It’s also been known by economists for time immemorial that the best way to improve the economy is to give money to poor people, nothing else required. Literally just giving poor people money to spend skyrockets the velocity of money, whereas the hoarders just put it in an account to do nothing but gain interest.

Where are we on this one?

• That didn’t happen
• And if it did, it wasn’t that bad
• And if it was, that’s not a big deal
• And if it is, that’s not my fault <— I’m guessing here
• And if it was, I didn’t mean it
• And if I did, you deserved it

The majority of PhDs I work with (we do lab bench-level work) make work suck because they think they know more/better about the work we do and will not listen to anyone. Probably some ego thing or trying to justify their choice. A great litmus test is finding out what they think of grad school, if they say they hated it, they’re usually pretty chill. If they liked it or indifferent then they’ll usually be a pain.

I told my kid he needed to turn off his computer at night when he’s done. He said “ugh…I always do”. Then proceeded to lock it as if proving me wrong.