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by AnarchismIsCool 2y ago
Read the sentence again, more slowly this time.
- ianbutler 2y agoIt’s still odd to characterize a person’s death in terms of someone else’s career progression. Probably because it’s uncommon to see a death characterized by it’s second order effects. Usually it’s the family or friends and it’s more personal. OP didn’t say anything wrong though.
- arcticfox 2y ago> It’s still odd to characterize a person’s death in terms of someone else’s career progression. OP even went another level, since it was their SO's career progression that was affected, thus affecting OP. Agreed, they're not wrong, but it was odd.
- 4death4 2y agoThey’re not wrong in the sense they’re factually correct: OP’s life would have been different had a cure been available. But if OP’s SO approached her PI on their deathbed and said “Dear PI, what about my SO?” They’d probably be met with incredulity.
- CookieCrisp 2y agoWell it is a good thing that nothing like that happened then, isn’t it?
- noncoml 2y agoPI = ?
- bglazer 2y agoPrincipal investigator. It’s what phd students call their academic advisor/boss during graduate school
- SoftTalker 2y agoProbably Principal Investigator. I'd guess the "SO" is a PhD student and now his/her program is up in the air.
- echelon 2y agoSignificant Other.