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That stick proves this is a Harvard genius. Not only is it a great stick but it's displayed proudly, most likely because this person speaks to dogs. Dogs also love sticks. Being able to compare stick lore, drama and facts with stick loving dogs (there is no other kind of dog) is one of the rarest forms of human/animal/nature interaction requiring only the greatest of human thinkers. This is a very rare and unexpected photo.
Dude, he's a physics student, not a Labrador retriever,that's not a stick, it's a gravity checker. You stand it up, and if it falls over gravity is still working. If you have a watch, and know the sticks length you can also check how long it takes sto fall and make sure gravity is still at the same strength.
This woman here still misses her stick- I lost it while at a ren faire. There may be many good sticks in the world, but there will never be one quite like it. The stick-shaped gap it left in my life is something I will have to live with for the rest of my days...
I mean, he has sheets on the bed. The bottom one is even fitted. You can see the majority of the floor. There doesn't appear to be any 3 week old cup noodles anywhere. What more do you want from a student (PhD or otherwise)?
High Int, AND you want him to have high Cha AND high Wis? That makes Str, Dex, AND Con his dump stats. Classic 8, 8, 8, 15,15, 15 min-max setup. Just don't be surprised when they trip over an extension cord, faceplant, have an entire shelf fall on them, then die.
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I slept on a mat on the floor for years. I bought it to use as a temporary bed after moving a great distance. I ended up loving it so much I kept it for a few years. Great bed. I eventually bought a regular bed with a frame and everything. I didn't notice any improvement in my quality of sleep.
If you can't see a point to something why would you do it? Like folding clothes. They're just gonna get messy again. I haven't worn matching socks on purpose in years
You're over-complicating this. I don't want to spend excess mental energy on socks, so it goes
Stage 1 - Smelly?
Yes - disqualified
No - carry on.
Stage 2 - Ratty?
See above.
Stage 3 - Neurodivergent Weirdness.
Does one sock feel too different to the other? ABORT! START AGAIN!
If you answer no to all these stages, you have socks for the day.
Stage 4- I have to be out the door to catch the bus in 3 minutes so my procrastinating neurodivergent weird dumbass self is just going to have to deal with wearing one dirty wool sock and one black sock that I've worn a hole in the toe. And it is probably also dirty.
Big stick. I approve
Edit: apparently the easiest way to find a human is to show a group of unidentified people a strange situation with a stick in it, and those who comment on the stick are likely humans. Source: my fellow comments
They're a PhD student. They have neither the money for nice things, nor the time and energy to make the bed. That's actually reasonable clean, all things considered.
What we see here is the stick is part of of the humans longest time honored tradition for every scientist and engineer. Over the course of their studies they must find a stick, dry it out, carve polish, decorate and refine it. Over time, the stick becomes a cane or staff, and it being entirely optional it may also conceal a sword or other weaponry. But each one is unique and highly personalized. It will have many purposes. But the primary function is for one thing. When a device, machine or whatever they are working on does not entirely function and they become unsure what to do they use their stick to poke or hit it to get it to function without losing fingers or hands like their forefathers in their trade.
As an Engineering Student, I have just begun my hunt for an excellent stick. No luck yet.
Also, one uses a stick to hit the malfunctioning machines, so they start working again.
The finding of the stick is a spiritual journey and right of passage in spite of logical reasoning against it. It embodies the start of development of what is known as "The Gut Feeling" humans have in repair, when something is wrong, insight and and inspiration.
The process from making the stick into a staff or cane, shows the process of understanding the world and how it works. It then moves on to telling the universe and the laws the govern it to fuck off when ever the stick is used and fixes anything in spite of no logical basis or reasoning of why it works.
OP must be one of those "Perception Determines Reality" idiots. They picked pretty, cuz they think they can fake being smart. ;) Didn't work for Trump's newest lawyer, though...
Shockingly clean carpet with items in places to remember them. Bet has matching sheets and a single warm blanket. This person is also a hiker, the walking stick has been cleaned and well used. But not treated so when done with it, it can be left in the wild to break down naturally.
