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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 136 points 1 day ago (52 children)

quick rant

i'm so tired of over the top "intellectual" vocabulary in academia. a lot of concepts could be explained with simple words and would get the point across just as well, or better, and additionally make the conversation more accessible to those outside of a specific field. Why do you need to use big smart words to explain simple things? Is it because it tickles your ego when people need 10 minutes to comprehend one sentence? argh

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If you want to get published you've got to sound the part. No fancy words => no publishing => no grant money => less sciencing and more flipping burgers

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

yeah i know, second part of the rant went into how capitalism is shit but i feel like a broken record saying that constantly, it's true of course, but i want to talk about some other things sometimes too

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I didn't see the capitalism bad part, but I agree, I also think we should seize the means of production and crush the bourgeoisie.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

that's because i started writing it and then deleted it lol

hell yeah to that!

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