I play D&D and have a couple of friends who fenced, so I may not be representative for this question. But... apparently? The prefix epi is used in English (epiphenomenal, epidural), but that comes from Greek and may be unrelated.

:-( Well, your sweater game is legit! Much respect for the Christmas cat. Merry Christmas and get well soon!

I'm Canadian, we do not recognize sarcasm.

(This *is* a joke and it *is* stolen from 30 Rock.)

Oh no! I'm sorry. I hope it gets taken care of quickly and you can get back into the coffee selfie vibe.

This feels very Nietzschean. "*Everything* you have *ever* talked about has been, in some measure, incorrect, and you want to ruin someone's belief in magic?"

I was just about to say that you could sharpen it and make it an epee baguette.

As a mathematician, I cannot endorse this message.

A) Congratulations!
B) Your regalia made me think we might have gone to the same place (we didn't, but Michigan State's looks a lot like yours).
C) I hope institutions recognize your passion and quality and your job search is short and, if this is even possible, easy.

The thread's author reveals the fragility of continuity of self even over time spans of less than a year. 8/10 QDUs

This also seems to be Trump's ideal for any contract for labor.

I want this, but as a cake.

I think the largest problem with anecdotal data is when individuals reject the anecdotes of others because their own anecdotes disagree. Statistical conclusions provide and justify a veneer of "objectivism" to their results, but it is mostly just that, a veneer.

*I want to acknowledge, but also push back against, the primacy of statistical over anecdotal data in modern epistemology. Certainly statistical methods have been extremely useful, and can only be reliably applied to aggregate data. However, ultimately statistically average people do not exist.

That said, anecdotally*, my experience is that I am online more when I feel worse about my offline life (say, when grading something that is not going well for my students, for example). This raises the specter that emotional health and digital habits form a reinforcing cycle, a "downward spiral."

Not through a controlled experiment, but by linking the rise of social media to technological changes (prevalence of smart phones). It would be admittedly odd if increased anxiety led to the invention of smartphones...

Autonomous individual, you are the change we need.

The *only* thing!?! (Sorry for necro-ing your post, I'll refresh and maybe my feed won't be all six day old posts anymore... but it is an interesting question and I'm glad I saw it!)

I cannot decide if this is a good faith question, or a fun poking at an admittedly humorously arbitrary discussion.

Dr. Sturgis from Young Sheldon in a canvassing group?!? Inconceivable!

To be clear, conservatives can be feminists (and should be!), but their feminism cannot be conservative.