Rage stories in your field.

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Share some stories about things,events or people that have made your blood boil, in your field.

>finishing my undergraduate thesis. Subject: 'protein-protein binding site prediction'
>Killed my-self writing the document. Perfectionist retard. 160 pages, more than my peers. Good experimental design.
>Had to learn coding and math concepts that were beyond the scope of my bio degree.
>Defend it, answer all questions.
>Asshole thesis jury says that my work 'is too boring', gives me shit grading.

Later

>One of my female peers writes only half what I did. Also she worked on it only half as long as I did.
>Her subject: some recycled stuff her director had previously worked on about some shit parasite. Dubious experimental design.
>She does not do so well defending it, unable to answer some of the questions.
>However she was one of asshole's jury favorite students.
>"This poor girl, she worked sooo hard on her thesis"
>She gets perfect grade.

>I am left wondering why do I even exist.