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I don't see how saying "my professional (law) is worse than that other profession (macroeconomics)" is a jab. A jab would be the other way around: "the only th

I don't see how saying "my professional (law) is worse than that other profession (macroeconomics)" is a jab. A jab would be the other way around: "the only thing worse than my profession is that other profession".

t_mann 4y ago
Praising a profession that is notorious for its lack of a specific trait for having exactly that trait, while there are be countless other examples that would come to mind more readily, can indeed be a subtle jab.