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re: Guy introducing himself to everyone as “so & so...PhD ...Johns Hopkins”

Posted on 2/10/18 at 7:57 am to
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 2/10/18 at 7:57 am to
His comments on healthcare reinsurance were vexatious at best. I dare say I almost threw my French 75 right in his face.
Posted by terriblegreen
Spokane, LA
Member since Aug 2011
12458 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 9:07 am to
People who know their own worth and capabilities don’t brag. In my experience, those who brag are usually insecure.

To drop your academic accomplishments in an introduction, or on a message board, is a sign of insecurity. They feel a need to prove their worth.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
48706 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 9:16 am to
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Let’s not pretend we’re discussing Dartmouth here...



I would have thought Brown?
Posted by ArkLaTexTiger
Houston
Member since Nov 2009
2572 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 9:16 am to
“You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library.”
Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 2/10/18 at 10:03 am to
This chick interned with us a few years back and this is what she has on her linkedin
That's much worse than the Phd guys

Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 2/10/18 at 10:21 am to
I don't even know what that means.
Posted by pjab
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Posted on 2/10/18 at 10:30 am to
Electrical Ingineer
Posted by terriblegreen
Spokane, LA
Member since Aug 2011
12458 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 10:31 am to
She looks hot from the chin down.

IWHI
Posted by I B Freeman
Member since Oct 2009
27843 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 10:40 am to
Obviously the guy has a short penis and cannot afford the typical ego compensating F250 diesel with truck nuts that many others so afflicted acquire.

I try to hide my accomplishments and failures upon introduction. I would rather be underestimated in a business situation than overestimated.
This post was edited on 2/10/18 at 11:03 am
Posted by soccerfüt
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Member since May 2013
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Posted on 2/10/18 at 10:43 am to
My Unk was a prof at Johns Hopkins, he was a Stanford PhD. When anyone introduced themselves inappropriately (by academic credentials), he would follow up and tell them what High School he graduated from (a tiny public school in rural WV) and ask them if they’d ever heard of it. Most of the academic snobs didn’t get the irony but my Uncle was brilliant and untouchable (except for the Grim Reaper ). It made him happy to smack talk them.
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
91698 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 10:47 am to
Idk? I know a girl that has a PhD from John's Hopkins, she never brings it up unless someone axes her.

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try to hide my accomplishments and failures upon introduction. I would rather be underestimated in a business situation than overestimated.


This guy gets it, I tend to downplay the situation. And it's even more awkward when a friend introduces you as so and so does this...
This post was edited on 2/10/18 at 10:50 am
Posted by CrimsonTideMD
Member since Dec 2010
7124 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 10:59 am to
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don't even know what that means.


Enrique Iglesias ???
Posted by OlGrandad
Member since Oct 2009
4700 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 11:07 am to
I had a manager that would sign his letters with his name followed by J.D.

He failed the bar so many times that he gave up.

However, he was very proud of that Doctor of Jurisprudence
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
173799 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 11:20 am to
Indubitably. His sheer disregard for social graces was completely dumbfounding and totally unscrupulous.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
88346 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 11:58 am to
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Electrical Ingineer
Some states use that instead of EIT
Posted by damnedoldtigah
Middle of Louisiana
Member since Jan 2014
4275 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 12:16 pm to
Granted, he shouldn't have been bragging. However, a PhD is a terminal degree in contrast to law degrees and the like being professional degrees. The PhD is actually at the top of the academic ladder as it culminates in independent research aka dissertation.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
21536 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 2:21 pm to
Can't hear Cornell without thinking about chicken on the grill. (And Andy from The Office)

Cornell professor Robert Baker (Ph.D., Purdue) is famous for inventing a grilled chicken recipe that help make beef and pork loving Americans start eating more chicken.

He also invented the chicken nugget. Some call him the "George Washington Carver of poultry".

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Cornell Chicken Barbecue Sauce, though, was his first great triumph, and what he is best known for in upstate New York. All summer, every summer, Cornell Barbecue Chicken features at backyard parties and family get-togethers.

Younger generations of Finger Lake residents don’t even recognize this as a regional specialty so much as the default way to cook chicken outdoors. “Every fund-raising event, every fire department cookout, every little league barbecue, must serve this recipe or nobody would come,” writes barbecue expert Meathead Goldwyn.


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