Oots 704

[StreamOfTheSky]

For the slow of understanding:

Oh, I see...

Well then, for those lacking any understanding whatsoever of the meaning of words (do you enjoy being denigrated out of hand as much as you enjoy doing it to others?), from dictionary.com:

pro·fes·sor   /prəˈfɛsər/ Show Spelled[pruh-fes-er] Show IPA
–noun
1.a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
2.any teacher who has the rank of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor.
3.a teacher.
4.an instructor in some art or skilled sport: a professor of singing; a professor of boxing.
5.a person who professes his or her sentiments, beliefs, etc.


The only place at all I see any reference to a love of words is in the origins:

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML prōfessor one who has taken the vows of a religious order, L: a public lecturer, equiv. to prō- pro-1 + -fet-, comb. form of fatērī to acknowledge, declare + -tor -tor, with tt > ss


Even then it's shaky. Now granted, I had no english courses or history courses in college, mostly engineering and technical, some Japanese. But many of my professors I would not categorize as "a lover of words." My martial arts instructor also had the title (by that I mean, not a nickname, it was his official title) of "professor." Now, granted, he was also a college professor in psychology, so not the best counter-example, but there it is.

 

[ppaladin123]

For the slow of understanding:

Because a professor normally loves words (no idea what obscure Japanese character that professor is), and because his signature is very long on words regardless of its origin.

The Order of the Stick has always been loquacious: that is part of its appeal to me.

More than words, we love succinct, parsimonious arguments.

 

[Piratecat]

We also love it when people don't take offense when none is intended, or give offense when none is needed. Relax, folks. No need to be snippy to one another, particularly regarding a perfectly cromulent web comic about stick figures.

 

[Pbartender]

...cromulent...

All by itself, that word embiggened my whole day.

 

[Nifft]

I for one welcome our newly reincarnated cornball leader.

Cheers, -- N

 

[dmccoy1693]

So when the bonehead's away, the gobies will start their own country.

 

[diaglo]

if nothing else i believe red cloak may at last practice recidivism.

 

[jeffh]

...I'm not sure what "Professor Cirno," a horrible joke concerning a character in a popular Japanese doujin shooter game, and a quote from the Top Gear's polar special have to do with OotS being skull crushingly wordy and, at least here, not all that funny, all so we can be told "Xykon leaves every so often to learn a new trick"

I didn't mean anything deep by it (much less anything that would justify the more heated posts that followed.) It's just hard for me to reconcile calling oneself "Professor" anything with considering "skull-crushingly wordy" a criticism - or even something it would ever cross one's mind to say. As a graduate student and thus, with any luck, future professor myself, I don't know anyone with such an attitude who would even consider being a professional academic.

Case in point: I myself don't even notice that it's got appreciably more text than any other comic I enjoy until someone points it out, and even granting that it's true, I'm quite lost as to why that's supposed to be a bad thing.

Similarly, your sig, whatever its content, is (just) long enough to make criticisms about wordiness seem rather ironic.

 

[ppaladin123]

I didn't mean anything deep by it (much less anything that would justify the more heated posts that followed.) It's just hard for me to reconcile calling oneself "Professor" anything with considering "skull-crushingly wordy" a criticism - or even something it would ever cross one's mind to say. As a graduate student and thus, with any luck, future professor myself, I don't know anyone with such an attitude who would even consider being a professional academic.

Case in point: I myself don't even notice that it's got appreciably more text than any other comic I enjoy until someone points it out, and even granting that it's true, I'm quite lost as to why that's supposed to be a bad thing.

Similarly, your sig, whatever its content, is (just) long enough to make criticisms about wordiness seem rather ironic.

Wordy doesn't mean, "uses a lot of words." Wordy means, "uses too many words given the idea to be conveyed." The opposite of wordy is not "picture-based." The opposite of wordy is, "succinct."

Turgid prose is not, and should not be, an essential component of academic work. As an academic, I cringe when I read a wordy article. In contrast, I delight in authors who demonstrate an economy of words. Don't mistake long-winded explanations or obfuscating jargon with theoretical depth; verbiage detracts from message.

 

[ProfessorCirno]

I didn't mean anything deep by it (much less anything that would justify the more heated posts that followed.) It's just hard for me to reconcile calling oneself "Professor" anything with considering "skull-crushingly wordy" a criticism - or even something it would ever cross one's mind to say. As a graduate student and thus, with any luck, future professor myself, I don't know anyone with such an attitude who would even consider being a professional academic.

Case in point: I myself don't even notice that it's got appreciably more text than any other comic I enjoy until someone points it out, and even granting that it's true, I'm quite lost as to why that's supposed to be a bad thing.

Similarly, your sig, whatever its content, is (just) long enough to make criticisms about wordiness seem rather ironic.

...You might not mean it, but you're going waaay too deep into my name and sig for this

Cirno is a character from the Touhou series of doujin shooter games,known first and foremost for her markable idiocy. One fan-based joke is that she's really hyper-intelligent and just hides her amazing smarts - thus, professor Cirno. I'm not saying that I'm a professor, no more then piratecat is claiming his real life self as a feline who sails the seven seas.

I...never thought I'd have to explain the origins of my name in such a bizarre setting