Sorry, but it had to be said

[ihadtosayit]

I have been a longtime lurker in this community, and I have watched time and time again posters get reamed for not being "cool" or "clever" enough, along with posters who clearly think they are the cleverest people in the world poke fun at their students for not living up to their higher than thou expectations. The saddest thing about all of this

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[perfectfigure]

i'm coming out of lurk-mode just to say: LOL

and also: a post like this comes up every few months in pretty much every single community i belong to. it doesn't matter how nice or welcoming or whatever the members of a comm are, some moron who is presumably new to the internet/the world will think you're too critical, cliquey, and whiny.

honestly...boofuckinghoo.

also, i'm having a hard time imagining a situation where a prof would tell zir students whether or not they have an lj. they aren't your friends...it's none of your business!

Academics Phenom!

[owl_of_minerva]

Indeed, we've seen it before. Sometimes people try to create an alternative to ours.

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[coendou]

LOL Looks like that was a hit.

Re: Academics Phenom!

[historychick49]

Ironically, the most recent post in that one is spam - he and/or similar accounts have hit several other academic-related communities over the past several months.