On the other hand, I enjoy using less common words because it adds flavor to the work. Sort of like painting the interior of the rooms of your house something other than off-white.

Yet I loathe the words "synergy" and "optics". Gag me with a spoon.

Speaking of blithering, you are only parroting some Internet tropes in an echo chamber (which is probably where you learned them). You know by now that such things are nonsense; they are a waste of time and a poison to knowledge and reason.

And I think you are far behind the times - I'm not sure many people study Derrida these days.

What have you read recently?

> What have you read recently?

"Embrace the Suck", by Gleeson. (Yet another Navy SEAL memoir. This author seems to enjoy the suffering a bit too much. Other SEAL memoirs describe the same training, but not with such enthusiasm for the pain.)

I’m going out on a limb here… but did they all tell you about how hard ‘hell week’ was?

Yes. It's about purpose. SEALs all write about how tough it is, but it's seen as a means to an end. People in that business need to be that tough to succeed on actual missions.

Gleeson seems to be into the suffering for its own sake.

Sorry, I meant, 'what have your read out of academia recently' that matches these claims?