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Yeah, that's pretty normal. Especially when talking about people you just met or casual acquaintances.
But this is a parent-child dynamic, not just someone you chatted with in line at Starbucks.
I'm not even as close with my mom as most, but I was very much aware of what she did for a living and held a Master's in her field. If she did ever pursue and achieve a doctorate, I'd probably be aware. You know, cause she's family. Not someone I just met at a dinner party 15 years ago.
However, as one of the last posters pointed out, the post is most likely just for hyuks and didn't actually happen.
I have one but unless you work in the area it was granted in, you should generally keep schtum. At a birthday party, one of the parents slipped and injured their leg. I did not need my son at that point to mention I was a doctor: I had to apologise and explain I was not an MD, you need a proper doctor.
ps. The original post is a bot or karma-farm or just a humblebrag.
When people write the common noun "doctor" as "Dr." (as opposed to the honorific), my mind always has to go through "drrrr" and "driver" until it arrives at "doctor". Usually it's satisfied with "drrrr".
Yes!! My daughter hated my dissertation so much that we burned a copy in the back 40. She was 5 and it was her idea because she was sick of me saying “not tonight, I’m working on my dissertation” while crying, cursing, and leaning on my emotional support animal (the cat). I let her light that bitch on fire.
I just finished my degree in Biomedical Engineering. I probably cried more during my last two semesters during moments of sheer panic than the entirety of my conscious life leading up. Probably shaved a few days off the end of my life, too. Shit’s brutal.
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"reading books and crying" is pretty spot-on for describing most degrees or PhD courses to be honest.
I mean… I didn’t really cry… I mean maybe once or twice but most of the time I alternated between sad and angry at least in the last phase…
Maybe more reading books and panicking?
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It's almost a requirement to become a doctor. That and bad handwriting.
Nah their handwriting actually used to be fantastic, but all that writing they did ruined their hands
What's the facepalm?
The real facepalm were the friends we made along the way.
Probably the part where she made up the kid saying what they said
The facepalm is that the kid never said this. Just a reminder for everyone that this person got their phd
My take is: the parent acting like a child and then humble bragging online.
How does a grown child not know their parent has a PHD? At least that was my take.
Because it's not real. It's just a joke.
That too. It's a double whammy!
I don't tell people that I have a PhD unless it comes up. Like if somebody says, "What do you do?" or "Isn't the weather nice today?"
Not sure if joke or meteorologist lmao
Yeah, that's pretty normal. Especially when talking about people you just met or casual acquaintances. But this is a parent-child dynamic, not just someone you chatted with in line at Starbucks. I'm not even as close with my mom as most, but I was very much aware of what she did for a living and held a Master's in her field. If she did ever pursue and achieve a doctorate, I'd probably be aware. You know, cause she's family. Not someone I just met at a dinner party 15 years ago. However, as one of the last posters pointed out, the post is most likely just for hyuks and didn't actually happen.
I mean, if they're like 10-14 I can see that happening pretty easily. All it takes is their parent not mentioning it which isn't that wierd.
This is a political page, so the facepalm is that OP disagrees with this lady's politics, and has nothing to do with the actual tweet
It's a karma farming bot
Not a facepalm
Did this happen? Probably not
Have you met Kids? Totally a plausible conversation (but probably cleaned up a bit of the gibberish for readability's sake.)
Fuckoff rebecca
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Seems more like a joke than a facepalm
I’ll take “Things Kids Didn’t Say” for $500, Alex.
I never believe these “guess what my kid said” posts
They are even less believable with an attached humble brag.
When you have a PhD and no one ever calls you doctor
I have one but unless you work in the area it was granted in, you should generally keep schtum. At a birthday party, one of the parents slipped and injured their leg. I did not need my son at that point to mention I was a doctor: I had to apologise and explain I was not an MD, you need a proper doctor. ps. The original post is a bot or karma-farm or just a humblebrag.
When people write the common noun "doctor" as "Dr." (as opposed to the honorific), my mind always has to go through "drrrr" and "driver" until it arrives at "doctor". Usually it's satisfied with "drrrr".
Lol, kids are savage. No chill at all.
I know there was a subreddit for nothing ever happening but surely you don't believe this exchange actually happened
I’ve got kids and I can say this is definitely in the realm of possibility.
Parent and grandparent here. Agreed.
And then the books clapped.
And then I clapped the books
And then the books had the clap
I don’t believe the kid said that but funny regardless.
I’m sure your kid definitely said that Allison
As someone whose mom got a phd when i was a kid, i can confirm she likes books and crying (i once counted every book in her office. Over 1,000.)
PhD, bodice rippers.
Shit that never happened
"Listen Here, You Little Shit." 
Yes!! My daughter hated my dissertation so much that we burned a copy in the back 40. She was 5 and it was her idea because she was sick of me saying “not tonight, I’m working on my dissertation” while crying, cursing, and leaning on my emotional support animal (the cat). I let her light that bitch on fire.
God that hits too real. It do be like that.
I’ll take things that didn’t happen for 400.
I just finished my degree in Biomedical Engineering. I probably cried more during my last two semesters during moments of sheer panic than the entirety of my conscious life leading up. Probably shaved a few days off the end of my life, too. Shit’s brutal.
I’ll take shit that never happened for $500, Alex!