cashew | 😭 @ state of public education

So, this Twitter thread:

We sociologists have been telling you about the possibility of this political crisis for YEARS. Yet, you refused to pay $129.95 to get around the paywall to access my article for 72 hours. That is on YOU.
— Tim Gill (@timgill924) January 7, 2021

mocks academic elitism
mocks commodification of information
mocks unethical state of academic publishing
mocks inaccessible state of academic publishing
mocks Trumpism
mocks under-appreciation of the social sciences

And yet, somehow, all of this still goes over the head of so, so many people who comment with righteous anger, questioning how dare researchers try to trick the poor people into paying for access.

Like, dudes, no, researchers do not ask to be paid (nor do they get paid). If you're gonna get angry, you should be getting pissed at science publishers who are, get this, not scientists. The fact that most people don't even realize scientists and their research are held hostage by multi-billion dollar conglomerates that control the entirety of the scientific publishing industry is just...

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People are literally incapable of recognizing sarcasm anymore. No wonder Trump can get away with It was sarcastic as an excuse. I just...

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