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Christian Hubicki

@chubicki

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Robotics Professor • Director, Optimal Robotics Lab • @FAMUFSUCOE • Legged Robots-Optimization-Biomechanics • @TEDx Fellow • Science babbled on National TV.

Tallahassee, FL
Joined September 2014
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@chubicki
Christian Hubicki
2 years
This year, I gave a @TEDx talk called "Robots that Think on their Feet" I told stories about making robots adapt to our world, and how they parallel my own adaptation to being marooned in Fiji on Survivor: Thanks to @TEDxFSU for the awesome opportunity!
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
Gender-affirming care is a lifesaver for transgender youth. So says the scientific evidence, as these major medical associations have recommended access to comprehensive gender-affirming care for transgender youth and issued policies and detailed guidelines for its use: 🧵
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
The guy next to me on the plane is watching the opening challenge of Survivor: David vs. Goliath. I can't stop chuckling underneath my mask.
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Christian Hubicki
6 months
After five years as a professor, I am thrilled to announce I’ve been awarded tenure. I’ve wanted to be a professor since I was a kid. Now I get to do it forever. Thank you to everyone who helped me get to this incredible milestone.
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
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@camiferreol
𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐢
2 years
Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by Mike White #TheWhiteLotus
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Christian Hubicki
11 months
*slow motion faded sequence emphasizing the long passage of time in a challenge* Jeff: "It's been 17 minutes" #Survivor45
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
I miss our long chats, Jeff. #survivor
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Christian Hubicki
9 months
Sat down in a waiting room today wearing this Xmas gift. Man 1: "Nice sweater. My wife loves Survivor." Me: "Cool! I was actua.." Man 2: "I think reality TV contributes to America's rise in violent crime." Mercifully, they called his name just as he got to Middle East politics.
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
Unfortunately my #survivor feed is being preempted by a tornado in my county, so my assumed congratulations to Jesse!!! Wonderfully played 🎊🥳
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
I stumbled across a decade-old website post of mine. In hindsight, I feel I called my shot on this one. #survivor
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
For those who know me from robotics or random science tweets, a few years back, I had an unforgettable adventure on #Survivor with 19 strangers. I bring it up because our season (37) was released on @Netflix *TODAY*. Thank you to my castmates and the show for shaping my life.
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
Slide puzzle spotted. Challenge accepted.
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Christian Hubicki
1 year
Kinda wish #survivor did this positive rebrand on crying for my buddy @gabbypascuzzi five years ago.
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
Wait, Leo had a math stunt double?!?! How do I get a gig in math stunting???
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ESO
3 years
1/ Did you watch #DontLookUp by @GhostPanther ? Fun fact: when Dr. Mindy is scribbling orbital equations on a whiteboard, that’s actually our own @MichaelMarsset , currently an @ESO fellow in Chile!
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
Elon Musk revealed the #TeslaBot today and I have #robotics thoughts. 🧵
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Electrek.co
2 years
Optimus has taken the stage. First look at the Tesla Bot! #AIDay2022
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
Without saying your age, post your bank account and routing information.
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
This experiment of a fish swimming upstream is truly stunning. Why? The fish is dead. If you're streamlined and flexible, you can do a lot by doing nothing at all. Beal et al. (2006). Passive propulsion in vortex wakes. J. of Fluid Mech., 549, 385-402.
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
I don't want to say that my "Survivor" experience has burrowed deep in my brain, but I just caught myself typing in a recommendation letter that the student's positive attitude will "help them make alliances."
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
I caved. I pointed at me babbling about the slide puzzle and said, "That's me." Him, skeptically: "I don't believe you."
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@chubicki
Christian Hubicki
5 years
Your choice of PhD advisor is more important than your choice of school.
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
It's @gabbypascuzzi 's birthday today. It's also another important anniversary: the day I met one of the closest friends I ever had. It was two years ago in LAX, waiting to fly to Fiji. We weren't allowed to talk for 5 days & we've wildly overcompensated ever since. Happy B-day.
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
So. Crazy story. Wednesday (tonight!) at 8PM ET/PT on CBS, I'll be on TV competing on #SURVIVOR . Yes- a deserted island, 20 strangers, a $1 million top prize... and one seemingly out-of-place robotics scientist. How and why did this happen? Thread: 1/11 @survivorcbs
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
In 2019, I was in Fiji on a floating ocean restaurant with Mike White. We were lounging around when obnoxious instagrammers kept selfie-ing in our space. We were trapped onboard until the next boat arrived. "I'm in hell" Mike muttered. I swear I saw the origin of #TheWhiteLotus
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Christian Hubicki
11 months
My student's Halloween costume.
