Workshop Booze Up VII - New Year, Same Plague, Same Booze Up, Deja Vu

[comrade_general]

I know people who use the II, III, IV, etc.

[Jubal]

Does this sound/come across as antiquated or pretentious or odd to anyone? Or is it just considered totally normal?

[Pentagathus]

I find it weird that you would give your kid your own name. How lazy are these people?

[comrade_general]

It doesn't really come up unless it's a formal thing; signing name, below picture, etc. Seems pretty normal I guess. I have a cousin who is the third of his name but we always called him by his middle name. Never really knew any Juniors except for Walt Jr. on Breaking Bad and Henry Jones Jr. but everyone called him Indiana.

[Jubal]

Yeah, I noticed it today because a professor from Texas signed himself off in an email with the "Jr." which is just super unusual anywhere outside the US.

[comrade_general]

Wouldn't get a second glance from me.

[Gmd]

Least u can sometimes sound like your from game of thrones. Guy, third of his name, rightful king of the andals, the first men and protector of the realm.

[Jubal]

I'm not sure when there was last a James in my family... in the paternal line we only go back like 4 or 5 generations and then someone got mysteriously disinherited so we don't have any idea who the family were before that.

In other news, setting up as self employed is difficult, and finding a PhD supervisor is also difficult.

[Pentagathus]

You're starting a PhD?

[Jubal]

I want to start a PhD next year. I need to find someone who'll supervise one in order to do so. :/

[Pentagathus]

Don't you need to find funding too? I know for me that would be the tricky part.
Also I'm seriously considering applying for the PhD position that my personal tutor has going next year. But I don't really want to study anymore. I just want to do stuff.

[Jubal]

Yes, but that's the second stage - I need to find someone to supervise me in order to start applying for a place, then when I have a place I can apply for funding.

[Pentagathus]

That's weird, for science stuff the supervisors advertise funded PhD opportunities. And sometimes they advertise unfunded ones for the few portugalwits who are willing to do that.

[Jubal]

Yeah, basically in the humanities the supervisors don't really need PhD students, except maybe to make them teach undergrads; we don't contribute to their research work and they don't have a research team in the same way as it common in science. As a result it's often the student who has the idea, then looks for a supervisor.

[Gmd]

Merry Christmas one and all!

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