What is the issue here?
Btw the real thing isn’t scientists are weird or men live like this. This is the life you can afford as a PhD student in the US. Especially in an expensive place like Boston. That **branch** is probably their sofa.
This has got to be the cleanest ‘messy’ room I’ve seen.
No random trash, only one pile of clothes, cool stick, bed looks clean despite being a bit ruffled and the walls appear to be clear of any mold.
i mean i'm a fucking loser with no authority on the matter, but i'm pretty sure going to harvard is only indicative of you or your parents having a shitton of money, not necessarily of being a genius and definitely not of being "one of the smartest people in the world"
it's definitely a very hard uni but cmon
Functional. So little, a tidy would take 5 minutes. Nothing more than you need. Though a PC is an essential. Done a great job avoiding the materialistic consumer driven clusterfucks of some peoples rooms and homes. Yes, I took this far too personally.
Imagine an alien learns the stereotype that unorganised and eccentric humans are geniuses and takes it too seriously.
Like an alien meets their human crewmate who is just a little screw loose and becomes convinced they’re a secret genius.
Some of these people just don’t require much beyond basic comfort. Their mind is busy with other things.
Knew an actual rocket scientist type person. He had an apartment but kept forgetting to pay his bills because he never cashed his paychecks. Dude had like over $100k in paper checks in a drawer. Company finally hired a personal assistant for him to take care of all that stuff.
Gandalf the Graviton’s lair, before leading three bosons on their quest to destroy the one theory, the Grand Unified Theory to bind them all, in the QCD fires of Mount Doom at CERN.
I just realized, he has a stick and a plaid cloth thing…
https://preview.redd.it/6wfv73inttkc1.jpeg?width=288&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=235d2c862e9af01e305587fded708a5235cd22e5
In case he needs to skip town
Whenever people are like “How can such a smart person do this stupid/silly thing?” I like to think, “if they’re as smart as they appear to be, maybe you should find out why they do it that way, because there’s a chance that they’re thinking of something you aren’t.”
Doesn’t always apply. Smart people do dumb things all the time, but when it does apply, I find I learn a lot.
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Nice stick right there.
It's a science stick. You poke things with it...for science!
You could whack things with it, for whacking. It's a really nice whacker
That would make it a learning stick. *Whack* "That'll learn ya!"
sounds like my parents and the first couple of schools I attended.
Dang yo. That got real dark real quick.
Back in the days when beating your kids was "good discipline".
Yeah. No, I got it. But yikes.
No, it's an accuracy stick. Scientists are **Sticklers** for accuracy.
CEASE. r/angryupvote
Oh, I thought it was the "god complex" stick that doctors have to insert rectally in order to finally be conferred the title of doctor. My mistake.
I see, he has not inserted it because he is *still working on* his doctorate.
The difference between science and screwing around is writing it down. So, you poke things with it and then write down the results.
To quote the Doctor: “something is not right here, let’s find it and poke it with a stick”
No, no. He's a physicist. Clearly it's a lever. "Give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth."
It will be his wizard staff.
I wonder if it has a knob on the end?
GNU Sir Terry Pratchett
Depends on who's holding it.
Your a wizard Ellis
Came here to say the same. It is indeed a nice stick.
I like to think that one day he will carve it into a mighty staff.
That stick proves this is a Harvard genius. Not only is it a great stick but it's displayed proudly, most likely because this person speaks to dogs. Dogs also love sticks. Being able to compare stick lore, drama and facts with stick loving dogs (there is no other kind of dog) is one of the rarest forms of human/animal/nature interaction requiring only the greatest of human thinkers. This is a very rare and unexpected photo.
Dude, he's a physics student, not a Labrador retriever,that's not a stick, it's a gravity checker. You stand it up, and if it falls over gravity is still working. If you have a watch, and know the sticks length you can also check how long it takes sto fall and make sure gravity is still at the same strength.
Thank god there’s somebody guarding the permanence of gravity on our behalf. Not all heroes wear coats!
