Goons can be so very right sometimes:

“Grad school is like the leveling part of an MMORPG- Sure there are interesting projects and a touch of camaraderie (quests, dungeons) but you’re never going to get to max level (Ph.D.) without a long boring grind of tedious, repetitive, often unthinking, and seemingly never-ending tasks. To get through it you don’t ever stop, shunning breaks [poopsock joke here], and isolating yourself to the point even friends become a burden. Finally you get to end game (post doc) but you’re still on the bottom of the totem pole, in danger of being ganked (scooped) and getting paid shit (no dkp) until at last you’re a guild leader (full professor) and finally get to spend your time thinking about interesting problems (raid progression) and yelling at underlings.”

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