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Going up:
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So brilliant
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No one understands my brilliance
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I’m dead sexy
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Only I can solve this problem
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I just need more money/resources/time to be able to fit
the pieces together
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Mysteries of the universe will be revealed
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A higher power has spoken to me directly to tell me to do
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The government is monitoring what I dob
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Who needs sleep when there’s important work to be done?c
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They’ll be sorry when they realize how wrong they were
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They’re trying to steal my ideas!
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The universe is full of joy and love
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My life is ruined
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I’m a hopeless loser
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I’ll never get a job
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They had it in for me
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Who gives a s*&^; nothing matters anymore
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This misery will be over soon enough and I’ll be back to
being productive again
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For academics: (a) Talked to an NIH program director at a
conference (b) reporting (c) grant due/exams (d) exams/grant didn’t get funded/ ABD
> 2 yrs
*I have bipolar disorder but do feel free to complain if you think this is in any way discriminatory to people with bipolar disorder, academics, Buddhists, miserable people, Democrats, vegans, members of the NRA, or any other group.