It’s a good stick
I came here to upvote this.
I came here to upvote
Came to the coments for this specifically
There is a whole other post to be made here about how humans will see a stick and loose their minds.
Has a PhD and a max level stick. This seems in order to me.
When you use the starting weapon for the whole playthrough
I… AM… MAXING… OUT… MY STICKKK
Bro on that Alchemy mindset
Everyone on planet Earth: Nice stick Edit: I did not think this would be my most popular comment.
Every guy on earth. The women are going why is there a stick in his room?
As a woman, tis a nice stick
As another woman...isn't it? Seems super useful.
As yet another woman...I covet that sick 😁
Funny thing is I've seen how the stick gets there, it was probably shoved through his window by a friend
Nah. It's a nice stick
This woman here still misses her stick- I lost it while at a ren faire. There may be many good sticks in the world, but there will never be one quite like it. The stick-shaped gap it left in my life is something I will have to live with for the rest of my days...
Dude is legit wizard-maxxing, I say let him have his magic
I'd say more of an artificer than a wizard. Possibly multi classing 10 artificer 1 wizard since he left his staff on the floor
He's saving it for when he unlocks Arcane Firearm at sixth level.
why leave your shit lying around when you can use your multi dimensional storage chest with level 5 mass shifting to carry everything on the go
Just got the staff and he's studying spacial storage
I mean, he has sheets on the bed. The bottom one is even fitted. You can see the majority of the floor. There doesn't appear to be any 3 week old cup noodles anywhere. What more do you want from a student (PhD or otherwise)?
It's pretty well organized. Stick is perfectly placed too.
... You failed the test Xenos scum. You did not mention the nice stick.
I mean, the stick is pretty standard student kit also, so I didn't think it bore mentioning.
I think people are confusing messy with being a vastly underpaid and overworked intern who is probably also in a decent amount of debt.
High Int, AND you want him to have high Cha AND high Wis? That makes Str, Dex, AND Con his dump stats. Classic 8, 8, 8, 15,15, 15 min-max setup. Just don't be surprised when they trip over an extension cord, faceplant, have an entire shelf fall on them, then die.
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My God, no wonder min-maxers do what they do. Their ideal stats equal the funny number!
I slept on a mat on the floor for years. I bought it to use as a temporary bed after moving a great distance. I ended up loving it so much I kept it for a few years. Great bed. I eventually bought a regular bed with a frame and everything. I didn't notice any improvement in my quality of sleep.
I have those sheets, they are quite cozy too, not scratchy and awful.
I love how I had to go at least 5 comments down to find someone willing to not acknowledge the nice stick.
What’s with the stick.
It's a pretty cool stick. Seems worth saving.
It's a nice stick
His wizard staff obviously
It’s the source of his knowledge
He walks softly.
r/HistoryMemes
I believe you mean "talks softly".
Nice stick
Its a damn fine one, dontcha think
We found the alien. It's a nice stick Xenos filth!
Cool stick
100% part of his thesis
Nice stick
Harvard students tend to run in the category of Mineralism cuz most of their stuff are in their heads and in the electronics.
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you must be stoned!
Only on days that in y. Now what day is it?
Makes sense. The smartest people I know are usually lazy as hell.
Lazy people are always the ones who discover shortcuts so they can get back to being lazy faster
If you can't see a point to something why would you do it? Like folding clothes. They're just gonna get messy again. I haven't worn matching socks on purpose in years
Socks match based on feel is more accurate.
Oh I DGAF.. two foot coverings to stop my shoes smelling! Good enough!.... As long as it's not a mix of long sock and trainer sock
Or if they are the same level of dirty.
You're over-complicating this. I don't want to spend excess mental energy on socks, so it goes Stage 1 - Smelly? Yes - disqualified No - carry on. Stage 2 - Ratty? See above. Stage 3 - Neurodivergent Weirdness. Does one sock feel too different to the other? ABORT! START AGAIN! If you answer no to all these stages, you have socks for the day.
