Bummerville, CA, United States Superthread

[Axver]

I was told just a couple of days ago by a South Australian that literally nobody drinks West End!

But then she's about as close as you can get to a South Australian nationalist, I think.

 

[liamcool]

You're doing a public service, y'know.

 

[cobl04]

is seroquel an ssri? I sometimes get super anxious that drinking alcohol and taking seroquel is destroying my liver and i'm wiping 10 years off my life.

don't tell me if i am. at least not tonight cos then i'll think i'm gonna die in my sleep

 

[liamcool]

Oh. Well.

I think most of my quips here would be deeply unproductive.

And that's all I have at the moment, quips. I guess cynicism too.

I'm fine.

Nah, go for it; if I'm at the point where I can talk about this publicly, it's okay to quip about it.

But yeah, my sense of humour has been broken for most of the year, so I know how you feel.

 

[liamcool]

is seroquel an ssri? I sometimes get super anxious that drinking alcohol and taking seroquel is destroying my liver and i'm wiping 10 years off my life.

don't tell me if i am. at least not tonight cos then i'll think i'm gonna die in my sleep

You're good - if you regularly get side effects they might be affected, but it won't destroy your kidneys or liver or anything.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I was told just a couple of days ago by a South Australian that literally nobody drinks West End!

But then she's about as close as you can get to a South Australian nationalist, I think.

It's totally true - I mean, I'm only drinking this because of a mistake!

The only people I've known who've drank it regularly have been cheapskate art students with a taste for irony, even then, most tend to dish out slightly more for something even remotely palatable.

 

[Axver]

Nah, go for it; if I'm at the point where I can talk about this publicly, it's okay to quip about it.

But yeah, my sense of humour has been broken for most of the year, so I know how you feel.

My sense of humour has got really fucking dark of late. I guess the combination of thinking people in general are fuckwits combined with teaching genocide gets to you after a while.

But hey apparently everybody thinks I'm this well adjusted cheerful productive guy who likes a beer.

 

[Axver]

It's totally true - I mean, I'm only drinking this because of a mistake!

The only people I've known who've drank it regularly have been cheapskate art students with a taste for irony, even then, most tend to dish out slightly more for something even remotely palatable.

I still haven't sampled such... delights. Maybe I will in Mt Gambier - later this month FUCK WHERE HAS MY YEAR GONE.

 

[liamcool]

My sense of humour has got really fucking dark of late. I guess the combination of thinking people in general are fuckwits combined with teaching genocide gets to you after a while.

But hey apparently everybody thinks I'm this well adjusted cheerful productive guy who likes a beer.

In my second week, I said to someone that "I'm so bored that I want to put a revolver in my mouth", forgetting that ordinary people don't talk like that.

He has a PhD, though, so he totally got what I meant.

(Being exposed to horrible violence on a regular basis does do a number on your mental health, I found.)

 

[The Sad Punk]

SSRIs and alcohol do not play nicely together.

I've taken Citalopram for as long as I've been drinking, my doctors have never said anything to imply I shouldn't drink at all, but I do wonder what sort of effect it could have when I'm older. Kind of hate to think.

 

[Axver]

In my second week, I said to someone that "I'm so bored that I want to put a revolver in my mouth", forgetting that ordinary people don't talk like that.

He has a PhD, though, so he totally got what I meant.

(Being exposed to horrible violence on a regular basis does do a number on your mental health, I found.)

I'm actually slightly concerned how flippant I am now about mass violence. Like, it's just another thing I study, no more or less horrifying than the other projects I'm involved in.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I FEARED IN UNDERGRAD WHEN I WALKED AWAY FROM GENOCIDE STUDIES.

I'm not even joking. Caps not used for ironic effect.

 

[liamcool]

I've taken Citalopram for as long as I've been drinking, my doctors have never said anything to imply I shouldn't drink at all, but I do wonder what sort of effect it could have when I'm older. Kind of hate to think.

I take Citalopram as well. The docs said that mild drinking is fine, but excess (>six drinks? I don't remember the exact number) drinking was not. I found that out the hard way when I lost six hours to the back of the couch when I went out drinking after starting on it.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I have 2 and a half semesters until I graduate. Excitement/uncertainty.

 

[liamcool]

I have 2 and a half semesters until I graduate. Excitement/uncertainty.

Are you having fun at uni so far?

 

[Axver]

I have 2 and a half semesters until I graduate. Excitement/uncertainty.

Put your feet up and fucking relax for the next year.

