Tbf, they kinda earned the right to brag.
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alykanas@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
How do you know if someone has a PhD.?
They tell you
ygajbm2sjcxbggbc0zfb@lemmy.world 2 months ago
papertowels@mander.xyz 2 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 2 months ago
True, but I do think it was warranted in this case.
thevoidzero@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well you don’t know people with PhD that don’t tell you they have one
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
An unknown-unknown?
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 2 months ago
This is putting confirmation bias to the extreme.
drtaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Sometimes they don’t tell you and just quietly update all of their usernames…
xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 months ago
Do you by chance have a PhD in food science?
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
Tacology
Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Right? It’s really weird…
TwistyLex@discuss.tchncs.de 2 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 2 months ago
…why shouldn’t they?
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 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 2 months ago
I never tell people I have a PhD. It’s rude, plus I don’t have one.