JD -
In regards to your original question...
Yes, I will have men talk to me in chat, and as they are asking if I am available (and I just might be) I have gone to look at their posting history (true story) and seen that their obsessive posts about a particular subject turned me off so bad, I immediately said, "Sorry, I'm not available today."
Typically I am looking to see how new they are and if they even have a chance of me getting them cleared (provider references). Their posting history is usually a bonus for me to get a feel for them.
I know my own posting history can be a blessing or a curse on whether or not a client would consider seeing me. I probably tend to post in patterns, depending if I'm following a certain thread or not. But what many may not see is that I try to level out my "wit, outspokenness, & sarcasm" with "sincerity, fair advice, & productive member of eccie" type posts. I know that may sound a little bull shittish (is shittish a word?) but I am a Gemini. It is in my nature to balance both sides out. I don't know why - it just always has been.
And then regarding the PhD stuff.
Well - I don't know about those people - but I am busting my ass to go to college and maybe I'm not so humble about it...but I'm fucking EXCITED and I love it and at the age of 35 and being a single mom and having a full time job on top of it, I am proud of myself. This is still a bit new to me (2nd semester) so I don't have a degree yet nor am I throwing it in anyone's faces and no, I wouldn't like some pompous mother fucker doing that either. But I don't see anything wrong with the girls who are legitimately going to school.
I can see the ones who really are - as they are ramping up for classes at the same time as I am. To the others - well, I'm sorry they are able to get one over on others. That's just karma waiting to get them. That's all.