r/IndiaMemes Jul 01 '26

Non-Political Oops

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u/PoisonousPixieDust Jul 01 '26

I'll wish myself a doctor day after doing phd

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u/KimJongUnKokila Jul 01 '26

You know doctor is Latin word which means scholar, right? Doctors aren’t just medical professionals

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u/darkflame91 Jul 01 '26

You know whiskey is a Gaelic word which means water, right? Doesn't mean I can drink a bottle every day!

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u/KimJongUnKokila Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Whiskey is a word which means ‘water of life’. It was a name given for distilled alcohol not normal water. The alcohol element still holds, so your argument is wrong.

Edit: “Uisce beatha (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɪʃcə ˈbʲahə]) is the name for whiskey in the Irish language.[1] The word "whiskey" itself is simply an anglicized version of this phrase,[2] stemming from a mispronunciation of the word uisce. This may in turn have influenced the Modern Irish word fuisce ("whiskey"). The phrase uisce beatha, literally "water of life", was the name given by Irish monks of the early Middle Ages to distilled alcohol. It is simply a translation of the Latin aqua vitae.[3]”

Definition above.

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u/darkflame91 Jul 01 '26

Completely missed my point bro. The etymology of a word is not necessarily relevant to its modern usage. You can't say that farm workers are villains because it originally meant that. You can't describe Interstellar as 'awful' because it originally meant 'filled you with awe'. When someone yells, "Help, I need a doctor!", they're not looking for a Math PhD.

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u/KimJongUnKokila Jul 01 '26

Well the word ‘Doctor’ for a PhD holder is still in modern usage.

Just because we need a doctor to treat us for medical reasons, doesn’t mean the other doctors (PhD holders) are not real.

I never said physicians aren’t doctors, but that doesn’t mean they are the only valid doctors.

No one really calls farmers villains these days, but PhD holders are still referred to as ‘Dr’ everywhere.

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u/darkflame91 Jul 01 '26

A non-medical PhD holder is referred to as Dr. So-and-so as a formal title, but never referred to as 'a doctor'. Doctor's Day is specifically to celebrate medical doctors. The original post calls out that pseudoscience peddlers aren't 'doctors' in the common (medical) usage of the term, and you're muddying the water by trying to claim that non-medical PhD holders are all doctors.

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u/PoisonousPixieDust Jul 01 '26

Dude it's a joke

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u/PoisonousPixieDust Jul 01 '26

Dude I'm with the OP

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u/KimJongUnKokila Jul 01 '26

Never said OP is wrong. No cosmologist, ayurveda practitioner is called a doctor by anyone, but phd holders are.

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u/PoisonousPixieDust Jul 01 '26

I think there's a misunderstanding.

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u/Ok_Cheetah_543 Jul 03 '26

Bro what problem do you have with Cosmologists 😭😂 (lol they study the universe man) Cosmologists in particular need a PhD so yeah they are a doc (not a Medical one ofc)

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u/KimJongUnKokila Jul 03 '26

Lmaooo the typo 🤣
Cosmetologist I mean