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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by dragonwriter on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:12PM (#10748111)
> and phrases like "most of whom can't even swap a tire for a donut without calling AAA" are clearly meant to have an element of humor to them.

Its seems quite likely to be (insulting) hyperbole, but I don't see the humor. (I suppose it kind of sounds funny if you aren't used to the use of the term "donut" to refer to a reduce-size, limited-speed spare tire, since talking about swapping a tire for a donut would in that case be an absurdity.)

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by engi_nerd on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:15PM (#10748129)
It is a rather wry sense of humor being displayed here.
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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by vacri on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:37PM (#10748271)
I love wry humour, but being insulting with wry humour is still being insulting. You don't get a pass on abuse "because rhetoric".
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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by engi_nerd on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:42PM (#10748298)
Isn't being insulting a valid part of humor? And I would hesitate to call such a mild joke "abuse".
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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by vacri on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:54PM (#10748387)
Given that the GP is complaining of feeling excluded by such things, it's hypocritical to do the same in reverse. The GP is basically deriding all people on high salary as being pseudo-intellectuals.

The problem I have with the GP is not the literal words (I have no problem with style), but that he's complaining of being stereotyped while spreading a stereotyped anti-intellectual message.

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by engi_nerd on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @07:11PM (#10748489)
Now see, this is a valid point that I feel has substance. His style, for me, is not very important in comparison.
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