Years ago, I got to go to an AcademicDinner Party, because one of my history professors missed a class from a bad cold and didn’t want to go through the effort of rescheduling the classroom. We’d just attend this dinner party in his backyard and discuss things intellectually and “Eat enough so I don’t have to deal with leftovers for a month” and we’d get class credit.
Apparently several other profs had the same cold and idea, so it ended up being an inter-departmental Socratic seminar/“get drunk and rant about your chosen feild of study without the tenure board listening in” party. I don’t drink so I had the pleasure of being stone-cold sober while various academic authorities lost thier inhibitions, but fortunately not thier clothes.
Some Humanities Professor, mildly soused on white wine: “So what’s your opinion on the proposed Geothermal enegry plant?”
Volcanologist, who has been shooting whiskey all night: “Not to over-simplify my career, but if you poke holes in a Volcano, Lava comes out.”
Volcanologist, deciding he needed to clarify: “This is a Bad Thing.”
Humanities prof, probably a philosopher of some flavor becuase only philosophy people say shit like this: “Well, every time there’s an erruption we also end up with more island, so it’s not all bad? Accelerated expansion, if you will.”
Volcanologist: “Has a tendency to burn and then encase preexisting parts of Island though. I lost my favorite shave ice place that way.”
Humanities: “Alright, we poke holes on the side with all the millionaire tourist mansions and state senator villas.”
Volcanologist: “…You might be onto something there.”
Me: “If you guys decide to go full supervillain I can make costumes.”
Humanities: “Well, this is all playful speculati-”
Volcanologist: “I WANT A CAPE THAT LOOKS LIKE A’A AND IS ALSO ON FIRE!!”
My history professor, who has just seen me and heard the word ‘fire’: “NO ENABLING PYROMANIA [GALLUS]. At least not where I can’t hear it an be accused of aiding or abetting. Go discuss it in the driveway.”
Anyway that’s what college is like if you make friends with your professors so you should definitely go to thier office hours and make future Henchperson career contacts.
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