You should do too. It cannot feel good for the lecturer is the entire group sits quietly.

>>5259576
I should but it's hard
p-poor teacher

i just heard on TV that the universe is eventually going to rip itself apart and almost had a panic attack, my brain is struggling to comprehend this information.

How long before this happens?

>>5259582
A little more than a month left.

>>5259588

lel.

What's going to happen after the universe is torn apart though?

Will there be "nothing"?

>>5259600
It will be like before the universe was created.

Occasionally I have to be that guy. Shit sucks cause the classes are full of idiots.

When I don't do it, there's this whiny asian guy with an obnoxiously high pitched voice. I'd rather say something myself in that case then listen to that guy.

>>5259569 (OP)
I am that guy. I never took notes and never needed to study. The shit just made sense and stuck with me thanks to the dialogue.

>>5259600
Google: heat death

Basically entropy (which seeks uniformity) will result in the universe being an empty, cold, uniform nothingness with not even time.

>>5259569 (OP)
Yea, that's me too. I'm that guy who raises his hand any time the professor has a question.

I wish I could be that guy. Basic bio course and no one participates when the professor asks a question. Me and the professor seem to have a great rapport, but I sit in the back of the room. Makes it awkward to contribute to discussion but she tries so hard.

I am forcibly that guy.

I came in late the first day so all the sudden my seat is in the front. everytime no one knows the answer, my teacher says "What about you anon".

of course I know it, I just hope none of my peers consider me arrogant or autistic.

>>5259631
>>5259607

So everything we have done/are doing is ultimately pointless?

I fear i'm going to go insane before my time is up, i'm going back to /sp/ where i can continue to be ignorant and happy.

cheers /sci/.

>>5259729
>So everything we have done/are doing is ultimately pointless?

ya, if you look at it from this point of view. you didn't think we were immortal and will have an impact on the universe and the earth will be around forever did you

>>5259569 (OP)
I'm always the one shouting the answers just to have the lecture move on.

If I weren't so shy I would participate all the time. One of these days I'm gonna speak up...

>>5259569 (OP)
Sometimes I get that way and the teacher says "Okay, someone other than him answer"

>be that guy
>have the answer to the question already solved minutes before he asks it
>the teacher always asks
>is always followed by a dense silence for a few seconds
>always wait to see if somebody else answers, never answers all the questions, because it would make me look like a smartass
>usually somebody does, because I'm on a really participative, hard working and interactive class
>when really nobody answers, I answer
>when I answer several, one after another questions, because nobody answers:
>classmates always tell me jokingly "You are flying away", which is local slang for "you are being really good at 'X'"
>we all share some healthy laughs and go on with the class
My class is made up entirely of bros and really chill people. The ones that were there just to annoy everybody drop out before half the year, the ones who stick up until the end are there to learn shit and because of that they always participate. It's all pretty cool.

>tfw try to speak up whenever prof asks another one of many innocuous questions to the class in order to provide some sort of continuity to the lecture
>tfw i speak too fast and say something totally stupid that the prof starts going on and on about
>tfw i'm almost always right but it doesn't matter as soon as i make one slip

>>5259762

I knew most of this information, but up until now i haven't really thought about it like this. I can't believe it's taken me this long to realise this shit

It's actually quite scary to think about the fact that one day we are all going to be gone and there is going to be nothing left of our existence.

I can understand why some people turn to religion now

>>5259569 (OP)

Why the hell wouldn't you? The painful silence when a teacher asks a question is far worse than the embarrassment of getting it wrong, let alone if you get it right.

>>5259569 (OP)

that's me, at least in the tutorials of one of my units. When the tutor asks a question, I usually put up my hand, because why not? It's a good way to get feedback on things you think you know. Also, it helps with your impression towards the teacher, which can turn out useful sometimes.

TA here. I fucking hate that kid. Any time a class has one, it kills the whole class's participation. Right now I'm teaching the same class 2 hours in a row, 2nd hour has that kid. 1st hour, I ask questions, get a good conversation going. 2nd hour, I ask anything, Mr. fucking Smarmypants pipes right up, and because of that I can't get anyone else in the class to make a peep

If you're that guy, please realize that you aren't making yourself look smart, you're making yourself look socially retarded

>>5259995

You're really lucky with your first class. Every class I'm that guy in, its because absolutely no one says anything when the teacher asks a question. I have yet to see a class that discussions really work in.

