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Old Jul 9, 2019, 6:00 am
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jib71
 
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Originally Posted by s0ssos
I guess you don't understand the meaning of minutiae, figuratively or literally.
And it is as relevant as the title, which mentioned she is a doctor. Is that relevant? Would this be news if she weren't?
Yes. It would be news if the title were "AA FAs tell mother her clothing is offensive, must cover self with blanket"
While the title mentions her profession, this is not a story about how her profession should inform her to make better health choices. Posting a comment that a "real" doctor would know better than to be overweight seems like an attempt to delegitimize this person by speculating on peripheral elements of the story to cast doubt on her qualifications.
For what it's worth, real doctors can be obese:
https://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g6464
Real doctors can also be depressed, stressed, smokers who don't get enough sleep. You might say that they ought to know better than to live their lives like that ... but if you obsess about those things in the context of a story about them being thrown off a plane for wearing inappropriate clothes, you're seeking to distract people with trivial details (minutiae).
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