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Its also customary to say which college you attended if they ask you "where". I also don't know anyone that says HAHHHHHHH-VARD, STANNNN-FAHD or M-AHH-TTTTT. Th

by codexon 17y ago

Its also customary to say which college you attended if they ask you "where". I also don't know anyone that says HAHHHHHHH-VARD, STANNNN-FAHD or M-AHH-TTTTT. This pseudo-snobbery is all in your head. If you keep hiding the fact that you are from a top school in order to dissociate fallibility with Stanford, this sort of sentiment will continue.

scott_s 17y ago
You guessed that he avoids mentioning his school by name to avoid the high expectations along with it. To operate that this guess has to be true is, at best, disingenuous.
- codexon 17y ago
  This is not a guess. This is factual evidence as publicly admitted by many people like Conan O'Brien. And I should add that I also went to a top school, so its not like I am making this stuff up.
  - scott_s 17y ago
    That's anecdotal evidence, and you're assuming it also applies to this person.
    - codexon 17y ago
      What do you think Philip's article is? Its a generalization of people with anecdotal evidence. This is not about Philip himself. I'm not sure why you brought him up specifically in the first place.
    - elblanco 17y ago
      I'm going to go out on a limb here and theorize that, since the start of this topic you've consistently taken Mr. Guo's side, pedantically pointing out rules and etiquette, deflecting from what he actually said, not responding to actual quotes from his writings and posts and your general literal mindedness, that you are indeed one of the name-brand school graduates that he feels is victimized by the boorish snobbishness of the tier-1+n school grads. Spank me if I'm wrong. But it's the only thing that adds up. Either that or you are a tier-1+n school grad who's been guilt tripped by this article into rethinking your prior maltreatment of the elite school kids.
      - scott_s 17y ago
        This is old by now, but you should be able to see from my profile that I am at a large, middle-of-the-road state school. Note that I haven't actually defended the authors position, only clarified what he said. I'm not sure if I agree with his position. But I've seen very little discussion on what he actually said. I've spent all of my time explaining what he did and did not say. I've spent no time (that I can think of) defending the position he took. I also like to avoid long, drawn on point-by-point posts, and try to keep things focused by responding to a person's thesis. Pointing out etiquette has nothing to do with this article, and everything to do with liking HN as a place for civil discussion.
- elblanco 17y ago
  No, that's actually what he said "oftentimes i don't tell people where i went to school because i don't want to automatically be viewed as a snob on first impressions."
  - scott_s 17y ago
    Not wanting to be viewed as a snob is different than wanting to avoid high expectations. I tried to illustrate that point with my example with BJJ.
    - elblanco 17y ago
      Either way, if either is a problem for him, he shouldn't have gone to a top school. A better example, using BJJ, is: "What martial art do you study?" "It's Brazilian." "Oh Capoeira?" "Something like that." "I heard it's not very good in a fight." "Well it's not Capoeira, it's more practical." "Vale Tudo?" "Yeah, kinda like that." "No really, what is it?" "BJJ." "Oh, then you must be a really good fighter! I heard BJJ wins like all the UFCs."

by codexon 17y ago

scott_s 17y ago

You guessed that he avoids mentioning his school by name to avoid the high expectations along with it. To operate that this guess has to be true is, at best, disingenuous.

codexon 17y ago
This is not a guess. This is factual evidence as publicly admitted by many people like Conan O'Brien. And I should add that I also went to a top school, so its not like I am making this stuff up.
- scott_s 17y ago
  That's anecdotal evidence, and you're assuming it also applies to this person.
  - codexon 17y ago
    What do you think Philip's article is? Its a generalization of people with anecdotal evidence. This is not about Philip himself. I'm not sure why you brought him up specifically in the first place.
  - elblanco 17y ago
    I'm going to go out on a limb here and theorize that, since the start of this topic you've consistently taken Mr. Guo's side, pedantically pointing out rules and etiquette, deflecting from what he actually said, not responding to actual quotes from his writings and posts and your general literal mindedness, that you are indeed one of the name-brand school graduates that he feels is victimized by the boorish snobbishness of the tier-1+n school grads. Spank me if I'm wrong. But it's the only thing that adds up. Either that or you are a tier-1+n school grad who's been guilt tripped by this article into rethinking your prior maltreatment of the elite school kids.
    - scott_s 17y ago
      This is old by now, but you should be able to see from my profile that I am at a large, middle-of-the-road state school. Note that I haven't actually defended the authors position, only clarified what he said. I'm not sure if I agree with his position. But I've seen very little discussion on what he actually said. I've spent all of my time explaining what he did and did not say. I've spent no time (that I can think of) defending the position he took. I also like to avoid long, drawn on point-by-point posts, and try to keep things focused by responding to a person's thesis. Pointing out etiquette has nothing to do with this article, and everything to do with liking HN as a place for civil discussion.
elblanco 17y ago
No, that's actually what he said "oftentimes i don't tell people where i went to school because i don't want to automatically be viewed as a snob on first impressions."
- scott_s 17y ago
  Not wanting to be viewed as a snob is different than wanting to avoid high expectations. I tried to illustrate that point with my example with BJJ.
  - elblanco 17y ago
    Either way, if either is a problem for him, he shouldn't have gone to a top school. A better example, using BJJ, is: "What martial art do you study?" "It's Brazilian." "Oh Capoeira?" "Something like that." "I heard it's not very good in a fight." "Well it's not Capoeira, it's more practical." "Vale Tudo?" "Yeah, kinda like that." "No really, what is it?" "BJJ." "Oh, then you must be a really good fighter! I heard BJJ wins like all the UFCs."