Does everyone who ever vaguely references philosophy get a million "[philosopher] quotes" spam followers? I swan.
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@chaosprime@gersandelf got Monk's "How to Read Wittgenstein" in the book haul today. Stoked, but too blurry post-surgery to start it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime@gersandelf routine work conversation: "Elizabeth how do you know these random things?" "Because I read all the time." "True."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime@gersandelf my fave was law school prof who asked class what Bovril is, expecting no one to know, losing composure when I did.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime@gersandelf I'm like WHAT I READ A LOT OF OLD BRITISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS AS A KID. He seemed to feel I showed him up but he asked! -
@popelizbet@gersandelf aw yeah stickin' it to the Man -
@chaosprime@gersandelf he was the biggest jerk. Why are you a teacher if you're threatened by people knowing things when you ask? Ass. -
@popelizbet@gersandelf hm, i'm going to go with "because one enjoys feeling that everyone in a crowded room is one's intellectual inferior" -
@chaosprime@gersandelf true. But profs who really were experts didn't act like that. I think his faculty lounge inferiority trickled down. -
@popelizbet@gersandelf sounds legit. my vague recollection of professors agrees with the dullest knives in the drawer being most touchy. -
@chaosprime@gersandelf oh, he was sharp. Just not at the level of the tenured faculty who, for instance, co-wrote a definitive treatise. -
@popelizbet@gersandelf just a fish that needed a slightly smaller pond? - 1 more reply
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