• geekettexoxo@lemmy.todayOP
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    23 hours ago

    My parents, unironically: “You’re on some kind of device basically all the time, so you might as well put that time to good use and capitalize on it.”

    • justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 hours ago

      i needed to justify myself for almost everything i did during my education, just because they don’t get what i do why. and i have a PhD in physics… but fundamental research is not particularly profitable.