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Okay, so we had some heavy topic discussion, so let's do something fun.
Also, if you have opened the link that I sent you,
so have you done BuzzFeed quiz before? No, I don't think so.
Okay, I think the peak of the BuzzFeed quiz day has passed a long time ago, but
it's just silly fun thing. So this quiz, I don't know who put together, it could be anyone,
is basically going to definitively tell you truthful answers of which Disney princess are you
in academic versions. So we're both kind of academics, I mean you are, I am only sort of,
but we're in academic institutions, and we need to figure out which Disney princess we are. Do you
know, before we start, do you know which one you will be? I have no idea. Do you have any idea on
which one you want to be? I have no idea either to the question, but do you have any idea? Well,
like, okay. I'm not sure if I know everything. As a kid, I mean, I don't think I know a lot of
newer ones, but as a kid, I wanted to be Princess Jasmine from Aladdin. Okay. Only,
only because she has a pet tiger, and I was like, I want a pet tiger. I want a pet tiger.
Now I recognize the problems of owning canine big cats, but, no, canine is dogs. Yeah, big cats,
big cats, ethical problems. But as a kid, I was like, I want a tiger that I can sleep in my bed
with. So that's why I wanted to become Princess Jasmine. But okay, let's find out what we are.
Okay. Okay, question number one. What's that smell? Is it mold? The communal mini fridge?
Fresh paint because I'm in STEM, so we just got a new fancy building.
Or does asbestos have a smell because it's probably asbestos? I'm gonna have to go with
asbestos. My building, even though I'm in STEM, is old. I'm gonna go with mold.
Okay. Your lab smells like a mold? No, but it's the closest one that you can think of. Yeah,
mold. Okay. All right. You go with mold. Okay. Question number two. You're at a faculty meeting.
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What are you doing? Okay. That's more relevant to you because I'm not a faculty,
but I'm gonna pretend to be a faculty. Are you listening, grading, checking your email,
or texting other people in the room? Gosh, it's either checking my email or texting other people.
If I were a professor and in a faculty meeting, I will probably
be checking my email. Okay. I'm checking my email, too. Okay. Question three. Your colleagues
would describe you as the pain in the ass, the cheerleader, the diversity, or nobody because
I keep a low profile. Oh, nobody. I keep a low profile. That's what I think that other people
think. I think it's a desire that I want to be nobody. You want to keep the low profile. Yeah.
That's my desire. I don't think people think I'm a pain in the ass. I don't think people
think I'm a cheerleader either. So, I guess I think I'm gonna go for diversity just because
I'm one of the... Yeah. That just makes sense. Okay. Number four. You are at an event. It is
catered. What do you do? Are you just gonna nibble, eat a reasonable amount of food?
Reasonable is undefined here. So, it's whatever you think is reasonable. Bring a takeout boxes
or skip a meal to make room for free food. I'm definitely skipping a meal. Yeah, me too.
Make room. Yeah, yeah. Definitely. It's free food, right? I strategically plan. Yeah.
Okay. Number five. You raise your hand at a conference and this is more of a comment
than a question or do you ask an actual question?
This is difficult. I don't really ask questions in a conference like in front of people.
I might talk to them in person privately but that's when I'm asking actual questions. So,
I guess actual questions? I don't understand why people want to make a comment in front of people.
Yeah, that's a good point. Ask a question. Yeah. Yeah. But some people do. Number six.
Yeah, people do. Oh god, they do. Number six. Conference is over. When are you submitting your
receipts for reimbursement? I lost my receipts and now our admin is mad at me or immediately.
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I can't believe I had to pay up front. Oh, that's definitely me. Or basically,
the last day to file is when you submit the receipts. Immediately. Otherwise, I will forget
everything. I know. I'll go broke. Yeah. Yeah. I'll lose my receipts if I don't do it immediately.
