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[–] alykanas@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

How do you know if someone has a PhD.?

They tell you

Never not true

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 hours ago

..why shouldn't they?

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

[–] papertowels@mander.xyz 32 points 1 day 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

Tbf, they kinda earned the right to brag.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

How do you know someone has a PhD?

When it becomes acutely relevant, they'll politely let you know, and then you can become annoyed at them about it.

Thinking about it, that exact thing also applies to other 'how do you know someone is/has/does [...]' as well.

[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

An unknown-unknown?

[–] Franklin@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago

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

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago

This is putting confirmation bias to the extreme.

[–] drtaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Right? It's really weird...

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you by chance have a PhD in food science?

[–] TwistyLex@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day 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.