oh yeah have i ever told yall of the academic war i have been an unwilling soilder in for the past two years
okay SO. i have two professors that both teach this one subject, but different classes. they have different last names, so i didnt know this at first and espically since they are academic RIVELS at my school, but they are MARRIED. but for the past 8 years they have been in an academic WAR of geospatical sciences data. more accurately, the raster vs vector data debate. i am personally on the side of “both have their pros and cons and can be utalizied to the utmost efficency” but both professors are like, DEADLOCKED in insistanting one is better then the other
so, professor A is my mentor. i like him a lot, and he was the main person that taught me the most abotu Eris and ArcGIS. professor B is a professor i had one for class, and shes nice and knows a lot of little tricks about Eris programming but mostly relies on arcMAP because shes the raster data professor.
and THESE MOTHERFUCKERS. have written no less then 30 papers that is basically like a “re: re: re: re: re: re: vector data is better then raster fuck you” but like, Professionally. and they leave stupid notes in the footnotes that read “Reguardless of Professor A’s opinions reguarding the efficency of Vector data, Raster data has a more efficant polygon computing rate and is the most commonly used program on interplantaring mapping” and its HILARIOUS
ive read all of their papers, and its basically like reading an email chain between a married couple arguing over the colors of the kitchen backsplash for their new home. its HILARIOUS. but obviously, because of their differnet last names and because they act like they HATE each other, NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE REALIZES THEYRE MARRIED
until like LAST WEEK
professor B publishes a paper that casually drops the word “husband”
and obviously all the students are like “oh i didnt know u were married!” because we read that shit like how white suburban mothers read People Magazine
and shes like “yeah, its Professor A”
and we all FLIPPED. THE FUCK. OUT
we thought the framed picture of the two of them on professor A’s desk was ironic because hes that type of guy
like, you gotta undestand. these two have gotten into YELLING matches in hallways. these two refuse to go onto trips with each other. but apparently they have a system where they quite LITERALLY leave all of their work at work and drive home in seperate cars and literally NEVER mention work at home. it is SO funny
yo dude as someone who grew up with Harry potter and avatar and all these stories about child saviours and LOVED them, reigens role in mob psycho absolutely exploded my brain like BRO. when reigen grabs mob, looks him in the eyes and tells him that he’s going to lose playing by the enemies rules, and then, totally sincere for once, tells him it’s alright to run away, and all the lines melt away from mob’s face, and he gasps with relief because he’s a CHILD who’s already done enough and was only waiting for someone to tell him that he’d done his part, that the burden of destiny does not belong to a child, that there is no prophecy to fulfill, that his childhood comes before his abilities, that he is no chosen one. dude that slapped
When Riegen stepped up and said “you’re 14. Let the adults handle adult problems. You go handle teenager problems, like dating and lunch with friends.” It HIT
But THEN he turned around to face the ADULTS who had been tormenting children, building this entire psychic evil group - he looked at these people who could rip him apart with their mind, and he really said “stop acting like children, you’re acting pathetic. Stop being selfish and join society to change it instead of throwing a tantrum in your self-appointed special box of “I get what I want””
And fuck me, Reigen is such a flawed person. He’s selfish, he’s a liar and a conman, but he saw one (1) scared child in his office, and again at that confrontation, and he really said “That’s not your responsibility. That’s not your burden. That’s not your fear to hold. It doesn’t matter if you’re more capable - it’s not meant for you. Let the adults handle it.”
He was really the Responsible Adult ™ that every child hero should have had.
And what does he get?
100% Gratitude.
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He’s maybe not a good person, but he’s a GOOD PERSON, yknow?
I love Reigen.
I’ve said this before but I’ll say it again, HARD agree with everything here but I wanna take it a step further. I would argue that Reigen’s most special skill of all is figuring people out. it’s what he does… he’s always done it. he doesn’t actually have psychic powers, so that’s his real tool of the trade. and built up around this are all these other legitimate skills, like massage therapy or photoshop… stuff that another person might find a more legitimate use for, but that’s not Reigen’s prerogative.
Reigen services a very specific, very niche clientele. we all joke, but for real… Reigen looks like the most con artisty psychic you’ve ever seen in your life. and the people who are still going to him in spite of that? are probably pretty gullible. to be honest, that’s probably why most of their problems aren’t actually ghosts. they’re gullible enough to believe that ghosts are what cause their issues, and when they go to a real psychic, all that psychic will say is “that’s not really a ghost” and send them away because that shit isn’t worth their time. the problem remains unsolved, the client keeps searching for a supernatural solution, and a true con artist would totally have a field day with them. Reigen technically doesn’t need to try as hard as he does, and could probably make more money by convincing these people that their problem will return without his routine, paid assistance. if he really was just conning them, what use would he have for a real psychic employee?
deep down, Reigen wants to help people. it’s why he felt zero fulfillment from working a stable office job, and why he falls head first into mentoring some random kid who, for all he knew, was just delusional at first impression. and the thing is… for as admirable as that might be, he’s still insanely flawed.
Reigen’s best and worst trait is that he thinks he knows better. when he actually does, he’s brilliant. but when he doesn’t… things get tricky. Reigen sees a lot of gullible people filter through his office, and he saves a lot of them from getting legitimately swindled by someone more nefarious than himself. but over time, that can lead a person to be suspicious of the intentions of any and everyone. and it can make him feel like he has the upper hand compared to most people, just because of his skepticism. he sees a wide-eyed innocent kid like Mob, and his first gut reaction is to try and teach him how to be more wise about the world. but Reigen isn’t always right. in fact, Reigen has made himself pretty isolated with this mindset.
this is where we see how Mob and Reigen are each able to teach one another. Reigen made the mistake of assuming it was only a one way street, and failed to see Mob’s true strength. Mob can be a little naive, sure… but sometimes he trusts people to be good, even before they’re ready to be, and they change because he gave them the chance. when Mob is right about a person, he’s really right. Reigen himself is proof of that. where would they be if Mob hadn’t initially let Reigen have such a big place in his life?
in season one, we saw what Reigen was capable of. I firmly believe he’s the only person to have ever “defeated” 100% Mob… by paying attention. he recognized how Mob’s emotional state was escalating, understood how upsetting it was to Mob, and did what Mob needed in order to pull him out of his downward spiral. he stopped it before it happened, and in return, Mob gave Reigen all of his gratitude. and that manifested as a stronger power than anything we’ve ever seen Mob produce on his own. because he would rather give every ounce of his strength to someone he trusts, than hurt anyone. that was season one.
season two features Reigen starting to overstep Mob’s boundaries. Reigen tells himself that everything he’s doing is for Mob’s benefit, because that narrative is convenient for him, but in reality, Reigen needs Mob too. Reigen is beginning to feel isolated… he’s starting to feel used by the people who should be propping up his self esteem by needing him. an ironic thing for a con artist to feel. and he projects that onto Mob, trying to fix a problem that Mob doesn’t have. ultimately what Reigen needs to learn is that Mob has his own charisma, and he’s getting closer to people by being genuine.
in the end, Reigen and Mob both have valuable perspectives, and they absolutely should learn from each other… and they enjoy knowing each other for more reasons than just convenience. they really are friends.
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recently i saw a post on my dash compiling study music, so i decided to make one of my own! here are some of my favorite playlists on youtube to listen to while i’m working, hope you enjoy!
hope y’all enjoy some of these finds, and feel free to add your favorite study music in the notes so that people who need them can find something new to listen to!
