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[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 168 points 2 months ago

Telling someone to drink less beer and study more is wild.

Academics in general have a long history of being alcoholics or alcoholic adjacent

[-] volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz 46 points 2 months ago
[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 months ago

I am in 1st year of college, I don't drink, and I am failing.

[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 months ago

Heavy drinking is considered irresponsible through your bachelor's. After that it's considered "networking" and "building professional relationships". With the implicit usage as a coping mechanism

[-] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

Not just in academia. This is true for corporate life. There are happy hours left and right which are as much networking as they are excuses to have someone else buy you drinks

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 months ago

If you’re not joking, reach out to your college’s academic support/tutoring centers. They’re literally paid to be there and help you with your classes. Even if you understand all the class content already they can still help you with whatever you’re struggling with, like figuring out how much time a project needs or how to get it started/organized.

I struggled my first go ‘round in college 20 years ago and wish I’d known that, now that I’m going back I’ve been using the support systems the college has a lot more and it’s been paying off.

[-] qualia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Reminds me of this very old college meme (but it checks out):

[-] volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Well you gotta do what you gotta do

[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago
[-] manxu@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago

Akshully I think it's either "less beer" or "fewer beers" (plural).

[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago
[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Now you two just had the same interaction as in the post lmao

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

To build on this, this usage is called a non-count noun. Less beer, less water, less air, less sand, etc. all refer to non-countable quantities of some substance. Beer could be counted, if referred to by some metric (“one glass of beer,” “24 ounces of beer”), same as “a bottle of water,” “one tank of air,” “a truckload of sand.”

Which is all to say that you’re right. “Less beer” makes far more sense than “fewer beer.”

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Screw you! I drink what I want. (And can stop at any time)

[-] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

Username checks out?

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 months ago

There are three types of academics, ones that are addicted to alcohol, ones that are addicted to caffeine, and ones that are addicted to both.

(For health reasons I dont reccomend both at the same time)

[-] anugeshtu@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

... But Irish coffee, though??

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Would not reccomend but you do you

[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

I'll never forget my proffessor that just slammed monster and chain smoked cigarettes during fieldwork.

I only saw him drink water once. It was about 115 (Fahrenheit) and he took a single sip of water from a nalgene before putting it away.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

He's gonna have a bitch of a time a few decades later passing kidneystones.

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

how dare you not recommend espresso martini’s

[-] Tire@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

“I’m not drunk, MOM! I’m just working on my PHD!”

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that "EAT_ROADKILL" fellow is far too serious.

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's a way to dull the senses to how retarded everyone around and especially above you is, maybe...until you need your plumbing done or the damn printer fixed 😅

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