Why so agency people hate academics? Anti-intellectualism?

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Stop over think. Start feel. Write good word make feel good. Simple good!

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Strategist no do words good can’t understand meaning of thought you do.

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Isn't it a mutual thing ? Many academics berate commercialism ? I think one group is bitter they gave up their intellectual purity and the other regrets giving up their earning potential

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Why so, agency people? Why so??

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Everyone hates academics

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Strategize your way to some better responses next time 😂

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Are you sure they don’t mean DJ Akademiks?

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We don’t hate academics. We hate bullshitrism. Which is pretty often used to kill good ideas

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Do you mean when academia and pseudo intellectualism produces bullshit flowery briefs? Then yes.

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Do we hate academics? First time I’ve heard about this. Academics > brain-dead marketing clients

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Have you read Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?

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Yeah, shut up, Frasier. Nobody cares about your degree from Harvard.

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Creative smash puny correlations
(But seriously, no one hates academics. Just Twats who overcomplicate the complex -oh shit.)

Guys, it's probably because people in advertising aren't that intelligent to begin with, and are super sensitive about it.

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