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
This is really sweet. When you take the risk of being yourself on national TV, you brace yourself and hope people appreciate what you bring to the show. I am so grateful that people are having as much fun watching as I had playing. Thank you. #survivor
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
With these final Christmas deliveries, I am now prepared for another term of remote teaching. ...and to terrify my students with dramatic lighting.
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
I was in the drive-thru today getting McDonald's w/ my mask on. Suddenly, a woman pulls in front of me, phone camera pointed & shouts at me how masks don't work. I'm disappointed. Had I just gotten lunch down the street, I could've unironically said "Ma'am, this is a Wendy's."
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Christian Hubicki
8 months
Attention #TraitorsUS . This is a trebuchet, not a catapult. That is all.
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
It was my honor to run a "Science of #Survivor " Workshop with my fellow castaways in Fiji. Thank you for participating, @alecmerlino @GodfatherCarl @texanbluegrass @gabbypascuzzi . It will count toward your seminar credit hours. @survivorcbs @FAMUFSUCOE
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Christian Hubicki
1 month
In class today, I asked a student to snap a photo of me so we’d practice some image processing. Turned out the picture was quite awesome
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Christian Hubicki
1 year
That was an all-timer of a #survivor climax. All the stars aligned on the twists to unleash ticking-clock drama and a genuine dilemma of choice. I suspect had Sabiyah not sac'd her vote, Kaleb and Emily would have won the deadlock regardless. But still, what a memorable finish
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Christian Hubicki
1 year
This is a tremendous buildup to tribal tonight. #survivor
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
Gabler is the mole #Survivor43
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
Congrats to everyone on #SurvivorEdgeofExtinction ! I think the lesson for future players is you have to *radically* adapt to the season, no matter how crazy the twists, like EOE. Strategies that would be genius in one season can be invalid in the next. @survivorcbs #survivor
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
I am honored to be nominated for @FloridaState University's 2019: - Undergraduate Research Mentor Award - Honors Thesis Mentor Award - University Excellence in Teaching Award I'm so glad students are enjoying the program as much as I am teaching! @UnderGrad_FSU @FAMUFSUCOE
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
Probably the most interesting post- #Survivor observation to make about the show is inferring the conversations that *must* have happened that weren't shown. Both @kelleywentworth and @lolly_alexandra were confident enough to not play their idol. Convincing assurances were made.
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
It's watch party night for #Survivor !!! 🥳 I gathered every Survivor contestant from the Tallahassee area for this raucous once-in-a-lifetime gathering! @SurvivorCBS . Booze. Special guest. Wish you could be here.
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
I think Mike White just subtweeted me.
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
Now THAT’S how you use a slide puzzle algorithm! Beautifully done, Mason. #survivor #kentuckynick #kentuckysmart
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
@survivorcbs After voting me out, which elaborate science analogy did you miss repeatedly hearing the most?
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
I am proud to have been awarded a Young Faculty Researcher grant in Robotics from the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). A thread on our project with @ToyotaResearch :
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
A Sunday Science Reminder: Everything single thing you eat is a chemical. Water is a chemical. Salt is a chemical. Vinegar is an acid chemical. DNA is an acid chemical-it's in every fruit, every vegetable, & every meat... and everything else in your food? That's a chemical too.
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Christian Hubicki
1 year
Just finished my 100%-completion run of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It's one of my favorite games for so many reasons. I hope they make a sequel someday.
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Christian Hubicki
6 months
Kudos to the art department who had the forethought to size tree mail in units of “machete” #survivor46
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
@cahleesi3 I would've gone down to 15 had you haggled a little. Anyway. I'll remember your hard-fought game every time I look at it. Take care.
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
No, I was not contacted to participate in this program.
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
Out shopping. Woman sees me and stares. Her: "I know you from somewhere. Are you..." Me: *Slight knowing smile* Her: "... the lead actor in the Tallahassee Theatre Guild?" Me: "Oh. No." Her: "Aw dang. I swear you look just like him!"
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
Tonight we saw one of the highest stakes games of the Monty Hall problem in human history on @survivorcbs . You can prove to yourself you are statistically TWICE as likely to win if you *SWITCH* boxes by playing over and over again here: #Survivor #Math
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
Based on my twitter feed, I can only assume #TheBachelor is on 27 times a week.
