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by semiinfinitely 64 days ago
I always think its funny when someone says "I am a chair" and really means it
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I think it technically means they have a permanent endowed position.
Reminds me of an old 1990s/2000s post from News of the Weird [0] about endowed chairs with funny names, such as an XYZ Corn Chair at some midwestern US university, or an NEC/ Nippon Electric Chair at some Japanese university.

[0]: www.uexpress.com/oddities/news-of-the-weird/archives , can't find the exact citation.

Ceci n'est pas une chaise