Have you ever horribly embarrassed yourself in an academic setting?

Have you ever horribly embarrassed yourself in an academic setting?

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No.

If I ever felt a tinge of regret, it was from not answering or speaking enough with my professors. I wish I had spent more hours inspiring my classmates and instructors.

This isn't a regret anymore :) I've made sure to make up for lost time!


Can you fuck off to R9k?

Not really. Closest I've come is in a political philosophy class, the tutor would usually come around and ask us what we thought about the readings that week. It was on neo-classical liberalism, (which advocated for the market autonomy) so I said that while an unregulated market can oppress citizens that the market usually does lead to to some ingenious inventions pointing to my computer. Then I said, my computer offers me so much freedom... The tutor kind of looked at me and scoffed. Then, I was like, well I mean as far as providing information and connecting people but obviously surveillance and privacy are huge concerns.

I don't know, she seemed like a pretty devout socialist so I guess any defense of the market was funny to her.

You attributed the invention of the computer to unregulated markets, that's laughable .It has nothing to do with politics.

I asked in class yesterday why Montesquieu's satirical account of the Troglodytes in The Persian Letters isn't discussed more by German romantic political theorists and the professor scoffed at me and said UH, MONTESQUIEU IS WRITING A SATIRE... and I tried to say "I know, I mean the tradition he's satirizing, that has enough presence to be worthy of satire," because I wanted to know why I only ever see the Germans referencing Rousseau specifically, but he didn't hear me and I think the class didn't either so pretty much everyone thought I was a retard who can't read Montesquieu properly.

of course. it's called my entire time as a master's student.

is this how far education has come? the computer is not a product of unregulated markets. the computer is a product of necessity much like the firearm or the sword or the stick. it would have arrived at some point.

Nope, I am just competent enough to not do that kind of thing.

One time in my English class I forgot how girls can tell that they're pregnant in front of everyone

I didn't attribute it completely to that, I wasn't even trying to pick a side or anything. I was just saying we shouldn't discount the market's capacity to bring about new inventions.

yes. i confused wuthering heights with jane eyre in front of a professor of british literature. she took it well and politely corrected me, to my eternal chagrin.

Would it have arrived as quickly to as many people without a market? I don't quite think it's the same thing. Again not trying to defend capitalism,juat noting an attribute. Whether it's good or just or even preferable is another thing altogether.

>have to give a presentation on The Crying of Lot 49
>start talking about the book
>keep calling it the crying lot of 49
>students guffawing and smiling
>professor asks if everything's ok
>students start laughing loudly
>a single tear drops from my right eye

Fuck that shit, man.

Every time I try to make a point I mangle what I'm trying to say so badly other people just nod and move on and treat me like an idiot.

madre...

Ouch. I mean, I once realized after giving a presentation at the front of the class that my fly was open and I wasn't wearing boxers, but this is some next level shit...

you guys are making me feel good about myself, im so sorry

Went to philosophy conference
Gave an extemporaneous speech on something regarding nihilism.
Completely unprepared except for a very rough outline.
I could see the expression on everyones face, like everytime they asked a question it was like they were tasting something really bitter.
I had a good time overall though.

Also when they asked me to cite my sources i told them i cited the collective consiousness.

sometimes i shitpost
and people take me seriously. having infinite dimensions to irony is dangerous

Countless times horribly embarrassed when getting my degree

Took me a while to figure it out, professor took me aside and said;

No one knows much, some know how to fake it better then others, don't listen to them

All you need to worry about is there is something more to learn

don't be sorry user. if even one shlong avoids exposure as a result of reading my cautionary tale, i will not have suffered in vain

either it's all shitposting, or none of it is. discuss

To be quite honest the computer was developed in wartime Germany which was not exactly an unregulated market. I would be very surprised if computer researchers in the postwar era didn't receive government funding considering how important computers are to the defense industry.

The medium we're using to communicate right now (viz. the internet) was originally a DARPA project iirc.

The development, but the proliferation? Getting into households? The accelerationism of technology? Hard to separate that from the free market.

