I mean ... in concert with our previous discussion about the upcoming meeting >:( Wasn't planning to put a solo paper in, but this will make it worthwhile for me

Seriously! I didn't know that but that's also shit :(

I'd already figured I wouldn't go because of funding but this really settles it for me.

Ugh I didn't realize this. This was such a bad format :(

This is such a low bar ... why is storytelling about this discipline so full over low bars being tripped over ...

PS I think if you ask a junior person to talk at your event you are obliged to pay their airfare and hotel. It's just not fair to only give that perk to senior folk (who would prob otherwise decline but often have the institutional funds to pay for themselves anyway)

This story is obscene, but so recognizable to me *already*.

I don't think this played as the dry joke I intended but that's okay :)

This was a gag but I absolutely had that experience--it made good work feel much more feasible and human