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Re:Ask YC: Why the degree? by mroman on Saturday May 24, 2008 @04:26PM (#199023)
It's IGNORANT to refer to that word as pretentious.

I have seen that attitude from the room temp IQ crowd - never thought I would see it here.

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Re:Ask YC: Why the degree? by jrockway on Saturday May 24, 2008 @04:41PM (#199033)
What lead you to believe that posters here have high IQs? Certainly not the articles or comments ;)
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Re:Ask YC: Why the degree? by randallsquared on Saturday May 24, 2008 @09:51PM (#199260)
Average IQs would be sufficient to make his point. In my part of the world, "room temperature" refers to somewhere in the neighborhood of 75.
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Re:Ask YC: Why the degree? by stcredzero on Saturday May 24, 2008 @04:56PM (#199048)
I've also met someone who thought it would be neat to be lumped in with the pseudo-intellectuals, because she thought it was a neat sounding word.
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