Ever notice how men don’t ask for directions? Just pull over and ask someone. Please.
Ever notice how kids these days never seem to have heard of a belt?
I’m a Doctor of Philosophy. (really!)
Tell me what you believe and I’ll tell you if it’s sick.
Oh, thanks, doc. You don’t know how long I’ve had to wait for other PhD’s. My primary care “Phud” is booked til May, and there’s a $29.99 copay from my HMO.
Anyhow, I’ve got a pain right here… and I think it’s because I tried to layer Suburban Angst over Nihilistic Ennui. Can you prescribe anything for that?
But, do you have a poster of Rasputin
and a beard down to your knee?
“Piled Higher and Deeper.”
Said by the Dean of Academics at the college where I work. He and I both liked the huge majority of our campus PhDs, though. Very few were and are pretentious types.
Ever notice how some moms are incredibly arrogant and tell people to put their dirty clothes in the hamper instead of on the floor, and keep yelling at them to go out and look for a job when they’re just trying to play Fortnite in the basement?
I had an English professor who laid down the law the first day of class, and added “If you don’t like this, drop/add is just around the corner.” I didn’t think he regarded himself as a god.
Taking the OP seriously for a moment, I can’t speak to PhDs in general, but I know my father is a PhD with a law degree, and he insists on putting as many letters after his name as he can.
He will also tell all medical personnel, “You don’t have to dumb it down for me–I’m a doctor”
Granted, he’s the smartest motherfucker I know. But he’s also among the most arrogant.
See post #4 above.
It’s the response the OP needs. More than it deserves, though.
Ah yes. Research lab where I worked as a summer student. One of the lab jockeys insisted that everyone call him DOCTOR Taylor, since, you know, he had the coveted Ph.D. I’m not sure that he knew that this degree was a dime a dozen around there. He was well known as a joke.
Best time was when he shoved some papers at the lab receptionist, and told her “TYPE THESE UP NOW”. (She did some typing work for folks who had no support services, ,when time allowed her). He left, and she looked right at me - stuffed the papers in the very bottom of her in basket and said “He’ll be lucky to see this by next month”.
Made an impression on me at the time.
I’m godlike with just a master’s degree. If I had stuck around for a PhD, I’d have some serious Thanos shit going on, and that’s just too much power.
Does this look infected to you?
I put “PhD” in the signature of my work emails. I don’t go around introducing myself as “Doctor monstro” and I don’t request that people address me that way. But I do have my degree in my sig, just like everyone I work with who has a Ph.D or professional certification (like PE’s).
At first I didn’t do this…thinking someone would accuse me of braggadociousness if I did. But it was an old boss of mine who told me to do it. He was banking on the fact he had a PhD on his staff, and he wanted everyone to know it.
It has been my experience that the only people who seem to have a real problem with this convention are people nursing an inferiority complex.
At any rate, despite my signature, it is a common occurence for associates of mine (including coworkers) to be surprised when they find out that I have a PhD. It is usually discovered when they hear someone else joking around with me by calling me “doctor”. So it doesn’t appear that very many people even notice those letters in my signature. Except for folks are who are inclined to feel butthurt, I suppose.
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In my experience, this is LESS true of PhDs than other terminal degrees. JDs and MDs, in my experience, often seem to think they are equivalently knowledgeable in subjects outside their specialty. Engineers and economists are also kinda famous for thinking anything that ISN’T their specialty is less important.
I think most PhDs learn a dose of humility in their slog and are often acutely aware of how narrow their specialized knowledge is. Where PhDs DO get brusque, in my experience, is when a non-studied person decides to educate them about their area of expertise.
My experience has been that those working in places with almost no PhDs use the title far more than those working in places with lots. My department at Bell Labs was 50% PhD, and no one used it. When someone called my boss doctor, he said that he never used it because he didn’t want anyone asking for advice on a headache.
The only exception was one university where a fair number of professors did not have doctorates, and where “Doctor X” was thus higher prestige than “Professor X.”
Did you ever notice how sometimes people comment on interpersonal dynamics they’re poorly equipped to understand?
Brave souls to risk the ire of a man who can melt their brains with a thought.
I would have enormous respect - and fear - of a Dr. Monstro.
Absolutely. MS’s and MA’s I’ve encountered in the real world will counter the slightest quibble with their expertise respond with a snotty, “I have a master’s degree.” One said that to a friend who, unbeknownst to the snob, had the identical degree. Deliciously deflated by a simple “So do I.”
I thought of myself as a god long before I entered a PhD program.
And if I close my eyes and put my fingers in my ears at critical moments, I can steadfastly avoid any evidence to the contrary.