i suppose i know the answer, really, but still.

I was going to supply some background to this question, but then I decided the background is mostly irrelevant (and in fact the question probably answers itself; but I don't mean it rhetorically, honest, I'm really asking). But listen:

Why do some people have such a hard time believing it is possible to have a low opinion of someone that has nothing whatsoever to do with being envious of their obvious accomplishments?

memo

to: world
from: fox
re: e.g. and i.e.

e.g. = exempli gratiā = for example.

i.e. = id est = that is.

If, to take one example, you have a Ph.D. and are senior to me on a team of linguists? You shouldn't need me to point this out to you. And yet.