One of the most unexpected and arguably most negative professional interactions I've had over the past few years was meeting somebody who said: "Hi, I haven't read any of your papers but I can't see why they were published nor what they add to our understanding". 
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I mean sure it's absolutely fine not to read my papers, and it's also fine to have negative views about me and my work and everything, but to say that to a junior colleague is really strange.
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Replying to @o_guest
I once had a senior person in my field come up to me to tell me that he didn't think my sub-field existed. Not on moral grounds or anything -- he just hadn't heard of it, so didn't believe it could be a thing. I don't understand people sometimes.
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Replying to @vertigopostdoc
So that could have been a cool conversation but they were to shit to manage it. 
11:42 AM - 4 Mar 2018
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