# I just earned a Doctorate in Philosophy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656 "2011-01-31T16:11:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/21 "2011-01-31T19:17:56Z")
That is fantastic. Way to go! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/22 "2011-01-31T19:32:37Z")
I was about to ask what subject it was in, until I noticed the preposition. By “just earned”, do you mean that you’ve defended your thesis, that the paperwork has cleared with the college, or that you’ve had the hooding ceremony? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/23 "2011-01-31T19:37:13Z")
Eh, what’s up Doc? ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/24 "2011-01-31T20:01:16Z")
Yay!!! ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/25 "2011-01-31T20:14:59Z")
Congratulations. And special fist-bump on getting your life back! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/26 "2011-01-31T20:19:04Z")
Congratulations! And I think “jes’ sayin” is a fine philosophy to live by. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/27 "2011-01-31T20:20:27Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Now that you’re a Doctor of Philosophy, if I tell you what I believe, can you tell me why it’s sick? 😃 That almost caused a tea-all-over-keyboard catastrophe. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/28 "2011-01-31T20:33:07Z")
That’s wonderful! What did you do your dissertation on? ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/29 "2011-01-31T20:39:07Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Congratulations!! What was your thesis on? Yes, congratulations, but thesis titles are the kitten pictures of new Ph.D. threads. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/30 "2011-01-31T20:43:44Z")
So Doc, I get a pain in my soul when I consider the meaninglessness of existence. Do you got anything for that? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/31 "2011-01-31T20:45:51Z")
So maybe you can answer this question: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/32 "2011-01-31T20:54:01Z")
Did you attend the University of Woolloomooloo? I hear they have a excellent Philosophy Department there. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/33 "2011-01-31T20:57:04Z")
No more typos for you! Congrats, Dr. Frylock. That’s pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/34 "2011-01-31T21:40:55Z")
Congratulations! And yes, I would like fries with that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/35 "2011-01-31T22:51:06Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Did you attend the University of Woolloomooloo? I hear they have a excellent Philosophy Department there. Some of their rules are a little homophobic though. ETA: OP _rawks_ 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/36 "2011-01-31T22:56:20Z")
Congratulation! Ya know, my my sense of right and wrong has been getting a little fuzzy lately. You got a pill for that? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/37 "2011-01-31T23:08:04Z")
What is the sound of an old man applauding your achievement? That’s the very sound I’m making. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/38 "2011-02-01T00:07:39Z")
I had an uncle who was in the Philosophy department at Weber State…sadly, he’s no longer with us. That means there is an opening. Can I call you Uncle Frylock? Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/39 "2011-02-01T01:15:41Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-earned-a-doctorate-in-philosophy/569656/40 "2011-02-01T01:27:45Z")
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