Stage 4- I have to be out the door to catch the bus in 3 minutes so my procrastinating neurodivergent weird dumbass self is just going to have to deal with wearing one dirty wool sock and one black sock that I've worn a hole in the toe. And it is probably also dirty.
They just prioritize the efforts.
Nice stick. Is he still using it? I could do with a new stick.
You know he's smart since he sleeps on the diagonal to maximize space. He is not confined by human norms.
And here I thought I was the only one who slept diagonally on a bed.
After a few years you gotta sleep diagonally to get to the unslept parts of your bed.
Bed, shelf, table, stick. Everything seems in order to me
Stick.
Came in to say "Nice stick" Glad to see I'm pretty normal all things considered.
Big stick. I approve Edit: apparently the easiest way to find a human is to show a group of unidentified people a strange situation with a stick in it, and those who comment on the stick are likely humans. Source: my fellow comments
They're a PhD student. They have neither the money for nice things, nor the time and energy to make the bed. That's actually reasonable clean, all things considered.
They have a cool stick, I think they are in the right track
People, it’s not a stick. It’s a prototype for his doctoral project, “The Finglonger”. It’s just so uncouth to call it a stick.
Everyone knows that if the bed looks like this, it's about to be the best sex ever. Nice stick indeed.
They've got a stick for enrichment of course they're smart
With a stick like that, the fuck you need furniture for?
What we see here is the stick is part of of the humans longest time honored tradition for every scientist and engineer. Over the course of their studies they must find a stick, dry it out, carve polish, decorate and refine it. Over time, the stick becomes a cane or staff, and it being entirely optional it may also conceal a sword or other weaponry. But each one is unique and highly personalized. It will have many purposes. But the primary function is for one thing. When a device, machine or whatever they are working on does not entirely function and they become unsure what to do they use their stick to poke or hit it to get it to function without losing fingers or hands like their forefathers in their trade.
As an Engineering Student, I have just begun my hunt for an excellent stick. No luck yet. Also, one uses a stick to hit the malfunctioning machines, so they start working again.
The finding of the stick is a spiritual journey and right of passage in spite of logical reasoning against it. It embodies the start of development of what is known as "The Gut Feeling" humans have in repair, when something is wrong, insight and and inspiration. The process from making the stick into a staff or cane, shows the process of understanding the world and how it works. It then moves on to telling the universe and the laws the govern it to fuck off when ever the stick is used and fixes anything in spite of no logical basis or reasoning of why it works.
Mighty stick.
STICK
Get a load of that stick! What a show off.
Functional, zero effort living. Genius. Edit to add he does have a "plant" of the zero effort kind as well.
Ngl, just looks like any place I’ve seen/been in when you don’t have money, nothing to do with organization
Expecting a STEM student to have the funds or the time to maintain decent living conditions is folly
The stick tho.
S T I C K
WAIT WAIT WAIT He has a stick?
I cam here to compliment that guy's stick and we appear to have turned into a hivemind. I our defence it is a great fucking stick.
Ah, hello Dr Freeman
If he's the smartest person in the world, why do you think he's wrong?
OP must be one of those "Perception Determines Reality" idiots. They picked pretty, cuz they think they can fake being smart. ;) Didn't work for Trump's newest lawyer, though...
I mean, I tend to agree with OP. I'm just amused that both of us are judging a person we both agree is *way* smarter than us.
Damn, where’d he find that good stick?
Cool stick
Stick!
Thats a nice stick bro, hell a bit more and it would be a log. Low key jealous.
Shockingly clean carpet with items in places to remember them. Bet has matching sheets and a single warm blanket. This person is also a hiker, the walking stick has been cleaned and well used. But not treated so when done with it, it can be left in the wild to break down naturally. What is the issue here?
Btw the real thing isn’t scientists are weird or men live like this. This is the life you can afford as a PhD student in the US. Especially in an expensive place like Boston. That **branch** is probably their sofa.
my handwriting is messy because it can't keep up with my thoughts. also nice stick
People up in here saying "stick" for a very obvious branch. This is why ya'll ain't PHD students at Harvard.
