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Post #AvGs46IJL3izEmAprk by [email protected] |
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Someone just told me (via email) that it's "unbecoming for a professor… |
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Post #AvGs9ukRBG83AG6Nge by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze actually, the term of art is not "bullshit" it is "to… |
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Post #AvGsOAa3734oK22ZE0 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze wow someone go and tell that to my calculus 1 professor |
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Post #AvGsPAmxp8FLG2Ykxk by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Nah it makes them a better professor if anything. |
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Post #AvGsT0x8KrnRuV9ErA by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze What was the response? |
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Post #AvGsdwnK8Uo0CPlyhE by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Obviously they are unfamiliar with Harry Frankfurt and his 2005 work… |
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Post #AvGsk2NsGd37GwlzVY by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Wonder who they bcc'd |
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Post #AvGsnF3Xbq1jRVn3wW by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I think it's fair to use after grade 6. |
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Post #AvGsrl76MXFK1dbrMm by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze just tell them you are a cunning linguist… |
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Post #AvGtAMVm3Z4fE31LOq by [email protected] |
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Post #AvGtLlVtRMFxx9VvF2 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze As a former lowly lecturer, that's bullshit. |
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Post #AvGzrxUH3ZAu55UTuy by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Oh pshaw, if the unPresident's spokes-hole refers to "lyi… |
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Post #AvH3ZZZTdY7QVjPeTo by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze My thesis advisor would have begged to differ, fuck that shit |
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Post #AvH3aXy15ROnpDM63k by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze As an engineer, I was trained to be a bullshit detector. As an engin… |
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Post #AvH4cBGAaAyBvvBnYe by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze 😅 |
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Post #AvH5r4p4tgMSGdBUIK by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze was it a Boomer? cus that sounds like some Boomer shit right there. |
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Post #AvH74gLOny9GM9LytM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I'm junior faculty and you're a role model. It's bullshi… |
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Post #AvH7TEtO0VgGSIxcAq by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze On Unbeing and Unbecoming. |
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Post #AvH7grFCj8chANexMG by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze All Cops Are Bullshit. Especially language cops. |
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Post #AvH7vrNsUO9Pwas0zg by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze And some professors write a whole book about bullshithttps://en.wiki… |
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Post #AvH82Yy3MMfoqxzGUq by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Invariably when I hear someone complain about someone's use of p… |
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Post #AvH83TTtFBPk7vJTtY by [email protected] |
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Post #AvH96ELC5j6Jzd7jGK by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze would they prefer you hold up an image instead? |
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Post #AvH9gmmVWHMnEXKXR2 by [email protected] |
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@mattblazecurtsies good evening professor |
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Post #AvH9spIXzKFuVw3ewi by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @BenjaminHCCarr nearly all my best, most memorable, and effective pr… |
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Post #AvHBR9LC4mpYTXE6C0 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I don't know the hierarchies of academia, but unless that person… |
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Post #AvHDiJuaE9QM5j5wR6 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Is this a tautology? Or is there some other name for this?https://en… |
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Post #AvHEpz4Vh2dfjDxM2K by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Hm, maybe we could get Carl Bergstrom @ct_bergstrom to call bullshit… |
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Post #AvHEzXGLwPrsNO3Aga by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Princeton professor Harry Franklin(?) had a book about 30 years ago … |
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Post #AvHFC5bs47M2NQ6LEu by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Imagine using the word "unbecoming" unironically. 😄 |
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Post #AvHFTqf8NV9xEN5zgO by [email protected] |
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@bebadefabo @mattblaze I had a history class in 1991 or 1992 where the then-mid… |
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Post #AvHFWpAiNPkbTbHoS8 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze bloody hell! |
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Post #AvHIeIV02MCCK41stU by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I wrote this some years ago if it helpshttps://noodlemaz.wordpress.c… |
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Post #AvHKJaQqMq13lfKzVw by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze they must not have gone to university because professors were the fi… |
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Post #AvHLDK8E9scTQjCvJI by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Some words, actions, or events are so profane that only profanity ca… |
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Post #AvHVFIi1Py7L8eX0qm by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze if you ask me, that’s a huge load of crap. Sincerely, a college pr… |
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Post #AvHWIDXDDE3TuhQiJM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze someone needs to eradicate their inner cop. |
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Post #AvHd8U7tMylw9etQOW by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze You should encourage your correspondent. Senior academic administrat… |
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Post #AvHi6gmJrGkWaOlWGO by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I am reminded of @ct_bergstrom and his very fine book “Calling Bul… |
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Post #AvHjud1WC0X9NFFeT2 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze A prof who doesn’t call bullshit bullshit is bullshit. Buffalo. |
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Post #AvHmOsxHituPNgpJgW by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze It's only bullshit if it comes from the DC area of the US… oth… |
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Post #AvHuB8GumM4cSoxfns by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I thought this is the point of being a professor? The idea of academ… |
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Post #AvHuchyc8ZUF1FYCga by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze but what if you are using Frankfurt’s definition of bullshit |
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Post #AvHvjAwFTEtoXC5kqu by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze maybe the sender got an LLM to draft his email. LLMs (also known as … |
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Post #AvHvwyhdl7pmdlqAvQ by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze There's an instance admin (who shall not be named) who thinks th… |
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Post #AvIKBjSZ73LybmMEIy by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @wenwizzle but what if it's pedagogical bullshit? |
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Post #AvIP2V3rm9ub7KDonY by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I once got reprimanded at work for telling someone they just talked … |
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Post #AvIkUsP4gLpcenVvrk by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze naturally. Professors are not becoming- they simply are. |
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Post #AvJCZgHPyvpBDm0oN6 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze bullshit is a wonderfully specific term though |
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Post #AvJD3RQlksZTr3Zpb6 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze two kinds of professors: those who refuse to use words like "bu… |
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Post #AvL6DMqnKQCdBMSKie by [email protected] |
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@carlmalamud @mattblaze If there wasn't so much of it in plain view, the pr… |
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Post #AvL6Dkh2gKf7844sqm by [email protected] |
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@carlmalamud @tomjennings I just read this remarkable paragraph in Calamus Love… |
