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minus-squareSen_Jen [they/them]hexbear22arrow-down5·edit-24 years agoHot take, but the only people who should be called doctors are doctors. Not people with a PHD, but actual medical doctors. link
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]hexbear26·edit-24 years agoCompromise: MDs get called "doctor" while PHDs get called "Phud" link
minus-squarevermetel [they/them]hexbear16·4 years agoCounterpoint: I'm going to start a PhD because "dr." is a gender neutral title. link
minus-squareSen_Jen [they/them]hexbear9·4 years agoCountercounterpoint: people with a PhD should be called captain, because it's cooler than doctor link
minus-squareItsPequod [he/him]hexbear14·4 years agoLanguage Nerd Counterpoint: there's a reason Medical Doctor is specified, because 'Doctor' just means 'learned person' and not just medic link
minus-squareSen_Jen [they/them]hexbear6arrow-down1·4 years agoBold of you to assume I know what honorific means link
minus-squareFaZe_oswald [any]hexbear5arrow-down1·4 years agoi'd say dentists and vets can get dr too but otherwise, yes link
minus-squareaxont [she/her, comrade/them]hexbear1·4 years agoCan Michael Parenti be the exception link
Hot take, but the only people who should be called doctors are doctors. Not people with a PHD, but actual medical doctors.
Compromise: MDs get called "doctor" while PHDs get called "Phud"
Counterpoint: I'm going to start a PhD because "dr." is a gender neutral title.
Countercounterpoint: people with a PhD should be called captain, because it's cooler than doctor
Language Nerd Counterpoint: there's a reason Medical Doctor is specified, because 'Doctor' just means 'learned person' and not just medic
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Bold of you to assume I know what honorific means
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i'd say dentists and vets can get dr too but otherwise, yes
Yeah that checks out
Counterpoint: Dr. J
Can Michael Parenti be the exception