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80. Dear Nikhil: I hope you enjoy your new career

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Sat Mar 15, 2025, 01:06 AM

Mar 2025

as the most well-educated nut-plucker at "Sam's House of Nuts" on way-south Elm Street, just across the tracks.

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Angry: That awkward moment when you get exactly what you voted for. "You are the DUMBEST smart person I have ever met" [View all] Dennis Donovan Mar 2025 OP

When you finally wake up are you "woke"? oasis Mar 2025 #1

First they came for people of color, but I didn't say anything because i was white. surfered Mar 2025 #47

"Lefty Overreach" Roy Rolling Mar 2025 #84

Except they haven't woken up. krkaufman Mar 2025 #53

No. Because rather than try to consider their "lean conservative" might racism, bias, or white supremacy, they Iris Mar 2025 #75

What "lefty overreach" do these people speak of? BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2025 #2

Probably an insistence on an ethics panel so they don't accidentally slaughter people with their research. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #5

And requirements to address diversity iemanja Mar 2025 #82

Women breaking through the academia good ole boy network. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #7

Bingo. BadgerMom Mar 2025 #83

And no longer being a readily available "dating" pool not fooled Mar 2025 #101

I know someone who recently attended a teacher's college which crammed in constant messaging lostnfound Mar 2025 #8

Which teacher's college? Mariana Mar 2025 #40

So you went to this college or you just had a discussion with a perpetual whiner? travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #67

I can answer that. yardwork Mar 2025 #26

For decades much of medical research focused on white men. Lonestarblue Mar 2025 #33

Exactly. yardwork Mar 2025 #69

Right it absolutely is a thing, but Cosmocat Mar 2025 #42

Codespeak for I want to be as misogynistic, bigoted and racist as I want to be. The DEI BS is a dead giveaway. tulipsandroses Mar 2025 #29

Exactly. nt SunSeeker Mar 2025 #39

jealousy Be Leave On Mar 2025 #38

It's called prejudice JMCKUSICK Mar 2025 #41

Sorry Mr. "lefty overreach". That's where you lost me. calimary Mar 2025 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author calimary Mar 2025 #57

Dupe. Sorry about that. calimary Mar 2025 #59

Yeah, that pompous version of a left-handed compliment was annoying. nt allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #62

I remember when my brother complained that he couldn't use the 'n' word at work. purrmaid Mar 2025 #70

Lefty overreach is just conservative bullshit lonely bird Mar 2025 #85

"I don't like DEI" just you're bigoted n/t Alpeduez21 Mar 2025 #3

Will Smith said it best in I Robot... MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2025 #4

Rec'd for your sig line. purrmaid Mar 2025 #71

It's not just rednecks who get the FAFO award. usonian Mar 2025 #6

Clout chasers since 1776. Marcuse Mar 2025 #50

He's openly admitting he and his pals voted on bigotry. Quiet Em Mar 2025 #9

Exactly. Time he/she woke up! BComplex Mar 2025 #30

I feel certain that this poster is a man. yardwork Mar 2025 #89

You didn't want to have to compete with women and minorities. Demobrat Mar 2025 #10

They didn't think that Trump would take ALL the federal funding away. yardwork Mar 2025 #27

It's all about taking America's standing down in the world... Initech Mar 2025 #11

If the US is unable to rid ourselves of this markodochartaigh Mar 2025 #100

I guess she is awoken?? Cherrycheeks Mar 2025 #12

Complete assholes. yardwork Mar 2025 #13

Exactly. They said DEI was merely "annoying." It didn't affect their research. SunSeeker Mar 2025 #37

"frustrations with DEI and extreme wokeness" ECL213 Mar 2025 #14

F him and his electron microscope. Kid Berwyn Mar 2025 #34

Research scientists? StarryNite Mar 2025 #15

Remember Dr. Ben Carson? Brain surgeon in the Felon's first administration. Buddyzbuddy Mar 2025 #16

