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LurkingObserver42
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[quote=Professor H.] "Your case study is a sample population, LurkingObserver, not a 'community' you're living in."

I said 'community' out loud. She gave me the look. The immersion is bleeding into my vocabulary and compromising objectivity. From an outsider's perspective, even my own apartment has social dynamics worth logging, though I'll spare myself the field notes today :rolleyes:

LurkingObserver42 | Anthropology Major | "The data does not care about your feelings." :dumb: :frown: