OT- Graduation speech from that school down south
I don't even know where to begin on this one. I wonder if Mr. Pan was promoting THE bitcoin? https://www.rooster.info/p/ohio-state-chris-pan?utm_medium=email
It’s called Ohio State. We don’t need to treat them like Voldemort and sink to their pathetic level.
Ah, Columbus. Drive down 75 till you smell it. Then head south on 23 till you step in it. Then get a new pair of shoes.
YXX mean XhiX Xtate!
(I think it'X impXrtant to avXid all three letterX, jXXt in caXe.)
love it when ohio state people miss an ‘m.’ never fails.
oh, wait, never mind.
Please tell me I don’t have to break out the Rainier Wolfcastle meme.
Perfect execution. Right down to missing one of the letters that should’ve been an X. Well done.
Reason #500 that whole thing is stupid. It's surprisingly easy to miss a letter (and that much easier when trying to make it three letters).
That’s the thing though - it’s not that hard at all if you Ctrl-F but that technology is beyond the grasp of those unwashed incest fiends
Xichigan - National Chaxpion…
Is that spelled in a manner so Buckeyes can read it? Of course - my comments assumes Buckeye fans can read.
Doi doi doi...I kant rede. ...I jus' a stoopid dumb dumb head. Me got no brain.
Me wish me wuz smrt person lyke ewe.
TURDS
That University Right Down South
Yes. Sainristil was asked about this on a Commanders podcast and said “I call them what they are. Ohio State.”
The only reason I accept “Ohio” as a dig is because it really bothers them.
We don’t need to steal their shit. This reminds me, I came across this the other day:
https://youtube.com/shorts/dQ4zInMYDAs?feature=shared
Ryan Day can’t even play along with this silly bit from BTN. Loserville.
Maybe his family should investigate to help him figure it out. One looks forward one looks back.
I use "Ohio" as often as possible because it's technically correct. Ohio Stadium, OH-IO, Script Ohio, etc., are all part of their vernacular. Why would calling them simply "Ohio" bother them so much? I don't know, and I don't care. I've used it since the Hoke era and it may be my favorite thing Hoke did intentionally.
Hutch plays along. Day refuses. Jim doesn't really care about the bit and just answers the question.
Valid point.
Ohio is the wasteland between Pittsburgh and Ann Arbor.
Who cares?
Don’t care fuck em
Ok, so, 2 hours later it’s the second intermission of the Bruins v Panthers game so I figured I’d actually give it a read and holy shit it’s a great read (for the most part) and worth it. Basically shits on OSU and the speaker.
Pan was also, by his own admission, high on the South American psychedelic brew known as “ayahuasca,” which was recently popularized by Aaron Rodgers, a conspiracy theorist who moonlights as an NFL quarterback.
Pretty sure Rodgers is an NFL QB who moonlights as a conspiracy theorist, not the other way around. Also, psychedelics have shown massive potential in mental health and other applications, with little to no addictive properties. According to medical journals anyways.
Wouldn’t write a commencement speech tripping balls tho
I've seen lots of headlines that the studies that say that mushrooms, ketamine, ayahuasca, marijuana and other drugs and psychedelics can help people with whatever ails them. I'm skeptical because there is an implicit bias with many of those researchers who are looking for reasons to justify those drugs.
Core to the idea of a magic pill is that there is something that you can take that will make everything better and make everything make sense. People who believe in a magic pill are the same ones who fall to MLM schemes, buy lottery tickets, think that there UFOs, that Bill Gates is putting microchips in vaccines that the the government or corporations are causing all of their problems. While there is always a grain of truth to this garbage there is no magic pill or explanation. I know this because aliens are actually time traveling versions of our future selves and me from the future explained this all to me while I was trippin balls on ayahuasca.
You should read about the thousands of veterans who no longer suffer from PTSD due to controlled dosages of MDMA from doctors. I don't think they are trying to justify using the substances, there are legitimate medical studies on the benefits of many different substances and their healing properties as it pertains to mental health. Interesting stuff.
Limitless!
I'd be interested to see more longitudinal studies. I don't know much about this topic, but it seems like a lot of the studies are limited duration.
Someone needs to fund a study where people are taking psychedelics weekly for 20 years.
Also saying Rodgers popularized ayahuasca is asinine.
Yeah....everyone knows it was Joe Rogan and Graham Hancock..../s...kind of
I understand the impulse to say “who care?” like the other commenters, but this is a hilarious story regardless of where it happened and I recommend following the link if you have a couple of minutes.
Agreed, and also it is absolutely horrible to learn that someone died during the event.
