Merlot's Things

For sure it's a valid ick. Also smokers don't seem to realize that if they smoke often enough and long enough, they will stink. The stench of whatever they are smoking will not just cling to their clothes, but their bodies and their environment as well, and no amount of washing will get rid of it. They will ooze that stench and somehow never reali......   reply

I already finished mine (economics, did it in Sweden). It was hard, but I am glad I did it. I was being paid for the whole duration of it, and I got into teaching early on so by the time I finished my PhD I had already landed myself a permanent teaching job at a university in my city. The hardest part for me was the academic community (some aspect......   1 reply

I do think it's inevitable. The quality of comics will suffer for a while, though, because AI just doesn't draw distinctive characters well. I can totally understand the temptation of using AI if you're an artist who is not paid well, and yet keeps getting bombarded by (often rudely phrased) demands for faster updates and longer chapters (and some......   1 reply

No, no, and no. He's got the personality of soggy wet napkin and the desperation of a self-hating pick-me, and no amount of money will turn that into something that deserves any physical contact from me. Not even a handshake. Sorry.   reply

without any hesitation: first option. Good food makes life so much better. I'm happy with my current salary, I don't need to be a billionaire. So food it is!   reply