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9 Things Angry People Say about me Online
And why it is a source of endless amusement for me.
There’s no pleasing some people. But more saliently, why would you want to. Anyways, I’m always interested in learning about what a terrible/stupid/worthless person I am from people who are so great and accomplished and brilliant that they are threatened by words I type online.
1. Your degree is stupid.
There’s several versions of this one and they’re all delicious. I had one guy who I’m pretty sure was a Russian in digital brown/blackface tell me that I haven’t written enough. Someone else said I bought my degree or got it from a “fake” university, and recently someone said that people — particularly women — with advanced degrees not in medicine are morally suspect.
Actually no, what she said was far less articulate than that but … I mean she was mad at me for having a PhD. That was her deal. I’m educated. Yikes.
I do state early and often that I’ve earned a PhD because women are often disregarded even with letters behind their name. So, people may get mad and insist that I’m “uppity,” but if it’s really that upsetting to them then they should get themselves a PhD and THEN come at me.