You can turn in the most turgid shit and pass, I promise.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I'm actually slightly concerned how flippant I am now about mass violence. Like, it's just another thing I study, no more or less horrifying than the other projects I'm involved in.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I FEARED IN UNDERGRAD WHEN I WALKED AWAY FROM GENOCIDE STUDIES.

I'm not even joking. Caps not used for ironic effect.

You're like NZ's answer to Noam Chomsky.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Are you having fun at uni so far?

It's been good, to the point that I think I enjoy the actual semester more so than the holidays. Shocking, I know!

Put your feet up and fucking relax for the next year.

You can turn in the most turgid shit and pass, I promise.

There's a part of this that is tempting for me, but I'm in a field where I'd want to push hard creatively to get noticed.

 

[bono_man2002]

I guess the combination of thinking people in general are fuckwits

Truer words.

 

[Axver]

There's a part of this that is tempting for me, but I'm in a field where I'd want to push hard creatively to get noticed.

Oh yeah. My own personal pride prohibited me from turning in crap (and I guess still does). But speaking as a marker, you would be horrified not just by what we pass, but by what we give fairly decent marks. Nowadays I don't know why I ever worried about a thing in undergrad.

 

[Axver]

Truer words.

You OK out there mate?

 

[liamcool]

It's been good, to the point that I think I enjoy the actual semester more so than the holidays. Shocking, I know!

That's good! Don't freak out about graduating to the point where you stop having fun - everything will sort itself out in some way.

 

[bono_man2002]

You OK out there mate?

Yeah I'm fine, really just agreeing with your statement

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Oh yeah. My own personal pride prohibited me from turning in crap (and I guess still does). But speaking as a marker, you would be horrified not just by what we pass, but by what we give fairly decent marks. Nowadays I don't know why I ever worried about a thing in undergrad.

I sympathise with that, I just can't really bring myself to half ass an assessment task, hell, I get disappointed with anything below a distinction because I set myself high standards for just about everything.

On the second point, of course markers differ, but I always find they don't just throw out high marks for any old studio assignment. I suppose it works somewhat differently if it's just an essay rather than a body of work that includes numerous components.

 

[Axver]

Yeah I'm fine, really just agreeing with your statement

Oh good! Feels like I haven't spoken to you for ages. Definitely been ages since I last saw you!

 

[Vlad n U 2]

That's good! Don't freak out about graduating to the point where you stop having fun - everything will sort itself out in some way.

Hopefully, I just want to get straight into the field, and funnily enough that because the hire rate for graduates is actually pretty decent, it makes me a tad more nervous. In that sense, constantly aiming for HDs/Ds is a great incentive.

 

[liamcool]

I'm actually slightly concerned how flippant I am now about mass violence. Like, it's just another thing I study, no more or less horrifying than the other projects I'm involved in.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I FEARED IN UNDERGRAD WHEN I WALKED AWAY FROM GENOCIDE STUDIES.

I'm not even joking. Caps not used for ironic effect.

I've hit the point where I'm constantly reading about Operation Yewtree/Operation Hydrant, because it's literally the only thing that makes me feel anymore.

 

[Axver]

I sympathise with that, I just can't really bring myself to half ass an assessment task, hell, I get disappointed with anything below a distinction because I set myself high standards for just about everything.

On the second point, of course markers differ, but I always find they don't just throw out high marks for any old studio assignment. I suppose it works somewhat differently if it's just an essay rather than a body of work that includes numerous components.

Not sure what your marking scheme is, but ours the top band is 80-100%. Really doesn't matter what you get within that, it's all an H1 (and cracking the 90s is rare). Yet I used to be annoyed with myself for getting below 85%.

Now I realise we mark on a rather narrow scale. Getting 70% isn't hard. Getting 65% is downright easy. But getting 80%? That requires effort.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

HD/D/C/P1/P2 - from highest to lowest (pass mark, that is). I think a HD is approx. 85%+

 

[Axver]

OK can I have a... well not a rant, but you know. One of my colleagues had a baby. Like, just had a baby. Last night. And all these other colleagues were really excited today, getting all sentimental about it. Including people from whom I would not expect such behaviour.

And I had no reaction other than "huh" - and "so who won the bet on when the kid would be born?"

I just can't find such news to be either interesting or exciting. And now I realise I'm getting old and I'm going to have to pretend to care when friends have kids.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

If you have so much on your plate I can't imagine being overly interested in another person's newborn child.