tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post632384380069416029..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: The Breaking of the Fellowship of the PostdocSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-63219729618964199392013-02-12T08:50:29.730-08:002013-02-12T08:50:29.730-08:00Cog, you sound like a person I would want to hang ...Cog, you sound like a person I would want to hang with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-65335333686919400042013-02-11T16:42:44.281-08:002013-02-11T16:42:44.281-08:00That situation sucks! Sometimes group dynamics are...That situation sucks! Sometimes group dynamics are much worse than the individuals... Have you thought about just spending one on one time with the postdocs you do get along with? You may actually get to go out more in that scenarioPsycgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13476028853857792495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-39731112640268267452013-02-10T10:20:51.874-08:002013-02-10T10:20:51.874-08:00In Blogger, get into your um... well, you can get ...In Blogger, get into your um... well, you can get there by hitting the new post thing, and then instead of writing anything, you click "close." That takes me to a screen that has a left hand list, starting with new post, overview, posts, etc. As long as you've got that left hand list, you're good.<br /><br />Scroll down on that left hand list, until you can click "settings" and click that. That opens a sub list, and about number 2 or 3 on that sublist is "posts and comments." Click on that. Then you can change who can comment, whether there's a capcha thing, whether you do moderation, and so on.<br /><br />Is that helpful? What you're looking for?Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-38313279147078667052013-02-10T08:34:42.923-08:002013-02-10T08:34:42.923-08:00DEH, do you know how to do that in blogger? People...DEH, do you know how to do that in blogger? People keep asking me to change my settings as if I've actually set any of them, when the reality is I have no clue what they are talking about and I just left it to the standard presets...Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-84699718747597361612013-02-10T06:58:28.964-08:002013-02-10T06:58:28.964-08:00Also sorry. Earlier in the post, I was thinking &...Also sorry. Earlier in the post, I was thinking "There always comes the moment when Our Hero has to strike boldly out alone!" but then you got to Smeagol. I belong to a group that used to have a Smeagol. Because Sir John treated him with compassion, I managed to do so as well, though before that he really creeped me out, and a lot of other people in the group were even more creeped out, so I know how awful this sort of situation is for everyone. I wish I had some good advice. But remember, I've met you, and you don't strike me as socially awkward (okay, maybe that's damning with faint praise, but I get by). Rather, I expect you're the one really socially adept person here, the one who understands that you have to invite everyone, and the one who has the social intelligence or empathic ability or whatever it is to allow you to deal with Smeagol. OK, one idea now comes to mind: could you and Smeagol both volunteer for some activity where his problems wouldn't be such a liability and other people might be more compassionate? Go pet cats and walk dogs at the local shelter, say?<br /><br />And, off-topic, could you add the name/URL option to comment-posting? I have a terrible time with the OpenID thingy because my ID is dameeleanor not dameeleanorhull and I have to log in and out and mess around a lot to use it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-15869964637167082262013-02-10T06:40:28.481-08:002013-02-10T06:40:28.481-08:00Oh, that sounds miserable. I'm so sorry.Oh, that sounds miserable. I'm so sorry.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.com