Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Feb 5, 2015Why are TV PhDs 100x more sensitive to being addressed "Doctor" than in real life? Hollywood writes them all as insecure snobs?625
Michael@mmay3r·Feb 5, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr conversely, it is also why ugly people are portrayed as witty, poor people as wholesome, dumb people as kindhearted etc...122
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @mmay3r.@mmay3r drag or raise everyone to same egalitarian level set by His Royal Equalness George Clooney?4:35 AM · Feb 5, 20152 Likes
Michael@mmay3r·Feb 5, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr we are all George Clooneys. Egalitarian exceptionalism.