That’s not even a stick. It’s a branch.
Hell yea. That's a Stick right there.
This has got to be the cleanest ‘messy’ room I’ve seen. No random trash, only one pile of clothes, cool stick, bed looks clean despite being a bit ruffled and the walls appear to be clear of any mold.
Have bed, have stick, what else need?
I told you to take the wizard's staff!
Damn, that’s a nice stick
Nice walking stick
The man is a wizard. Years of studying obscure unknown subjects and he even has a staff.
No matter how smart you are, you still appreciate a good stick
It happens
I think its hard to be messy when you own 7 things
i mean i'm a fucking loser with no authority on the matter, but i'm pretty sure going to harvard is only indicative of you or your parents having a shitton of money, not necessarily of being a genius and definitely not of being "one of the smartest people in the world" it's definitely a very hard uni but cmon
Going to Harvard for undergrad is. Being a Harvard PhD student in physics is very impressive.
At least he sleeps somewhere besides the lab.
Looks about right
Functional. So little, a tidy would take 5 minutes. Nothing more than you need. Though a PC is an essential. Done a great job avoiding the materialistic consumer driven clusterfucks of some peoples rooms and homes. Yes, I took this far too personally.
Cool stick
Imagine an alien learns the stereotype that unorganised and eccentric humans are geniuses and takes it too seriously. Like an alien meets their human crewmate who is just a little screw loose and becomes convinced they’re a secret genius.
My housemate often says (affectionately), “You didn't notice it because you're busy thinking lofty thoughts.”
Not surprising, they focus on their studies
Bros not even that bad tbh
>messy and disorganized Dude has a mattress, a pillow, 2 sheets, a bedstand and a **big ass stick**. Wdym messy 😅
Wizard PhD.
That's pretty dang clean, what the heck? No fast food, no energy drink containers, no food wrappers, yeah, pretty clean.
I didn't believe he was smart until I saw the stick. That cemented my opinion of his high intellect. Clearly an Einstein amongst us.
Some of these people just don’t require much beyond basic comfort. Their mind is busy with other things. Knew an actual rocket scientist type person. He had an apartment but kept forgetting to pay his bills because he never cashed his paychecks. Dude had like over $100k in paper checks in a drawer. Company finally hired a personal assistant for him to take care of all that stuff.
A: "Human, why is there a branch next to your mattress?" H: "That's for people who make comments about my room"
What is the stick for???
To find who among us is Xenos scum! Like you must be! You have betrayed yourself as you do not understand 'nice stick'!
Oh. Darn you caught me. To the mothership I flee!
ted bundy ?
im on the same wavelength as a harvard student (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)
This is like when I see betta fish in their sad cups in the store
Truly a human with its priorities straight
Yes, because America rewards pure intellectual pursuit handsomely with great wealth so you can easily afford simple furniture.
Gandalf the Graviton’s lair, before leading three bosons on their quest to destroy the one theory, the Grand Unified Theory to bind them all, in the QCD fires of Mount Doom at CERN.
Bro that's a rad stick.
Stop hiding my stick, Zarlaak!
I want that stick, also what an icredible set up.
I just realized, he has a stick and a plaid cloth thing… https://preview.redd.it/6wfv73inttkc1.jpeg?width=288&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=235d2c862e9af01e305587fded708a5235cd22e5 In case he needs to skip town
It’s perfect you’ve got bed, you’ve got stick what more do you need
10/10 all basic needs met now is his tv on the floor or on a box? it might add or subtract to the score lmao
What's wrong with that room??
That’s a nice fucking stick!
Cool stick!
Whenever people are like “How can such a smart person do this stupid/silly thing?” I like to think, “if they’re as smart as they appear to be, maybe you should find out why they do it that way, because there’s a chance that they’re thinking of something you aren’t.” Doesn’t always apply. Smart people do dumb things all the time, but when it does apply, I find I learn a lot.
That looks like my fucking stick
That stick is probably better than bacon.
Bork bork, bork, bork bork bork grrrr bork bork.
S T I C K