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Know it’s an expression, but not sure how pay grade factors into an argument like this.
by mirceal 9y ago
Know it’s an expression, but not sure how pay grade factors into an argument like this.
- brianwawok 9y ago"Above one's pay grade" is a colloquialism https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colloquialism https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colloquialism
- tw04 9y agoIt's borderline, but still makes perfect sense. In academia, more seasoned professors generally fall into a higher pay grade. Hence he's argued with people that in theory have more experience than he (or she).
- matt-attack 9y agoIt's an expression. You're taking it way too literally. Jesus you sound like Spock, the way comically interprets Kirk's idioms and literal statements.
- tw04 9y agoAnd expressions out of context make absolutely no sense. His usage was borderline but still applies. Perhaps, rather than sit up on that high horse, you should come back down here and figure out that explaining an expression like that is HELPFUL in a discussion full of people from across the world that may or may not have ever heard it.
- asdffdsa321 9y agoJesus, you sound like a blowhard
- dang 9y agoWould you please stop posting uncivil and/or unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? We eventually ban accounts that keep doing that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- obmelvin 9y agoJesus you sound like Matt, the way he attacks people for no reason.
- DanBC 9y ago> It's an expression. HN has an international audience. English idiom isn't always easy to understand.
- dang 9y agoPersonal attacks aren't ok here. Please resist the temptation, regardless of how provocatively another comment hits you. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 9y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16780429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16780429 and marked it off-topic.