I've met Dr. Mickens. He's very relatable and funny in person, he comes from an academic family, and he is surrounded by other PhD's at the office. It's clear t

I've met Dr. Mickens. He's very relatable and funny in person, he comes from an academic family, and he is surrounded by other PhD's at the office. It's clear that he has adopted a certain style in his writing that exaggerates the self-importance he sees, and perhaps sometimes feels, in a way that deflates it and even mocks it for himself, and for some of his readers.