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
"Cheers to you all! 20 winners of the greatest social experiment on television!" "Yeah! Woohoo!" "Now for our first challenge. You all have just been poisoned. In this chest is the antidote. There are 19 doses." #Survivor #Survivor40 #Feb12
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Jeff Probst
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Cheers to #Survivor : Winners at War. Don’t miss the special 2-hour season premiere Feb. 12 8-10PM
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
Hi #TheChallengeUSA . For your future algorithm needs, I am available for contract work.
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
Best of luck to all the new #survivor44 contestants tonight! Tonight I'm editing papers with my students for a late-night deadline, so I'll watch you all tomorrow. I hope your experience is everything you hoped it would be. Also, this is my paper editing face.
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
Um. This is an embarrassing question, but am I a trending topic? Or is does a major world religion happen to be trending right when the show is airing? Can someone who knows tweets explain? #survivor
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
To my LGBTQ friends out there, please know that there are people that care about you -- myself included. If you find yourself needing help, you can find free, confidential, 24/7 crisis counselors at .
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
As a gimmick to get cast on reality TV.
@MaartenvSmeden
Maarten van Smeden
4 years
Why did you become a scientist? Wrong answers only
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
*Quietly adds this to tenure application*
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Jessica Lewis
6 years
I absolutely love that this is the header for the Twitter account of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering where Christian is a robotics professor!🌴🥰🌴 #Survivor #RHAP @FAMUFSUCOE @chubicki
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
Unreal. I just gave a talk at my alma mater, @BucknellU , & my undergrad prof introduced me w/ my Survivor clip talking about puzzle algorithms. Then he opened my final project from his coding class *FROM 2004* and ran my puzzle solver for the audience. Still stunned & touched.
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
My proudest moments were when I was gracious in the face of loss.
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Christian Hubicki
4 months
Where’s Davie?
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
New season of @survivorcbs premieres tonight at 8ET/PT! To all the new contestants, congratulations! Do your best to enjoy this special time while the show is airing and remember that only you can truly understand your island experience. Treasure it. #survivor
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
#NewProfilePic : Me in my natural state... yammering at a captive audience.
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
I wish to address a rumor that I was contacted and being considered for CBS' upcoming season of "The Challenge." The Challenge is a TV show where "contestants compete in stunt-heavy, action-packed adventures" in an intense physical competition. Thread.
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
*Car pulls next to me on the street, rolls down the window* Driver: "Dr. Hubicki, if 'u[n]' is a unit step function, what's delta?" Me: "An impulse function." Driver: "Great. Thanks!" *car zips away* My life.
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Christian Hubicki
11 months
A subtle complexity from tonight's tribal: Bruce's lost vote seems to have made a material difference in the plotting. It allowed for a blindside to happen with fewer votes. #Survivor45
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
It was my privilege to talk to @robcesternino for 3.5 hours to dive deep on my #survivor game. Though somehow, in all those hours, I forgot some really important things. ADDENDUM THREAD:
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Rob Cesternino 🛎
6 years
It may not have lasted 6 hours but @chubicki had me captivated as we talked about his entire #Survivor experience on the latest #RHAP :
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
I talked with a friend yesterday. One with a happy personality and a huge heart. What they said crushed me. They said they no longer feel safe in this country. They feel unvalued and afraid. Because they're black. We need to make a better world than this. #BlackLivesMatter
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@chubicki
Christian Hubicki
5 years
Meant to dine in at Wendy's, but accidentally did Drive-thru out of habit. Too embarrassed to admit my mistake and eat my drive-thru food inside. Saving face by eating in my car instead. And tweeting about it.
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
Did you ever notice how wearing a mask that completely covers your mouth and nose makes you look awesome? You look equal parts sophisticated and mysterious. But if you pull it down off your nose, it completely ruins the look.
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
Actual example conversation: Gabby: "We're really not having any luck lighting this fire." Me: "You know what would really help us?" *turns directly to nearby camera lens* "The savory taste of the 17 herbs and spices rubbed on every @Outback steak." #survivor @survivorcbs
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gabby pascuzzi
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My biggest regret is that when @chubicki and I openly opined in front of the cameras that Outback Steakhouse was our favorite restaurant in the hopes of getting a sponsored reward, we clearly should have been targeting Applebee’s.
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
Tonight, #Survivor celebrates 20 years on the air with a Special Retrospective at 8pm on @CBS . 20 years. In that time I finished high school, college, grad school & postdocs, started my lab, and even played Survivor myself. Congrats to @JeffProbst & the whole @SurvivorCBS team!
