[pavanky]

is there any more context to this? All I could find is this:

https://www.ccs.neu.edu/~shivers/advisor-stmt-original.txt

[costigan]

Just to be completely clear, this was satire. The professor who wrote it is very well-regarded by his students.

[mcguire]

Olin Shivers (https://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/shivers/) is special.

[waterhouse]

The page that used to link to it said, "At MIT, my students chose me after reading a [little thumbnail bio](link to just the first paragraph) published by the undergraduate office. But you can see the [original, pre-censored version](the link you posted) that I mailed in." Much of Shivers's (excellent) humor has been purged from his home page; that may unfortunately be necessary in today's more puritanical times.

[jasonjayr]

Is this the same Dr. Shivers that's running for a Senate Seat in MA?

[waterhouse]

Googling a bit, all I see are a Dr. Shiva running for Senate in MA, and a Dr. Ayanna Shivers in Missouri. In either case, no, different person.

[jimhefferon]

OS also has this: https://scsh.net/docu/html/man.html (I understand it to be intended as humorous, BTW.)

[VectorLock]

Maybe we are a bit more "puritanical" but I think yes today even joking about pulling a gun would be seen as a "bad idea."

[mcguire]

Back then, it was a "no one would do that" thing. Now it's more of a "would he really?" thing.