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[–] Didros@beehaw.org 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not gonna lie, every day after work as I sit in traffic I think about joining the handlers out tge window

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It won't pay enough to cover your bills, but as supplemental income it could work.

[–] Didros@beehaw.org 0 points 1 day ago

Sadly if I got a single $20 bill in an hour on the road I would be quite ahead over an hour of work

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 0 points 2 days ago

This... might just be the only way to get funding now

[–] CuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Newton's blessings on everyone!

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ibn Al-Haytham be with you

Edit: and I suppose the traditional response would be "and Popper with you"

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago

True, true.

[–] skhayfa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As dark as it is many scientists have really thought about that.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 day ago

i know of at least one academic who runs an only fans with her husband for basically this reason

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is pretty much how I left academia lol, took me 10 years to build a lab and get a tenure (european citizenship, with social benefits and stuff), regret nothing.

[–] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Wait did you quit after 10 years or did you quit and then restart

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 0 points 9 hours ago

I did quit after getting PhD, which simplifies changing citizenships and getting some kind of funding a lot. Now I'm trying to figure out whether PhDs are like knights - would anyone recognize PhDs if I find a committee of 3 to grant them (I already have 2)?

I know several doctors who are going to laugh, then cry, then consider when I show them this.

[–] Maroon@lemmy.world 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Do you know the number of academics who have had to start side gigs like Deliveroo, or OnlyFans, etc?

The snooty privileged pricks mock them, and make their lives harder. They don't realise that ultimately they are hurting our society. Instead of focusing on research and generating high quality knowledge for future generations, they have to focus on their literal survival.

Academia now functions like an MLM and it is rapidly losing credibility.