It’s for this reason I am certain that the most intelligent people are not members of Mensa.
Academic email signatures
Submitted 1 month ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
As a former mensa member, I always tell people who are considering it that the biggest problem is that mensa is full of people who want to be in mensa.
billwashere@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ve meet Mensa members. Im not sure I wanna be in that group. Not all of them, but A LOT of them.
Here’s a hint. You’ve heard of gaydar right. It’s like a separate sense that some gay people claim they have in being able to detect if others are of a similar fashion? (Yes I understand this could viewed as insensitive but my old gay friends still use it and it’s to illustrate a point so bear with me). Well smart people have it too. Granted I’m not genius level or anything but I can tell when others are what I would consider highly intelligent or necessarily aren’t. Don’t get me wrong, less intelligent people can be interesting AF, but you can usually tell. I sure as shit don’t need a membership to a group I have to pay to join to prove it. If I feel the need to join Mensa to prove I’m intelligent, doesn’t that sorta defeat the purpose?
qaz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ve always imagined it being the Venn diagram intersection of high IQ and arrogance, is that correct?
someacnt@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I wish I were intelligent, does this mean I am a good fit for Mensa?
mcmodknower@programming.dev 1 month ago
One of my profs signed their emailss with just their initials. But not fancy, just the two letters in lowercase with a dot afterwards.
cRazi_man@lemm.ee 1 month ago
A dot afterwards? Now that’s fancy!
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Where’s the, “my email address in the from field will do”, fall on this? 😂
adarza@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
with what little email i send these days, this is me. i come from the era where every byte mattered, and i tend to keep mails as short, direct and to the point as i can.
Evotech@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ikr, it’s literally my full name@company
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Then a Mac user forwards your email to someone and your email header doesn’t show your email address in the forward and nobody down the line knows who sent the original email.
taiyang@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I use Dr. and make a point to, but only because it reminds me of a character from TV which tickles my funny bone.
That, and I tell them “Just Professor is fine, too, it makes me feel like I’m in Fire Emblem Three Houses.”
BigPotato@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That fact that you mention Three Houses make me think you mention that because you wanna bang your students.
taiyang@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I mean, or murder the ones who won’t have a tea party with me.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The number of titles I use depends hugely on how much I like someone. More means less.
Fleur_@aussie.zone 5 weeks ago
Man sometimes I think what even is the point of staying my name, it’s right there in my email address
sga@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
not everyone has email adress with same user id as email (maybe is taken up or something(yes i know most people do get mail of choice, and in case of clash, people add some birth date or year, but still))
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Cause when your email gets forwarded, the header doesn’t always go with it.
I’ve had to start putting my email address in my signature due to people not being able to contact me cause of that.
billwashere@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I absolutely adore my great great grand boss (that’s 4 levels above me… like vice provost level) but dang that email signature is like a page and a half…
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I appreciate if they list honorifics, because when I’m including them in a letter, I always have to play the “are they a P.E.?” game
Squorlple@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I know who I am! I’m a dude playing the dude, disguised as another dude!!
Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 1 month ago
That picture of Ruffalo looks like they told him to pose for a tintype from the 1800s
MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s the wonderful thing about Tiggers.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Wow with the hard r