>>5260054
well, it's cool if i ask a question, and there's a brief pause, and then the guy pipes up.

but with this particular guy (and he's hardly the exception to the rule) he spouts something out (often wrong) the instant i try asking anything. so, no chance for the other guys.

(this guy is also a "shush"er. pro-tip: university is not 6th grade, you won't earn brownie points for shushing your classmates, and your TA doesn't give a fuck if some people are conversating)

>>5260071

Yeah, for me its never a brief pause, its an agonizingly long pause with the Professor occasionally encouraging us to respond. The most autistic man in the world interjecting with his opinions on MLP is preferable.

It doesn't matter if you're this person, as long as you aren't a complete ass about it. There's this kid in my Calc class who is constantly trying to tell me how easy it is, how he passed the test without even studying, always belittling the teacher, walking around the room, sitting on the desks. He tries so incredibly hard to impress other people. Just because you are academically capable does not give you a pass to act like a douche.
Fuck you Jared. Fuck you. Nobody likes your dirty trash stache.

>>5259600
The Big Rip is what is going to happen if the expansion of space keeps accelerating.

Fortunately, it's currently thought to happen AFTER everything in the universe is already dead anyway.

In the Big Rip, space expands so fast that it tears all structure apart.

>>5260095
Had the same thing in my Calc class back in high school. He wasn't even that smart, he was just pretty good at math and absolute shit tier at everything else. Which made it all the funnier when people would tell stories about him belittling teachers and other students in his other classes because he's taking AP Calc when he's actually getting worse grades than them.

If you're here Bryan, nobody fucking liked you you autistic piece of shit.

>>5260104

If there is no energy left in the universe, what force is causing it to expand?

>>5260138
what force is stopping its current expansion?

>>5259783
>that feel
Oh man why did you remind me.

>>5259569 (OP)
The one kid that participates in class isn't something that bothers me. The one kid in class that has an extra chromosome and has a bible in his backpack who feels the need to question everything the teacher says and then try to answer questions seriously is the person who bothers me.

>>5260146

I just feel like logically as something moves towards being torn apart some kind of force would arise to prevent that, by definition. I guess this is on a cosmic scale and thus the phrase "tearing apart" doesn't really mean that.

>>5260162
newtons first law, and also the universe is currently epanding faster than the speed of light

your logic doesnt follow

>>5259576
One time our class simply did not utter a single word, even when prompted. No one was laughing or snickering, just sort of staring dumbfounded at our books and calculators.
We didn't even plan for it to happen, it just sort of did and everyone went along with it.
Wasn't a class full of snot-nosed teenagers either, it had all ages from 19-50.

lulz

>that one kid who audibly sighs whenever someone asks a slightly unrelated question

fuck you, why are you in the class if you aren't interested in the topic

>>5260178
Because I'm in the class to hear the lecture and leave. Not listen to tangential shit that everyone either already knows or can research on their own time.

>>5260168

But then why would it tear itself apart? That implies at some point it becomes larger than some force within it can contain. Wouldn't that force oppose the "tearing apart" by definition?

>>5260185
Im not talking about lectures I'm talking about classes that are supposed to be more detailed and involve discussion or labs, they usually finish early anyway.

>>5259569 (OP)
Only early undergrads don't participate in class.
Fucking grow a pair of god damn balls. It would be so awkward to have "That one guy who participates in class" if there were a few others.

>be in math class, mostly dumbasses, this one super fat autistic kid
>prof lecturing, he's a chill dude, really good at explaining things
>autist shoots his chubby arm into the air, obligatory watch on wrist
>asks something about robots using lagrange multipliers to navigate around hills. the only thing that makes sense in his lengthy question is that he doesn't understand the concept at all
>I start to snicker, he keeps on going and I can't hold it in, start to giggle. get a few weird looks but I'm like, "I'm ok"
>autist finally finishes question, allows me to stop giggling for a few seconds
>prof attempts to answer question, has extremely confused look on face
>I explode with laughter, it's like the most awkward discussion between two people
>the rest of the class starts to laugh too
>the professor smiles and starts to laugh
>autist starts to laugh, has no idea what the fuck is going on. just makes me laugh harder
>prof in the room next door was trying to do some work, comes into our class trying to shut us up
>he starts to laugh too
>someone got naked, no idea how, just happened
>it's the girl I sort of have the hots for, she has small tits but a nice ass and decent face, instaboner
>everyone's taking their clothes off, still laughing. autist tries to get naked but prof escorts him out, the prof has a giant dick and a decent ass
>some guy is feelin up my girl, i get hella pissed
>I walk over there with my pen and stick it up his arse, no idea why I did it, blood everywhere
>everyone stops laughing, my parents appear out of nowhere, appalled
>I hear police sirens outside
>prof asks class what it means when multipliers are identically zero
>I say "unconstrained extrema of the objective function"
>everyone in class is like, "so you have to be that guy huh"

>>5260282
>watches are autistic

what?