It's less a financial issue for you but more like you are gonna remember it. Yeah, I'll probably
forget everything. So, I'll lose money. Yeah. I mean, I also can only do this because I pay
everything with credit card ever and have the record somewhere else. So, yeah. Okay, number
seven. You are usually reviewer. One, two, or three. I think this is completely bonkers. So,
I'm gonna think. I don't think I'm a reviewer two unless you give me a shitty paper. So,
I'm gonna go with the reviewer three. I'm a reviewer one. All right. Yeah.
Completely arbitrary. All right. Number eight. Do you have imposter syndrome? Yes.
Having imposter syndrome implies that I'm not an imposter. I wish I was worthy of imposter
syndrome. Yeah, that's a good point. Or, no, I belong here. I don't know what you're doing here
though. Or, no, I'm a real imposter but it's been years and no one has figured it out yet. So,
maybe next year. I am the maybe next year.
All right. Number nine. You can only have one. So, choose wisely. The dream job,
the perfect location, or living with your partner. Only one. You could have a dream job
even if it's in the middle of nowhere. Yeah. Even if it's in the perfect location,
if I don't love the work that I do, I probably. That's a good point. That's a good point. But,
like, if I could live in Tokyo, a lot of the problems that I have with my job will be solved,
I think. Yeah. The location is important for you then. I mean, yeah. But,
yeah. And living with a partner, that just assumes that you have a partner. So,
that's not a good bet to bet on. So, I guess dream job. I'll go with dream job.
Hopefully, my dream job is happening in the great cities too. Okay. Yeah. All right. Number ten. I
am thrilled to announce that this fall I will be making less money than Brandon from sixth grade
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who ate chopsticks, or following up on manuscript blah blah blah blah blah, or figuring out what
industry is, or setting up a health saving account. Manuscripts. I will be making
less money than some random idiot from the sixth grade. That's me.
Okay. Number eleven. You have to take an industry job. What are you doing? Railroads,
mining, steel, textile, oil, or snake oil? I feel like that's a very chemist questions.
I think I'll go with oil because as a chemist, even though I don't really do synthetic chemistry,
it makes a good money. What is snake oil? Snake oil is like,
oh, buy this and it will bring you happiness. Oh, gosh. I have no idea about this question.
Railroads. All right. Just pick one. Yeah. Number twelve. This is the last question. You can only
have one to choose wisely. Prestige or happiness? Happiness. Always. Okay. We have a result.
Drum roll. Who are you? I am Mulan. I am also Mulan. You have plenty of props and bought the
hounds. But wow, talk about imposter syndrome. Okay. I don't know. I need to consult the creator
of this quiz to know what goes into making me a Mulan. Because I don't have plenty of props.
I just have an average amount of props. I did. I did buy the hounds.
And I don't know. Imposter syndrome, that's a hard one. But I think I have an okay relationship
with imposter syndrome as of now. I don't know. It creeps up, right? But I think, I guess,
it's especially creeping up now as I'm about to defend. Because I feel like my work of the past
five years amounts to so little. But I need to make it sound like I had the best five years of
my life in research. I can't say. Most of the time, shit didn't work. That's definitely giving
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me a little bit of imposter syndrome vibes. What about you? Are you happy with Mulan?
Did you even watch Mulan? Well, that's what I'm thinking. Let me search a little bit.
Because I'm not sure. I might have. Are you sure? If you had to search,
I think you didn't watch it. She's the one who fights, no?
Yeah, she's the one who pretends to be a boy for a little while to join the army
so that she can fight in place of her father. Oh, interesting. Yeah.
And they recently made a live action version of it, which I have not watched.
I also didn't watch Mulan as a kid because it was right at the age where I had stopped watching
Disney stuff. So I only watched it in high school when my friends were like, how have you not watched
Mulan? Oh, okay. Mulan and Disney. Yeah. I guess we're both Mulan. We're strong,
independent Asian women. They got it right. Yes, they got it right.
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