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The week to week grind in academia, disagreements included, is typically petty shit to people outside of a very niche subfield.

One man's petty garbage is another man's sacred ox?

your name is 'moistly', was that petty at the time - just curious because it's ironic.

It’s ironic? How so? ELI5 please.

Anyhoo, I chose “moistly” because his reaction to saying the word was hilarious, because it’s completely unlike other aliases here, and because it’s one of those words that everyone feels a little squeamish about, like “lugubrious”, “bulbous”, “phlegm”, “orifice”.