Just another saitfied Trump voter Johonny Mar 2025 #17

No doubt plenty of new DOGE contracts for future prisons,in the works. BattleRow Mar 2025 #23

As my grandmother used to say "lots of book learning and no common sense". LoisB Mar 2025 #18

Educated idiots. BattleRow Mar 2025 #19

Exactly. LoisB Mar 2025 #25

There lies the rub JMCKUSICK Mar 2025 #20

Welcome to the Resistance Nasruddin Mar 2025 #21

The product is 'don't be a bigot'. How do you make that sell better to a bigot? travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #68

Do you mean that treating other people as worthy of [whatever it is they want]... purrmaid Mar 2025 #72

Oppose DEI because we couldn't keep uppity women and black folks in their place JT45242 Mar 2025 #22

"DEI and extreme wokeness..." GiqueCee Mar 2025 #24

Annoyance vs Catastrophe WhatTheFlux Mar 2025 #28

Pity the "small closeted minority" who may have, at worst, been forced to someday live in a truly equal society. sop Mar 2025 #31

? dei ? Gak73 Mar 2025 #32

idiot savant Be Leave On Mar 2025 #35

The simple definition of 'conservative.' Mr. Evil Mar 2025 #36

Allegedly JoseBalow Mar 2025 #43

Conservative leanings? Permanut Mar 2025 #44

Once again, cue the leopards. Nt spooky3 Mar 2025 #45

I am sure it is hard to admit to this level of stupid. GoodRaisin Mar 2025 #46

Sorry you were "annoyed" 🥲 Mblaze Mar 2025 #48

Would you even know? 80-10-10 Mar 2025 #63

Yes, we know JoseBalow Mar 2025 #64

Educated beyond his intelligence. Marcuse Mar 2025 #49

I love your last line. As a person living in a world... NNadir Mar 2025 #51

Racism is the reason why these "smart people" are Jspur Mar 2025 #52

That is one of those non-apology apologies. ananda Mar 2025 #54

This a fake person, I know by the writing style varies....Probably cut and past Bread and Circuses Mar 2025 #55

I'm thinking the same. This is fake, unfortunately. yardwork Mar 2025 #91

It's bad enough that the lowest common denominator of the MAGA crew . . . peggysue2 Mar 2025 #58

Exactly!! Very well said. wordstroken Mar 2025 #60

Extreme wokeness at an institution of higher learning? KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2025 #61

All I can say Rebl2 Mar 2025 #65

All because of DEI and extreme wokeness, whatever that is. You deserve it Whiney Dude. travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #66

Any scientist working for a university should know better. D23MIURG23 Mar 2025 #73

They should researched the preferred feeding habits of Panthera pardus in relation to the viscerocranium. LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #74

Fuck them. boonecreek Mar 2025 #76

Face, meet leopard... Enter stage left Mar 2025 #77

He still doesnt seem to get Figarosmom Mar 2025 #78

That's a lot of words to say AllyCat Mar 2025 #79

Dear Nikhil: I hope you enjoy your new career Buns_of_Fire Mar 2025 #80

A link? Cne99999 Mar 2025 #81

. . Emile Mar 2025 #86

Can't say you weren't warned, repeatedly. NewLarry Mar 2025 #87

My favorite saying.. Playingmantis Mar 2025 #88

The stupidity is real. Blue_Roses Mar 2025 #90

Thank you for your apology. Glad you now see the light. Joinfortmill Mar 2025 #92

Sorry you had to learn the hard way, but I don't know what to tell you. minstrel76 Mar 2025 #93

FAFO Gimpyknee Mar 2025 #94

Mr Stupid couldn't figure trump out even after having Klarkashton Mar 2025 #95

My question to him: You said you voted for Trump because you were frustrated with DEI and extreme wokeness how did that W T F Mar 2025 #96

you get what you pay for. AllaN01Bear Mar 2025 #97

Pretty amazing Progressive dog Mar 2025 #98

Wait! markodochartaigh Mar 2025 #99