Too bad there isn't a way to display "Narcissistic Personality Disorder." That ought to rocket people to the top of certain career paths, esp. the higher leves of the Education one. *koffkoff*
I'm missing an allusion here, please elucidate...
Well, people with NPD aren't exactly "mean", but since they tend to be very self-focused I guess you could use "mean" as a definition for this kind of hack. Anyway, they can come across as mean. And there seems to be a disproportionate number of NPD types in academia. IMHO.