Had a student ask me whether they could use "an old paper from the late 1900s" in their research.
They meant 1997. I've yet to recover.
@patricktheiner
I teach political science and IR at the University of Edinburgh @uoe-sps.bsky.social. Interested in everything, friend of all animals. 'Great dad' -my dogs. 'Excellent at D&D' -my players. 'Falls far short of adequate' -my cat.
Had a student ask me whether they could use "an old paper from the late 1900s" in their research.
They meant 1997. I've yet to recover.
Just posting that one ultra-viral tweet I once had here, for posterity (and so I feel less bad about deleting the account at some point). Very freeing to know I've peaked already!
First post, mostly to not make the timeline look so empty. Been off Twitter for so long I've just kind of forgotten how text-based social media works?