September 4, 2023 · 1 min read

A PhD in Climate Panic: new connection asks about opportunities

Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager

This fine Labor Day morning I received some amusing messages from a new connection, asking what opportunities are available for those pursuing a PhD in Climate Panic.

The messages were delivered with a wry deadpan seriousness, lampooning the usual messages of brand new LinkedIn connections who beg me to review their profile and magically find them a job.

For info, my real degree is in Sociology, with a minor in Behavioral Psychology.

Although I’ve never really used those 2 fuzzy disciplines. Instead, I have 2 decades in oil & gas and energy, mostly in the Asia Pacific region.

Frequently I attempt to use absurdist sarcasm here on LinkedIn to try to get people to both laugh and think.

Many times I fail, but the successful attempts can be rollicking reading of the responses and comments by others.

And this morning I enjoyed getting some amusing absurdist sarcasm sent to me to laugh at.

FROM THE THREAD

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Tom KirkmanSep 4, 2023
Joël van Beelen amazing that European colonizers 100s of years ago are causing Climate Catastophe today. They probably spread covid too.

CNN continues to lead the charge on Climate Hysteria and inventing panic whole cloth out of nothing.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Gaston Anthony Ke, ECE, CQFSep 4, 2023
careful you don't anger the climate gods.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Peter JensenSep 4, 2023
the Green New Deal in one image:
Tom KirkmanSep 4, 2023
SCOTT HOFMANN
Keep persisting.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Paul FeeneySep 4, 2023
yes, just a tad bit ironic.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to ★ Richard Tummers, PMP ★Sep 5, 2023
I tend to label my 'less than serious' posts as 'absurdist sarcasm', for lack of a better phrase.

'Gently poking fun at absurdities' might be a more accurate description.

My serious posts about oil & gas and energy + the intertwined politics that go with energy are a different story.

But my non-serious posts here are hopefully a bit of a relief from the oh-so-serious posts that tend to populate LinkedIn.

Just having some fun.
Tom KirkmanSep 6, 2023
Thanks Stephen Campisi, CFA, I've had lots for practice : )
Tom KirkmanSep 7, 2023
I am who I am and refuse to apologize for my writings or my opinions.
Tom KirkmanSep 7, 2023
Dylan L. we will just have to agree to disagree.

I (and may others) don't believe the 97% of scientists disinformation propaganda pushed incessantly by the media.

You are quite free to ignore me, but I'm not going to stop writing, and I won't get sucked into the NPC borg.
Tom KirkmanSep 7, 2023
Dylan L. I'm not going to argue with you.
We will never agree, you will never see eye to eye with me, so I'm not going to waste any more time with you.

You are free to think and believe anything you want.

You are free to express your viewpoints and your opinions.

That doesn't mean that I have to listen and waste my time, knowing full well that you belong to the general group who depend on others to do their thinking for them

Good day, sir.

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