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@chubicki
Christian Hubicki
2 years
I joined this website because it's forced me to be concise. Here are some examples: 1/32 🧵
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
Random #Survivor Story: To make conversation on the island, I would talk about how I like to watch Vanderpump Rules. Perhaps too often. Me: "I really got into Vanderpump Rules after the first seas-..." Mike White: "Yeah. We know. You told us."
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@chubicki
Christian Hubicki
5 years
Dear everyone, Don't drink bleach. Sincerely, Science
@NYTScience
NYT Science
5 years
Drinking Bleach Won’t Cure Autism or Cancer, F.D.A. Says
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@chubicki
Christian Hubicki
1 year
That's how he won 5 consecutive Slamtown mayoral races by 50 points.
@jedigoodman
Jed I. Goodman ©
1 year
John Hennigan wins
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@chubicki
Christian Hubicki
2 years
@gabbypascuzzi "Minute 313 is for prime numbers. Because it is a prime number."
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
Leading up to my Survivor season airing, I was paranoid about avoiding leaking spoilers online. So much so I started posting photos of me only from years before being marooned. That made it extra funny when internet sleuths used them to infer how long I lasted by my weight loss.
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Christian Hubicki
5 years
Let me be the six millionth person to say that this is an inconvenient time to have seasonal allergies.
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
When I call my local game store to ask if they have certain Magic cards in stock, they recognize my voice. I need help.
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
"What three time player would go to rocks?" Emily confidently whispers: " @TysonApostol " @survivorcbs #survivor
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
Monty hall switch doors!!!!!! #survivor
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
When I had to sit out, I scoured every inch under that stupid bench. #survivor
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
It was a tough sell because I wasn't wearing "the glasses." Thankfully, Emily had hard evidence: her Survivor 37 finale pass wristband in her travel bag.
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@chubicki
Christian Hubicki
5 years
Good question. It's not up to us. If it were, we'd all show up wearing 6 pairs of underpants, 3 bathing suits, 2 jackets, snow pants, and a shawl engineered from a thermal blanket.
@elenadavies
Elena Davies
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Why do all these people go on Survivor and none of them pack a swimsuit????
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
"Y'all" is an incredibly efficient contraction. #teamyall
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
This guy.
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@SassyFNP
Dr.SassyNole❤💛❤
3 years
You're stuck on a deserted island with one professional athlete. Whom do you want? (any sport, current or retired, living).
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
One bonus of becoming Florida man is I can grill in short sleeves on a mid-December night.
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
I just drank a bunch of beers and decided to Uber to a Magic The Gathering tournament. Ask me anything.
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
I finally ordered a Popeye's spicy chicken sandwich. Nobody warned me I was purchasing a narcotic.
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
It's today. Vote.
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
Me at the hardware store: Me: "Where can I find some PVC pipe?" Employee: "For plumbing?" Me: "For launching candy at children" Employee: "Aisle 35"
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Christian Hubicki
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Vaguely
@survivorcbs
SURVIVOR
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Remember when @chubicki pushed through to win this epic Immunity Challenge? Relive the intense moments that made this competition one of the most memorable of last season: #Survivor #ThrowbackThursday
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
My quarantine life seems to careen wildly between manically doing work and catatonically not doing work while thinking about all the work I should be doing.
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
- The American Psychiatric Association: - The American Medical Association: It's beyond individual practitioners or individual studies. It's a body of evidence from piles of studies synthesized by a field of top experts.
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
Perhaps my favorite character trait of Jean-Luc Picard is his repeated and correct use of the word "hypothesis" instead of "theory." That is all.
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
Hard to say. Never tried.
@LauraSavino747
Laura, just a regular pilot turned writer
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What could you talk about for 30 minutes with no preparation?
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
Booster scheduled tomorrow. 💪🙂
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
Macaroon ≠ Macaron Let it be known hitherto the end of time.
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Christian Hubicki
3 years
@juryymanagement The divide between "Social" and "Strategic" games is incoherent and meaningless. I did my best never to mention those concepts on the island.
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Christian Hubicki
6 years
Help. Dog on lap. Trapped on couch. Send food.
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Christian Hubicki
2 years
Have to update my resume to include "Spokesperson for Consumer Cellular". #survivor
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Christian Hubicki
4 years
Months of Olive Garden takeout has left us with one problem: dozens of leftover after-dinner chocolate mints. Obviously, there was only one solution.
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