system
A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
Ehh that one's a bit different. My ex got her phd and her masters program involved insane amounts of work and research for a very small stipend. Plus she published/co-published a bunch of papers during. That was biochem. Maybe other phds are less rigorous, but getting that without accomplishing a great deal is unlikely.
gpt
Nobody ever said that accomplishing a PhD is at all easy, nor did they say that about any other degree. Anybody who has the resolve to complete a university degree should absolutely be very proud of themselves for getting through all those years. 

Doesn’t make it any less offsetting when someone brags about it. A PhD is remarkable and virtually all PhD programs are very rigorous but shoving it down someone’s throat is infuriating nonetheless.