My roommate is a PhD student. Her supervisor just dropped beer off at our front door. She says he's running around town to all his students' houses, handing out beer ahead of their Zoom happy hour tomorrow.

Folks, the bar has been set.

Also: mathematicians are fun and no one told me

A few people expressed concern about the context here. Instead of responding to everyone individually, I'll just say it once: students knew he was coming + consented, they were not required to accept the gift, & non-alcoholic drinks are 100% acceptable for their happy hour

I understand academia has a problematic relationship with alcohol, esp at conferences. I agree the broader conversation about this needs to continue. But as best I can tell, this is just a nice thing someone is doing for his students.