After 4 years of breakdowns and pure, unadulterated misery, it is finally over...
I am late by two weeks to post this thanks to booze and work stress, but finally, it is my turn to post the frog. Yes, I used Latex.
Now, some word of encouragement for folks who are looking at this during their PhD and think that everything is screwed. If my examination panel saw my work and decided it's worth a PhD, trust me when I say you will be more than likely fine. You might want to say this is imposter syndrome speaking, but from start to end I did my PhD by only using monkey brain pattern matching, i.e. find papers, find stuff that matches your stuff and apply it. Also, pester your supervisor/postdocs until they dread seeing you, they usually either know the answer or know where to point you to find the answer. Basically, as long as you are stubborn, you can finish your PhD. But also remember it's not worth sacrificing your health over it, god knows I shouldn't have.
One last thing, a bit of a scream to the void, because there is no thesis section for disacknowledgements. Fuck you V. You were the worst colleague I had to work with. Not only did I not learn anything from you, I felt like I regressed during the time I had to spend with you (at least my PhD did, because you did not let me do any work). Somehow, you spend 12+ hours a day at uni, with weekends included and still doing your PhD 6 years later, whereas I finished after 4 years with a healthy work schedule. So much for you giving me shit for leaving "early" at 4 or 5 pm.
Good luck and godspeed little tadpoles.