Ask HN: Will getting a PhD lead to a more interesting life?

Re:Ask HN: Will getting a PhD lead to a more interesting life? by vcavallo on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:01AM (#21116058)

I’ve always been curious about why people write “$$$” instead of “money”. maybe you could elaborate

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Re:Ask HN: Will getting a PhD lead to a more interesting life? by Stratoscope on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:41AM (#21116530)

I can't speak for the person you replied to, but sometimes this is done as a way of disparaging money and the desire to have some, perhaps in the same vein as writing "Micro$oft".

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Re:Ask HN: Will getting a PhD lead to a more interesting life? by fifnir on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:36AM (#21116471)

I don't know, I guess it's a bit more cartoony.. The dollar sign is tightly connected to concepts like profit/capitalism etc

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