I don’t know how “lunatic” this is. But this was an ad I just saw pop up, which is an amazing slap in the face to everyone who has worked for that title.

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    14 days ago

    I have a JD. The degree you get from law school, at least here in the US.

    The “D” literally stands for “doctor”… no one ever calls you doctor though.

    Not that I use the degree any more. I work in IT now!

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      14 days ago

      And I have a master’s degree but no one calls me “Master”.

      Actually, back in the 90s we had a baby sitter that was quite old school and insisted on calling my dad “Doctor” (he has a PhD in materials science).

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      JDs may not get called doctor, but at least they can get called esquire which sounds way cooler. Like some kind of spy or something