I got this comment as a reply to my post:

You can get a job and do your math, too.
Other people do more with less, why can't you?
Answer:
::: spoiler spoiler
Greed and entitlement.
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I feel quite offended, that I have to care about someone else who “do more with less”. What does it have to do with greed? I do not get the thought process behind it.

I wonder if I am overreacting. I would feel better if they just said to get a job, but it felt more like they are trying to make fun of me.

EDIT: Thanks everyone for thoughtful replies! Now I feel a lot better - I was in very bad mood when I got the reply above, so I felt even more attacked. Still, I should learn to not get overly offended like this.

  • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    4·
    2 days ago

    I’m not sure, though I don’t think I’d use the word greed or entitlement there. That said, I think people who aren’t working through their doctorate often don’t appreciate just how lucky they are to avoid such a burden. A friend of mine was kvetching about a fellow in their cohort complaining about how the dissertation scheduling was interfering with their European vacation holiday while my friend is trying to pick up as many shifts as they can at two part time jobs that wildly underpay them for their education level. My friend never has a consistent schedule and never seems to have more than maybe ten hours of free time a week outside of sleeping. That person is entitled and clueless.

    That all said, I don’t think you need to take the words of anyone on social media or an internet forum all that seriously or personally.

    Personally? The academic system seems utterly fucked up and abusive. In a way that favors education for the few that can mitigate the pains of capitalism already.

    • nymnympseudonym@piefed.socialEnglish
      31·
      2 days ago

      The academic system seems utterly fucked

      This right here

      Unfortunately we need calm, competent, apolitical technocratic adults in policy-making positions to address this structural deficiency.

      Imagine if the Secretary of Education, Science Adviser, head of NASA, head of HHS, etc, all came together and said, “We need to re-work the incentive structure for publishing papers. More reproducibility, better review processes, totally new funding model. Moreover, all academic publications must be available free to the public – and important findings also come with funding for science communicators to simplify and clarify findings to the public”

      Instead, we get brainworm, anti-Tylenol, more trans-fats

      “We are in a race between education and oblivion”