Reminds me of a funny incident a couple of months ago. I own a track car with 3 pals, nothing fancy, just a Mazda MX5. One afternoon one of my pals brought a friend of his over to drive the car. A young chap, softly spoken. After driving the car he said the engine is not running quite right. 'Oh and just what qualifies you to say that' I said. He replied 'I have a PhD in automotive engineering and design engines for Mclaren.'
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@the-gravedigger saidDid you ask for proof?🤔
Reminds me of a funny incident a couple of months ago. I own a track car with 3 pals, nothing fancy, just a Mazda MX5. One afternoon one of my pals brought a friend of his over to drive the car. A young chap, softly spoken. After driving the car he said the engine is not running quite right. 'Oh and just what qualifies you to say that' I said. He replied 'I have a PhD in automotive engineering and design engines for Mclaren.'
@great-big-stees saidHe said it in front of people who know him so I don't think he was lying.
Did you ask for proof?🤔
@the-gravedigger saidForgive my instinctive horns, but perhaps he got his Ph.D. from some beastly redbrick university?
He said it in front of people who know him so I don't think he was lying.
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@suzianne saidPerhaps your funny quip about "some random walk-up" is funny, or funnier than my quip about redbrick universities, I'll grant you; but I cannot say for sure that it is because I don't know what "some random walk-up" means: is it an American expression?
Probably better than from some random walk-up, yeah?
-Removed-So you assume that whatever-it-was was a misstep and not absolutely bang-on correct at first blush?
I haven't made a social misstep in years. Every time I meet someone new, I get along with most, but every single time I think to myself, geez, this guy seems like a jerk, he later proves himself to be all that and more.
I never "generalize" with people, just as I don't use stereotypes; everyone is their own person and deserves to be treated that way. "Unconscious bias" is a weakness I do not indulge in.
@fmf saidI'll indulge you this time. Plus, you asked nicely (for you, at least).
Perhaps your funny quip about "some random walk-up" is funny, or funnier than my quip about redbrick universities, I'll grant you; but I cannot say for sure that it is because I don't know what "some random walk-up" means: is it an American expression?
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/walk-up
@suzianne saidWhat does "some random walk-up" mean in the context of what I posted? Someone with a Ph.D.? A university? I concede you may well be saying something funnier than what I posted, but you need to explain. Do you have "random walk-up" Ph.Ds in the U.S.? Do you have "random walk-up" universities? There's no such thing in the U.K.
I'll indulge you this time. Plus, you asked nicely (for you, at least).
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/walk-up
@suzianne saidThis claim about yourself sits very incongruously alongside the rather scathing broad-brush comments you make about people with conservative values with whom you have political disagreements.
I never "generalize" with people, just as I don't use stereotypes; everyone is their own person and deserves to be treated that way. "Unconscious bias" is a weakness I do not indulge in.