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150 sats \ 15 replies \ @siggy47 15 Sep \ parent \ on: The Zen of Referring meta

I shall begin copyright enforcement proceedings if you do not cease and desist.

202 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 15 Sep

Apparently @nout was the OG Zen master. #24357

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 15 Sep

I read it before! Good to read it again

30 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 15 Sep

Gone but not forgotten

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 15 Sep

He is not gone. He runs the gaming territory and commented last on Sept 6. He just doesn't spend entire days posting and commenting like we do. Haha

137 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 15 Sep

I'm pretty sure he's also roaming around anonymously.

73 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 15 Sep

You can't copyright a title. I'm starting to see why someone used to be a practicing lawyer.

68 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 15 Sep

I was too busy keeping people out of the slammer to worry about intellectual property rights.

96 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 15 Sep

Some people do the work required to protect the liberty and freedoms of the common man. Others write articles about it and call themselves doctor.

90 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 15 Sep

I use this joke all the time with a friend. He has a doctorate in psychology.

73 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 15 Sep

Does he go by "Dr."? Most economists have the good sense to just go by their names, like normal people do.

57 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 15 Sep

He does! I mock him. He laughs, but deep down I think he hates me for it.

52 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 15 Sep

I have to admit there are degrees along the spectrum where I can see it being justified. Any of the hard sciences, engineering. Maybe even economics. Psychology? No

63 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 15 Sep

In my experience, insistence on the title varies inversely with the rigor of the discipline.

I think mathematicians and physicists are often so bizarrely intelligent that we want to label them.