A pissy day made better with just a few kind words

[cornerofmadness]

Today sucked. At least the new provost was honest when he said all the new things that will no longer count toward NI load weren't in the spirit of the agreement but is being done so that they can make us teach for free if we don't have enough non-instructional hours. Someone at work blamed me for something I didn't do. HATE that.

And then I was asked to advise a student. I was done at noon and had to wait til FOUR for this student and it turned out it wasn't a new advisee. It was just a prospective student who wanted to learn more. Now I'm GLAD to sway a student to the biology cause but dammit, why the hell don't they send them to staff earlier in the tour? That's just a huge lack of respect for my time.

BUT on the way out of work I stopped at the recycler and heard someone says 'THANK YOU for all you do!' It was one of the librarians. That made my shitty day better.

Words matter. I always try to remember that but failed when I got home. Sorry I'm SO SICK of people posting about science who don't got the first fucking clue. Usually I write a response then erase but today I was in just the right mood to unload. Both barrels. I barely regret it and then after that I see my cousin's born again nuclear engineer husband posting an article (I refused to read it) about autism being linked to vaccines (false!) made from aborted fetuses (OMFG WTF?). I just let it pass because where do you even begin?

But I did want to say THANK YOU to everyone who tried to cheer me up last night. It's appreciated so much.

declutter day 294 item tossed-Blameless why kept-Wanted to read why tossed -Lost interest in the series

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Comments

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

Autism-causing vaccines made from aborted fetuses. Yeah, you can't argue with "logic" like that. Ouch.

Hugs!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

nope. I don't even try. I'm just glad I'm not the one married to him but it really DOES baffle me how a highly educated man can wrap himself up in such provably wrong stuff just because he's so fucking conservative. The real problem is the ONLY thing he likes to talk about is politics so it makes any occasion he's at uncomfortable

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

sorry you had a shitty day :(
sounds like a lot of unfair bullshit (and wtf with vacines and aborted fetuses?? I had never heard that one)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks

There has been a lot of that

I don't know. I refused to kill brain cells reading the article

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Those are the kind of people you just wish you could beat with a broomstick.

Condolences on being surrounded by stupid (and I don't care how much education you have, if you are WILLFULLY ignoring facts, that's just plain stupid).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

You'll get no argument from me. I'd love to beat several people with a nice hefty broom stick

and you're right, stupid is stupid. I think it's actually worse. He's educated but willfully dumb.

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. People who are just uneducated can be changed, they can learn -- but educated people who are just DUMB, there is no hope for.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I expect this from Prejudice Girl and her husband (who are friends with this guy) since they have about 3 brain cells between them but him...shakes head