Lovely_sombrero [he/him] to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agoEven if you are very online and know what this is referencing, this is still a bad joke.imagemessage-square71 fedilinkarrow-up174file-text
arrow-up174imageEven if you are very online and know what this is referencing, this is still a bad joke.Lovely_sombrero [he/him] to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agomessage-square71 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehexaflexagonbear [he/him]hexbear14·2 years agoI mean the third option is "could you imagine if an academic dedicated their life purporting to study something, but then couldn't define it?" link
minus-squareMindfury [he/him]hexbear29·2 years agowhich circles back to the implication that Bethany Mandel is an academic or is even smart - she's a dumbass fash column writer This is why the whole thing falls on its arse - because Mandel is a fucking brainlet and you can't suspend belief enough to think otherwise link
minus-squarehexaflexagonbear [he/him]hexbear11·2 years agoBut it's not saying that, the absurdity is imagining an academic who was dedicated to a single topic do what she did. It's calling her a pseudointellectual. link
I mean the third option is "could you imagine if an academic dedicated their life purporting to study something, but then couldn't define it?"
which circles back to the implication that Bethany Mandel is an academic or is even smart - she's a dumbass fash column writer
This is why the whole thing falls on its arse - because Mandel is a fucking brainlet and you can't suspend belief enough to think otherwise
But it's not saying that, the absurdity is imagining an academic who was dedicated to a single topic do what she did. It's calling her a pseudointellectual.