Does This Piss You Off?

Dwight L. MacPherson · Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:43 am

Does it piss you off when people refer to themselves as "scholars?"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is that not a title that should be given to you by others?
Every time I read where someone has said "I am a scholar..." I want to travel to their home and beat them about the head and shoulders.

Whaddaya think? Stupid pet peeve or do you feel the same way?

E.A. Lovecraft · Post by **E.A. Lovecraft** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:15 am

These days, I just take scholar to mean "overweight dork who has never touched a boob."

Dwight L. MacPherson · Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:49 am

Well then--I'm no scholar by your definition, sir!

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:13 pm

E.A. Lovecraft wrote:These days, I just take scholar to mean "overweight dork who has never touched a boob."

Not even one boob? You've no expections of these men at all.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:11 pm

my favorite thing is when people describe themselves as 'rogue' scholars. that's like me saying i'm a kunk fu master

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:54 pm

Or like me saying I'm a militant Buddhist extremist.

E.A. Lovecraft · Post by **E.A. Lovecraft** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:51 pm

Jesus Prime wrote:Not even one boob? You've no expections of these men at all.

I should revise that definition to say ". . . never touched a boob (other than his/her own)."

Dwight L. MacPherson · Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:23 pm

JJ Burke wrote:my favorite thing is when people describe themselves as 'rogue' scholars. that's like me saying i'm a kunk fu master

Yeah--it just irks me. The guy who set me off was saying: "as a scholar, I bristle at the word myth." I proceeded to tell him that if it was a good enough term for Social and Cultural Anthropologists--it MUST be "scholarly."

Ass.

*

*The guy who uttered this immensely brainless statement.

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:39 pm

Just like those people who say Cthulhu is not real...

Those stupid jerks...

Dwight L. MacPherson · Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:04 pm

odin2 wrote:Just like those people who say Cthulhu is not real...

Those stupid jerks...

Yeah!

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 3:33 pm

Follow the way of Dharma or I'll blow the shit out of your house!

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:01 pm

What annoys me more is when people call themselves intellectuals. It's just a dumbed down, modern, version of the scholar. And from my limited experiance, is mostly used by politically aware people.

Then again, for me it's context has only been high school, and the word itself annoys me phonetically.

nortonew · Post by **nortonew** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:44 pm

Since one of the meanings of scholar is just "student", calling oneself a scholar doesn't actually mean much.

Dwight L. MacPherson · Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:17 pm

nortonew wrote:Since one of the meanings of scholar is just "student", calling oneself a scholar doesn't actually mean much.

The persons who usually refer to themselves as "scholars" use it before making assertion that puts down another person. That's what bothers me.

I am a student, but I would not dream of calling myself a scholar.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:04 am

i can't even really call myself a student. i'm sort of an intermittently passive observer..

anyway, i think 'scholar' has more connotations than just merely studying. it carries the weight of a Title, deservedly or not, and usually a little whiff of pomposity for good measure