*fewer beer XD
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arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Telling someone to drink less beer and study more is wild.
Academics in general have a long history of being alcoholics or alcoholic adjacent
brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
manxu@piefed.social 1 month ago
Akshully I think it’s either “less beer” or “fewer beers” (plural).
brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Now you two just had the same interaction as in the post lmao
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 month ago
To build on this, this usage is called a non-count noun. Less beer, less water, less air, less sand, etc. all refer to non-countable quantities of some substance. Beer could be counted, if referred to by some metric (“one glass of beer,” “24 ounces of beer”), same as “a bottle of water,” “one tank of air,” “a truckload of sand.”
Which is all to say that you’re right. “Less beer” makes far more sense than “fewer beer.”
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Screw you! I drink what I want. (And can stop at any time)
brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Enjoy your bug light! =D
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Cheers!
MrShankles@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Username checks out?
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
There are three types of academics, ones that are addicted to alcohol, ones that are addicted to caffeine, and ones that are addicted to both.
(For health reasons I dont reccomend both at the same time)
anugeshtu@lemmy.world 1 month ago
… But Irish coffee, though??
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Would not reccomend but you do you
arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I’ll never forget my proffessor that just slammed monster and chain smoked cigarettes during fieldwork.
I only saw him drink water once. It was about 115 (Fahrenheit) and he took a single sip of water from a nalgene before putting it away.
Dasus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
He’s gonna have a bitch of a time a few decades later passing kidneystones.
Tire@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
“I’m not drunk, MOM! I’m just working on my PHD!”
Windex007@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, that “EAT_ROADKILL” fellow is far too serious.
Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 month ago
It’s a way to dull the senses to how retarded everyone around and especially above you is, maybe…until you need your plumbing fixed 😅
volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Am an academic, can confirm
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
I am in 1st year of college, I don’t drink, and I am failing.
arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Heavy drinking is considered irresponsible through your bachelor’s. After that it’s considered “networking” and “building professional relationships”. With the implicit usage as a coping mechanism
Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Not just in academia. This is true for corporate life. There are happy hours left and right which are as much networking as they are excuses to have someone else buy you drinks
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
If you’re not joking, reach out to your college’s academic support/tutoring centers. They’re literally paid to be there and help you with your classes. Even if you understand all the class content already they can still help you with whatever you’re struggling with, like figuring out how much time a project needs or how to get it started/organized.
I struggled my first go ‘round in college 20 years ago and wish I’d known that, now that I’m going back I’ve been using the support systems the college has a lot more and it’s been paying off.
qualia@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Reminds me of this very old college meme (but it checks out): Image
volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Well you gotta do what you gotta do