<![CDATA[Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon.]]>Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/1205836e-b969-455e-93a7-5568a59b68d5/bruce-banner-canonically-has-7-phds-and-honestly-the-fact-that-he-periodically-turns-into-a-giant-green-ragemonster-after-spending-that-much-time-in-academia-without-tenure-is-the-most-believable-thing-in-the-entire-marvel-canon.RSS for NodeWed, 24 Jun 2026 07:08:37 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2026 16:21:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:27:14 GMT]]>@adamsteer @mhoye PhDs are better paid in some parts of the world.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/drgroftehauge/statuses/116758363134930113https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/drgroftehauge/statuses/116758363134930113Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:27:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:24:48 GMT]]>@wordshaper @mhoye I have met someone with two PhDs. Was as you would expect. Also know someone with 1Β½ PhDs but he's kinda normal. For someone with a PhD.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/drgroftehauge/statuses/116758353554045195https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/drgroftehauge/statuses/116758353554045195Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:24:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:05:43 GMT]]>@wordshaper @mhoye I love the multiple PhDs trope 🀣 It's like saying "he did 8th grade three times, he must be a genius!"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kinkycats.org/ap/users/116712027538809809/statuses/116758042632139564https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kinkycats.org/ap/users/116712027538809809/statuses/116758042632139564Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:05:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:05:13 GMT]]>@mhoye @meena

maybe the real skill was doing 7 PhDs that were all granted based on closely aligned replication or validation studies and getting 7 stipends all at once πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

[almost just over a living wage, in Australia at least πŸ˜¬πŸ€”]

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mapstodon.space/users/adamsteer/statuses/116757332861794836https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mapstodon.space/users/adamsteer/statuses/116757332861794836Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:05:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:17:45 GMT]]>@wordshaper @mhoye

They might if they're trying to keep delaying student loan payments.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/cainmark/statuses/116757146210205422https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/cainmark/statuses/116757146210205422Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:17:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:17:31 GMT]]>@failedLyndonLaRouchite @wordshaper @mhoye Chaotic evil counterpoint: this is true but if you want to know more about another field, an extra masters' can be helpful....

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Bumblefish/statuses/116756909341849126https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Bumblefish/statuses/116756909341849126Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:17:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:12:48 GMT]]>@wordshaper @mhoye I once suggested on twitter that a second PhD was kinda silly, and boy, did I get flamed
but seriously, a PhD is learning how to solve problems, so you don't need a second one

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/failedLyndonLaRouchite/statuses/116756890839798623https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/failedLyndonLaRouchite/statuses/116756890839798623Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:12:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:58:45 GMT]]>@meena @adamsteer Maybe it's a preexisting condition and everyone just knows he's going to turn green and Hulk Smash if he gets mad enough, and that's why they give him all the grants?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/116756599648486310https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/116756599648486310Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:58:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:17:45 GMT]]>@the_turtle @mhoye
Apparently studio executives thought that β€œBruce” sounded a bit gay… πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tenforward.social/users/gareth/statuses/116756438389477889https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tenforward.social/users/gareth/statuses/116756438389477889Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:17:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:02:11 GMT]]>@adamsteer @mhoye either that or his real talent is writing really good grant applications

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scholar.social/users/meena/statuses/116756377174887393https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scholar.social/users/meena/statuses/116756377174887393Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:02:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:53:07 GMT]]>@mhoye did they ever explain why they changed his name to David for that TV show in the 1970s?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/the_turtle/statuses/116755869676213466https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/the_turtle/statuses/116755869676213466Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:53:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:44:24 GMT]]>@mhoye 7 Ph.Ds, yet he's supposed to be smart.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/fivetonsflax/statuses/116755835445017362https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/fivetonsflax/statuses/116755835445017362Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:44:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:43:28 GMT]]>@mhoye ...also 7 phds implies a giant bucket of money someplace to pay for all the things so essentially hulk is an ultimate expression of the nepo baby / trustafarian archetypes...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mapstodon.space/users/adamsteer/statuses/116755831752059223https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mapstodon.space/users/adamsteer/statuses/116755831752059223Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:43:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:03:33 GMT]]>@mhoye Gamma bombs pale in comparison to the radioactivity of 7 PhDs.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weirder.earth/users/eldaking/statuses/116755438888954538https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weirder.earth/users/eldaking/statuses/116755438888954538Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:03:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:26:44 GMT]]>@mhoye @stormygleason Same thing happened to me & I didn't even finish my first PhD.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/donutage/statuses/116755294121583029https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/donutage/statuses/116755294121583029Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:26:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:13:52 GMT]]>@mhoye @dtl smart enough to earn 7 PhDs, not smart enough to hang around and get tenure…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ajn142/statuses/116755243507694606https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ajn142/statuses/116755243507694606Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:13:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:07:20 GMT]]>@mhoye the green color is a metaphore for the toxicity of academia πŸ˜…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pouet.chapril.org/users/eowyn/statuses/116755217782560247https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pouet.chapril.org/users/eowyn/statuses/116755217782560247Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:07:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:00:20 GMT]]>@mhoye the second most believable thing. Jane Foster had no budget so lived on breakfast cereal and her male supervisor got the credit for her work

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116755190252698312https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116755190252698312Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:00:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:51:03 GMT]]>@mhoye And with 7 PhDs he's canonically both an idiot and has commitment-to-reality issues, which also tracks. I mean, seriously. Nobody with any actual contact with the real world's going to go for 3 (or even 2) PhD's, let alone 7.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116755153783488025https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116755153783488025Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:51:03 GMT