of a 90 mins presentation around himself to defend his dissertation from his committee. The committee members built a wall of 120 mins of questions and internal discussions around that trapping @drail@fedia.io in for even longer. The whole affair was brutal. No one came out unscathed, yet no one can remember what happened except for the extremely troubling moments.

A moment of silence in remembrance...

🧑‍🎓 🫡🫡🫡

[-] drail@fedia.io 14 points 2 years ago

I've seen things. Things you'd never understand. All I can say is that the best dissertation defense is a good dissertation offense. So much blood on my hands...

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

One of my professors likened it to overeducated wolves surrounding a wounded elk.

Obviously the elk is weak. But is it weak enough?

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