>>5260299
autists always have digital watches. Does not mean any watch wearer is autistic. If P, then Q doesn't imply if Q, then P.

>>5259569 (OP)
>that one kid who participates in class
It's to keep that awkward silence from occurring when the professor asks a question that nobody cares to answer.

>>5259816
Yep, willful ignorance leads to a much easier life than understanding. There is no comfort to be found in enlightenment.

I had a great math proffessor once who would get irritated whenever a class took a long time to respond to one of his questions. He'd literally start jumping (albeit barely noticably), his hands would shake a little as well, and expression on his face would resemble that of a serial killer or someone who was about to go postal. Despite being an autistic shut in, I quickly got into habbit of being that guy, but purely out of fear.

>>5260185
>can research on their own time
You mean, the entire lecture?

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>in math class
>prof asks a question
>no one answers, total silence
>after about 20 seconds prof sits down at at desk and starts clicking around on computer
>about a minute and a half passes
>couple people get out their phones to look at
>5 minutes pass, point of no return was long ago and no one dares to break the silence
>80% of the class is looking at phones, 20% looking around silently
>finally after 10 minutes I boldly stand up and answer the question
>prof looks at me and nods his heads, then gets a concerned expression on his face
>"Um, is that supposed to be, er, uhh, well, it's just that your pockets..."
>I look down
>my sauce is everywhere, on my notes, on the desk, on the floor
>start to panic
>lubricated with sauce, a single spaghetti slips out of my pocket like a wet noodle
>then another, now a third
>"I ha-I have to go"
>run towards exit trailing spaghetti, stopping right before door
>turn around
>recite "War and Peace" from memory, in russian
>turn around 360 degrees and moon walk right up to prof on sauced floor
>hand in my "pass or no pass" paper
>I think I'll...pass...on this class.

pic related, it was my face the entire time.

>be in biology class
>full of females >biology >women's science >not a hard science >ishygddt
>doing lab, testing temperature of maximum metabolic efficiency for phylum Fibrobacteres bacteria
>measuring metabolic output of this one culture
>this is the HOT culture, I had kept it at a HOT temperature relative to the others, that is to say, a HOTTER temperature
>I fuck up measurements "Shit—" girl next to me looks up
>she's a fucking ugly cunt, glasses, cross-eyed, mormon
>she does her measurements perfectly, with the grace of a yellow-bellied sap-sucker in heat
>I turn away in disgust, am completely disgusted, feel like about to puke, my lips are curling like bimetallic strips in heat
>I turn right into professor, who has been watching me fuck up for the past ten minutes
>gives me weird look, "are you alright?"
>I just stare at him, right in his little faggot eyes, he's just another victim for me to—
>"hey," he nudges me with his little faggot elbow, "you 'getting along well' with derpina over there?"
>I stare harder, his eyes becoming translucent as my mind seeps it's way into their fluid core, then unwrapping them from the inside like an onion under an inversion transformation

>dead silence. a slimy hand reaches up her skirt, tugging softly on her wet panties. It is my hand.
>my hand grows, becoming 4 times its original size and with 10 times as much hair
>the cross-eyed-girl and the professor fuse into one person, the lights go out
>my hand keeps growing
>the bacteria ooze out of the agar and into my skin. I am becoming two: a hand and a cow; the hand is large the cow is small
>I am surrounded by tall, unearthly female beings, whose features I cannot ascertain
>a nearby vent closes
>suddenly the shaman appears, "go home," he says
>I obey. As I slowly crawl back into my mother's distended womb, I wonder how it feels to be castrated.
>the female beings feast on my hand, cooking it like a chicken fetus
>the bell rings, I didn't have enough time to finish the lab

>>5260540
>>5260539
>>5260443
I want some of the shit you're ingesting.

>>5260389
I for one find it exhilarating. I may just be a lunatic, though.