>sign up for intermediate Latin class at college
>it's been 5 years since I've studied Latin in high school
>day 3
>during class, Professor says "right, that's it. Now who in mythology had the Golden Touch?"
>quiet
>nobody moves
>raise hand
>wink at professor and say, "Aristotle."
>professor quickly breaks eye contact and stares at wall
>another student raises his hand
>"Midas."


>....
>realize I mixed up "golden mean" with "golden touch."
>realize Aristotle isn't mythological or a Roman.
>never show up to class again

There is no such thing as embarrassment! Never dwell or think!

>I said that while an unregulated market can oppress citizens that the market usually does lead to to some ingenious inventions pointing to my computer
But you didn't say that to your tutor, did you? You said the market lead to some ingenious inventions such as the computer when in fact the market had nothing to do with the invention of the computer. Only the popularization and accessibility of it to the common household.

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

it's okay, nobody remembers.

>you happily reminded me of jason and the golden fleece!

>you know what's freaking me out?! what if we were in the same class?! i swear i remember someone saying that. except it wasn't in a Latin class. either way - you're not alone. someone's said the same as you.

> here's a cute meme ^^ (i don't recommend this btw)

Yes it does, there is a reason the computer was originally mass produced and sold primarily in the US

Is this even true? If so, what is the reason?

perro caca

Best meme

I hope they made you turn in your membership card, cringe in the extreme

>law philosophy class
>teacher asks if we think polygamy should be allowed
>i try to explain that polygamy is only accepted in societies where women are perceived inferior, but if there is gender equality and women are in a comparable situation to men in terms of power and education, i don't see a reason why it should be forbidden
>i raise my hand and say before +100 students that "i don't mind polygamy as long as the ladies get the right education"
>everyone starts laughing at me and calling be a bigot
>i shrink in my seat
>teacher scolds me
>"t-that's n-not what i me..."
>not allowed to speak anymore
>never show up to that class again

And that reason is the military complex which was formed by collusion between the market and the state

>Also when they asked me to cite my sources i told them i cited the collective consiousness.

I farted really loud in seventh grade science. My 'friend' sitting next to me completely sold me out, but I see why he did it.

i did my masters degree at oxford, and it was the first time in my life i felt like a brainlet.

we had weekly debates, in small groups, and the people there were so on the ball, you really have to push yourself to keep up.

killed my phd dreams stone dead desu.

Probably, in other's eyes, but I don't care. I've proven myself smart many times so it evens out. People have told that during the first couple of weeks on our first year they thought I was a complete moron.

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>in English class when this episode aired
>people were talking about how awesome this scene is
>one girl says "I loved it. Really takes those nationalistic republicans down a notch. I hate when people think the US is the greatest thing ever when it's not."
>some guy says "hear hear" and another starts applauding her
>I pipe up and say "Well actually his argument is fallacious. When he explains why America isn't the greatest he appeals to logos by citing numbers and statistics. But when he talks about why America used to be great he appeals to pathos instead and resorts to only vague reasons.The fact is old America didn't top any of the lists he cited earlier either and therefore doesn't satisfy the condition he personally set for greatness. This is a standard Sorkin debate tactic, you see it many times in such shows as--"
>she cuts me off with "Uhhh why are you talking to me? I don't even know you"
>suddenly feel shortness of breath as I remember I left my inhaler at home
>everybody in the class laughs, even the teacher

cuck.

>that feel

>work really hard to get into an excellent uni for my masters
>spend day and night working on my thesis in order to pursue a phd
>get top grade on my thesis
>offered a phd position
>so fucking fed up with academia and tired of sitting in front of a computer reading papers on topic less than 100 people in the entire world care about that the idea of starting a new project is absolutely soulcrushing

pero

>High level religions class
>Discussing nationalism in context of religious theory
>Talking about how tragedy gets exaggerated in collective experience in order to solidify national unity
>say "to me, Hawaii became part of the American states following the tragedy of Pearl Harbor give how the attack was treated as an attack on the nation" to contrast its non-state status with the impact Pearl Harbor had on the American consciousness
>Prof says "Uhh, actually Hawaii only became a state after the war"
>Everyone looks at me in scilence
>mfw

> reading papers on topic less than 100 people in the entire world care about

The sad reality of academia

why do americans have the burning desire to talk as if in a tv commercial every time they try to make a point?

...

kek

Americans are taught from a very early age that self aggrandizing is okay in every social setting.

I once ate a boston creme donut from the teachers lounge before a presentation and had a decent amount of creme smeared on my lips for a decent portion

observational learning

Yeah once I said Feste was a rebel.

checked

I was once laughed out of my philosophy class for saying that morality is objective

Many, many times. In undergrad alone,
>referred to a classmate as a dyke in gender studies class then realized I had said it out loud instead of just thinking it
>on at least three separate occasions spaced out and thought we were talking about something completely different (e.g. medicare vs. medicaid) and sounded like an overconfident retard
>forgot it was my turn to present something, hadn't shaved in a week and was wearing a t-shirt and shorts, everyone else was in a suit
>open laptop just before capstone class begins and Motteke! Sailor Fuku immediately picks up where it had stopped, volume is loud enough for entire (otherwise quiet) room to hear, until then no one knew I was a weeb faggot
>same capstone class, I give a presentation at the very end and it all goes great, until near the end of me answering questions someone plays the Lucky Star OP and everyone laughs
That single event caused me to go to a different school for my masters. I know it is a good idea anyway, but it would have been nice to not move five states away.

lol

ay, should have said; Some, morality is objective

based. stay strong user

>undergrad or any grad
>everyone else was in a suit

where do you live

caca

It is. those filthy non-believers will feel the wrath at the end of their time.

Wait hang on a fucking minute

How are you supposed to say it

>of lot
>lot of

Ah fuck

I was worried that the title was some sort of play on words I had never noticed before

why wouldn't you compete though?

thats an amazing line

...

Radical Islam? On my Veeky Forums?!?

EL PERRO CACA

>He doesn't know about the DARPA

academics test efficacy; it doesn't quantify your ability to comprehend. so yes

also Veeky Forums

i once referred to Homer's poems as iambic pentameter when I meant to say dactylic hexameter. I was bragging about a performance of a local professor to my freshman english class.
the classics major qt i was talking to saw right through me

Actually I once taught a class the basic of biological determininism and the latest synthesis between two different schools (environmental and biological) of determinism that has been happening

The other time, I challenged an ethics professor and said that I don't think gender is just shallow things like the clothes you wear (skirts, makeup, chokers, etc) but that there is an inherent modality between different cultures that express the masculine and the feminine, meaning multiple genders don't exist based on clothing fads.

Of course I was scoffed at , because the uni I went to is insanely liberal (we have a mural of Marx in the lit building) but a lot of the students who didn't scoff agreed with me.

Fear the fatwa

I'm Australian, I didn't word it exactly like that and I wasn't trying to sell anything. Fuck you.

yeah. once i was on the verge of completing a degree when a department admin emailed me saying i need to submit some information on one of my courses in order that it be accepted as part of my curriculum. i sent this really nasty, snarky, longwinded email back explaining why i dont need the course. the person emailed me back counter-citing a footnote i relied on in my argument to show me why i did, in fact, need the course to be counted. i was miserable

>tfw to intelligent for regrets

>thread about embarrassment
>uses opportunity to embarrass himself by bragging about inane, retarded shit

wow. you went meta with it huh

>When he's mad that not everyone is brainlet enough to embarrass themselves
Why do other people feel jealous of those who can actually interact with people in an academic setting?

>never show up to class again
>willing to compromise your education because of one embarrassing moment
I don't get it.

Yes, it's not like you can take a different class instead.

Big difference between microprocessor, computer and personal computer.

this was really good and should be recognized. Take this upvote and reddit silver

>talking to a friend during a boring, easy lecture on proofs
>in the fucking back row, so who the fuck cares
>somebody turns around and tells me to shut up loud enough for the entire lecture to pause and look at me
He probably failed if he was that much of a brainlet

fuck off poofta

Probably not in others' eyes as much as my own eyes. But I mean shit like name-dropping Kafka when it probably didn't make sense, yeah that was me back in high school.

They embarrased themselves, not you, user.