I know that a lot of people are going to disagree with me, but I think SRV was better than Hendrix. Hate away.
I speak for all current and former music store employees when I say: love them, hate them, but dear God, stop playing it.
Honestly I found it amusing more than anything. All these people clutching their pearls over it makes it even funnier to me.
I heard about it because some right wing political commentator said it wasn't a thing because his wife doesn't get wet so it can't be true. Ben Shapiro I think it was. Plus it really annoys my wife when I crank that shit up and dance to it like it's my jam. GOT SOME HOES IN THIS HOUSE!
I got the Clap from watching it, that I know. The reason it exists is to give humans the first ever opportunity to un-masturbate to something. How can anybody watch that and not immediately thank God for not making VD an airbourne?
I knew a guy who was a Doctor... his PhD was in "online communities". He was a moron, demanded we all call him Dr., and we all told him to fuck off. I also have a cousin who got his PhD in biology (cancer research, at Harvard no less). He scoffs at anyone calling him Dr... except his brother... his younger brother has to call him Dr. I find that hilarious. He said that the only time that "Dr." came in handy was when he was looking to rent a place in Boston... that "Dr." on the rental app had magical properties.
Really must have to do with personality, perceived respect, and field. I had a parasitology professor who demanded to be called dr. He told some story out how he demanded to be called Dr by whoever because he worked a long time to get there. Older man, divorced, worked in the peace corps in the past administering vaccines, worked at a university in a smaller overlooked department. Our pediatrician is smart, younger (maybe 38??), from Columbia. He really seems to like us and want to help us as a family. He asked for us to call him by his first name.
My partner has a microbiology PhD and she cringes whenever the term "doctor" is affiliated with her name. I think the insistence on being called doctor is in direct proportion to someone's insecurity. The only time she really gets called doctor is when she's insisting on something we disagree about. "Okay, doctor," is an instant positive resolution to any argument, let me tell you.
I have a cousin who is a no-longer-practicing chiropractor. He’s a super unhealthy, massively overweight guy who just couldn’t cut it in that field. Whenever he gets challenged in a conversation with someone whether it’s at work or wherever, he indignantly insists that he’s a doctor and therefore has more knowledge that the person he’s talking to. It’s obnoxious because he’s not really a doctor and he’s clearly very insecure about it. It’s seems like there’s an inverse relationship to the level of accomplishment educationally and the insistence on being referred to by such a title.
In Boston it does especially. There are 20 hospitals within the city limits and it’s a better indicator of tenant reliability for landlords than an actual credit check. The first apartment my wife and we’re going to rent we lost at the last minute because a doctor outbid our rent price by $1000/month.
On a related note, I've known a few people with JDs who used the title esquire. None of them were actually working as lawyers.
When given the option on registration forms, I often choose "Honorable" as my title. I figure I spend a lot of my time judging people, so it seems fair.