They understand you’re a d’bag blowhard and that their best course of action is to nod like they understand, and get away from the moron (that’s you) as quickly as possible.

Well the first one is.... The next one? And the next? And then next?

Most of silicon valley, including Facebook, has quite the incestuous relationship with Stanford. I wonder if some alumni got a little enthusiastic about the reputation on their fellow cardinal?