{"id":6861,"date":"2018-10-31T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T00:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/?p=6861"},"modified":"2018-10-31T13:18:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T00:18:19","slug":"academic-laughs-for-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/?p=6861","title":{"rendered":"Academic Laughs for Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this, the scariest day of the year (except, obviously, thesis submission day), let us reflect on the ghosts and ghouls of academia.<\/p>\n

From the creepy decades-old marginalia in dusty library books, to the examiners who seem to enjoy feasting on brains, there is plenty of opportunity for Halloween jokes. Here’s a round-up of some of the best bestowed on us by the academics of the internet.<\/p>\n

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Check out the SAS Facebook page<\/a> for more like this<\/p>\n

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More RED PEN<\/span>\/BLACK PEN comics can be found here on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

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Check out more from @grumpyreviewer2<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

An oldie but a goodie<\/p>\n

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From Jorge Cham at phdcomics.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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And if you need a few more laughs, check out this Amazon page selling a ladies’ ‘sexy PhD’ Halloween costume<\/a>. Actual female PhDs have flooded the reviews section with the most amazing comments in response. My fave: “I wore this to my friend’s Halloween party. Everything was going fine until some jerk asked if he could see my discrete variables and if my f-value was significant.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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