Tbf, they kinda earned the right to brag.
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alykanas@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
How do you know if someone has a PhD.?
They tell you
ygajbm2sjcxbggbc0zfb@lemmy.world 10 months ago
papertowels@mander.xyz 10 months ago
I mean yeah, if you spent 5 years of your life pushing the edge of human understanding on a subject, and a shithead tells you to do the science on your research subject, it’s relevant lol
Franklin@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
True, but I do think it was warranted in this case.
thevoidzero@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well you don’t know people with PhD that don’t tell you they have one
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 10 months ago
An unknown-unknown?
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 10 months ago
This is putting confirmation bias to the extreme.
drtaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Sometimes they don’t tell you and just quietly update all of their usernames…
xthexder@l.sw0.com 10 months ago
Do you by chance have a PhD in food science?
JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 months ago
Tacology
Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Right? It’s really weird…
TwistyLex@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Funny enough, my boss has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology. She never tells people because they start referring to her as Doctor, and she hates that. I don’t think I’ve actually ever heard her bring it up on her own.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
…why shouldn’t they?
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How do you know someone has a PhD?
When it becomes acutely relevant, they’ll politely let you know, and then you can become annoyed at them about it.
Thinking about it, that exact thing also applies to other ‘how do you know someone is/has/does […]’ as well.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
I never tell people I have a PhD. It’s rude, plus I don’t have one.