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[-] alykanas@slrpnk.net 24 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

How do you know if someone has a PhD.?

They tell you

Never not true

[-] papertowels@mander.xyz 24 points 6 hours ago

I mean yeah, if you spent 5 years of your life pushing the edge of human understanding on a subject, and a shithead tells you to do the science on your research subject, it's relevant lol

[-] TwistyLex@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 hours ago

Funny enough, my boss has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology. She never tells people because they start referring to her as Doctor, and she hates that. I don't think I've actually ever heard her bring it up on her own.

[-] drtaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 hours ago

Sometimes they don't tell you and just quietly update all of their usernames...

[-] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Right? It's really weird...

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 6 points 5 hours ago

Do you by chance have a PhD in food science?

[-] ygajbm2sjcxbggbc0zfb@lemmy.world 26 points 7 hours ago

Tbf, they kinda earned the right to brag.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 8 hours ago

I never tell people I have a PhD. It's rude, plus I don't have one.

[-] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 18 points 7 hours ago

Well you don't know people with PhD that don't tell you they have one

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

An unknown-unknown?

[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 21 points 8 hours ago

This is putting confirmation bias to the extreme.

[-] Franklin@lemmy.ca 28 points 9 hours ago

True, but I do think it was warranted in this case.

this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2025
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