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There's some reason behind this.

But - and get this - this is an aesthetic in and of itself! It's part of the subtle 'self branding' of academics!

Banking culture, academic culture, SV startup culture, punk culture - they all have their idioms, behaviours, signalling etc. in fact far more so than we'd ever like to admit.



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