Originally Posted by duga

I was really just reminded of this at a party the past weekend. I went to a grad student party. If you have never been to a grad student part, I recommend it. It's full of a bunch of smart people who know they are smart but also know everyone else is smart but they don't know anyone else's field, so it results in incredible awkwardness and most conversations end up with "So...what's your project"..."blah blah blah...what's yours?" "Yeah, cool..." and both people move on to another person.