Absolutely agree, and of course that’s not what the article is about. Thoughts and prayers to that family…
Seconded. It's worth a quick read.
Calling BS on one biographical item: There's a claim that he was the first OSU graduate hired by McKinsey. They're picky, sure, but could that really be true?
....and after seeing his work, he will be the LAST THEEEE ohio graduate hired by McKinsey.
Gotta say, kind of a point in their favor. McKinsey suuuuuuuuuuucks.
Well, their strengths are in backing up.
Wow, that was quite a read. I read the address and had a hard time believing that wasn't an Onion bit. The bitcoin shout-outs, the multiple sing-alongs, quoting Ram Dass of all people but misspelling his last name in the text. The meandering senseless incomprehensibility of it all. Things like this:
For emotional freedom, I stumbled into singing as a wellness practice after I went through a terrible heartbreak. Every morning, I felt so much sadness and pain. I considered taking antidepressants, but intuitively just started singing each morning. I’m not a trained singer but used it as a musical therapy. I later learned that singing stimulates the amygdala where we store emotions. It’s a powerful way to release negative energy stuck in the body.
And singing is also powerful for manifesting - “what we sing about we bring about.” Search “The Singing Revolution” and you’ll see how Latvia, Lithuanian, and Estonia got their independence through group singing in the late 80s!
And this:
Three blind men touch an elephant. The first says “it’s a snake! The second argues “no it’s a wall!” The third rebuts, “no it’s a rope!” None of them are wrong, but their perspectives are limited.
Dude, all three are wrong--BECAUSE IT'S AN ELEPHANT.
I'd need brain-melting South American psychedelics just to get through listening to all that.
My guess is that the OSU got all excited about his social media following and being edgy. Watching him sing "What's Up" made me think of some of the worst motivational speakers I've encountered over the years
It looks like The OSU got exactly what they signed up for - maybe nobody at on the Commencement Committee was young enough to know Pan wasn't cool?
It could have been worse, his original draft had a section about how he wanted to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict through more sharing and caring. I can't even say that he's wrong, except that the details of how to spread all that sharing and caring are the complicated part.
https://www.thelantern.com/2024/04/commencement-speaker-christopher-pan…
Has "That School Down South" ever been a thing? That doesn't even phase (faze) them, that just makes us look like we are admiring their idiotic tradition so much that we are going to copy it. an Ohio State University or plain Ohio works, with the occasional FUCK O HI O from the student section!
Edit: Thanks grumbler
“Oh, you call us TSUN? Well, I’ll call you…”
We don’t do that because The Michigan Difference.
That doesn't even phase them...
It doesn't even faze them when they are out of phase.
The Michigan Difference.
Thanks
If I’m not mistaken, “pan” is Portuguese for cooler pooper.
Here he is from a few years ago....
I thought this was an enjoyable and interesting read - thanks for posting. I think a poster or two may not have actually read it…
I hate their athletic programs and their fans
I don't care about their academics or students
Oh wow, since when did they get academics???
I know we like to rag on OSU every chance we get, but to be fair, OSU is not a bad school. It’s actually, dare I say, pretty good. Let’s put it this way: you don’t have to scroll that far down the list on the US News & World rankings report to find them.
It’ll never be confused with Michigan, but it’s come leaps and bounds from where it was 40-50 years ago.
It is our birthright to mock the academics of all non-Northwestern Big Ten schools.
I haven’t checked on UCLA’s rankings lately but I think we’re still in the clear there.
You may want to check again. UCLA is #15, UM is #21 in US News rankings, the most often quoted source (for the record, NW is #9, IL and Wisky are tied at 35, uWash is 40, and OSU and Purdue are tied at 43). There are other rankings (FT, world rankings, etc) where UM fares much better in comparison, and of course all* rankings systems are flawed to some extent, choosing what to emphasize.
*Except, of course, for the final CFP rankings. Those are bulletproof, and therein, for 2023, UM is indeed #1 in our hearts, and in the rankings.
When it comes to public universities - the top three consistently are: UCLA, Michigan, and Cal. The order varies - but those three schools stand out.
And, in the “new” B1G - only two schools are private - Northwestern and USC.
Michigan’s academics are recognized globally.
Agree. After those 3 publics, it's UVA and UNC to round out the top 5.
UM is an amazing institution, I'm not sure if this is still true, but not long ago 80% of majors were in the top 10 nationally, and 90% were ranked in the top 20. And well admired globally
Not sure if you were responding to me or Hensons (whom I was responding to), but the b1g in general is a very good academic conference, I'd hardly be mocking to 50%+ of b1g schools that are ranked in the top 59 nationally. Although, maybe he was just being tongue in cheek 🤔