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PhD vs Marriage (mander.xyz)
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[-] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 35 points 9 months ago

There's always something at least a little off about anybody who earns a PhD.

I've met a lot of them, and some of them are good at hiding it, but it's always something...

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 35 points 9 months ago

Depression and existential dread!

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 23 points 9 months ago
[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 19 points 9 months ago

As a treat.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 32 points 9 months ago

Despite the picture, in both marriage and PhD programs approximately 50% of successful candidates are women.

[-] hydration9806@lemmy.ml 17 points 9 months ago

The chance of divorce is actually closer to 25% these days! Also, the original 50% figure was heavily skewed by people who had divorced previously, just FYI.

Source

[-] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 9 months ago

Kind of a bummer if the culmination of a marriage is the wedding ceremony I think. The birth of our kids, buying our first house, celebrating new jobs and milestones with each other, and signing the divorce papers were all more significant climatic events in my marriage anyway.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I found out today a moron I went to grad school with published a successful book. He's also an "important" person's son, though, so it's less of a jealous thing more of the "this world's fucked" thing.

My PhD isn't super useful though so yeah, throw it in the remorse file.

[-] OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago

Would be funny if the "important" person was Jordan Peterson

this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2024
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