Words Said By No Academic Ever

Grants Peer-review Conferences Faculty Worklife Procrastination Impostor syndrome

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Words Said By No Academic Ever

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Welcome to the parallel universe of academic fantasy! This list is the scientific equivalent of spotting a unicorn riding a dinosaur through campus. Grant applications submitted early? Faculty meetings being productive? Not working during vacation?! BWAHAHA! *adjusts lab goggles dramatically*

Every academic knows that conference coffee tastes like it was filtered through an old sock found in the chemistry lab, reviewer #2 is the final boss of academic nightmares, and your beach "vacation" is just code for "different location to write that paper." The real breakthrough discovery would be an academic who genuinely wants more committee work!

Next they'll claim they didn't check their email 47 times during their cousin's wedding. Pure science fiction!

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