In my field, there are a lot of good people that I really like. Unfortunately, those good people often hold diametrically different opinions from each other and sometimes me about how good science is done or should be presented. To stay sane throughout the years, I've found myself creating little character links in my head between people in the field and the villians and heroes of pop and science fiction, mostly so I can attribute negative characteristics of the interactions to the villians and not to the individual concerned.
For example, there is the person who e-mails me back in less time than it takes for me to hit "send" on the e-mail, and therefore must be part of the borg collective. There is the firey person who might not have originally chosen this work for her life, but was drawn in by the bigger struggle and is clearly on the side of right, she is Princess Leia. We have the serpent from biblical literature, an Emperor Palpatine, a couple Darth Vaders, a Yoda, an Obiwan, a Chewie, a C3PO, a Wes Crusher, and a Lando. I still think I am Chuck Norris, however. Who doesn't see themselves as that?
He he he.... if you see me giggling randomly over the next few days, it's probably because I just made some new funny connection in my head, and am blatantly using it to humorize a potentially negative interaction... Please don't ask, though, because I don't typically fight and tell!
For example, there is the person who e-mails me back in less time than it takes for me to hit "send" on the e-mail, and therefore must be part of the borg collective. There is the firey person who might not have originally chosen this work for her life, but was drawn in by the bigger struggle and is clearly on the side of right, she is Princess Leia. We have the serpent from biblical literature, an Emperor Palpatine, a couple Darth Vaders, a Yoda, an Obiwan, a Chewie, a C3PO, a Wes Crusher, and a Lando. I still think I am Chuck Norris, however. Who doesn't see themselves as that?
He he he.... if you see me giggling randomly over the next few days, it's probably because I just made some new funny connection in my head, and am blatantly using it to humorize a potentially negative interaction... Please don't ask, though, because I don't typically fight and tell!
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