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2601021 No.2601021 [Reply] [Original]

A dedication to you, /lit/

>> No.2601028

No, you drop out of college and act like a beatnik to get laid and starve as your shit gets published and doesn't sell and then never gets published.

Or you become and academic or something, I dunno.

Bot aren't that bad, I'm majoring in economics.

>> No.2601031

>>2601028

It's a sarcastic comic. This is just a DREAM of an english major.

>> No.2601032

>mfw I am studying literature at undergrad, with plans to enter medical school.

You're a fucking idiot, OP.

>> No.2601034

Everyone's seen it already. We've had hundreds of topics on this very issue throughout the years. But hell, let's have another one. /lit/ kinda hates English majors, even though it's full of the people most likely to become good English students, which gives one an idea of the sorry state humanities departments throughout the world are in.

>> No.2601040

>>2601034
>Everyone's seen it already.
It was posted on reddit today, that's why. It can't be helped.

>> No.2601046

>>2601040
I've seen this image at least 10 times in the past year or so. Half of them have been on this board.

>> No.2601051

>>2601046
Me too, man, me too.

>> No.2601056

>>2601046
That's my point. I've been coming here for 2-3 years now and I've seen it many times, but today it was on reddit, so expect to see it a few more times in the coming days.

>> No.2601060

>>2601021
Yeah, this is pretty much a staple of /lit/-comix.

>>2601056
Excellent.

>> No.2601258
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2601258

>tfw aspiring film major
>tfw life of endless burger-serving

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>>2601258

are you me?

>> No.2601274

>>2601060
There are others? All I've seen are this one and how to annoy an English major.

>> No.2601286

>>2601028
you cant even interpret a comic. give up reading. seriously

>> No.2601290

Originally, I had held the notion that I'd major in English, with Philosophy as a minor. Now that I'm actually in my degree, I have no doubt in my mind that it will be the other way - or perhaps a double major. Come at me, jobs.

>> No.2601291

>>2601274
There's nearly every Kate Beaton comic ever.

>> No.2601302

>>2601300

I do.
But there are plenty of neckbeards within the field.

>> No.2601300

Is there any truth in the idea that english majors get laid a lot? I would presume not, but I hear people joke about it all the time

>> No.2601306

>>2601300
People in their late teens/early twenties get laid a lot. It's just one of those things.

>> No.2601392

I want to get laid a lot, should I do english at university. I also love english, but that's beside the point.

>> No.2601404

>>2601392
I did engineering and got laid a lot. It's more about being sociable and not being afraid to do things like love easily. The second one you find a lot of stereotypical STEM majors don't get.

>> No.2601422

>>2601290
Philosophy is worse than English. By a long stretch.

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2601427

ALL THE JOBS

>> No.2602446

English majors must get the occasional mercy fuck.

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>>2601032
Have fun with crippling debt, unless it's something you actually want to do.


But I get the feeling you're in it for the money, so the sarcastic admonition stands.

>> No.2602584

>>2601404
"social" engineers piss me off more than anyone else. it's always the hyper-autistic kind of social when they don't realize they are being annoying as fuck to everyone around them.

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2602590

>mfw English & Phil double major
>mfw straight A's
>mfw nearly all classmates failing or B-C's
>mfw competitive application to law school after I ace my LSAT

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>>2602584
For a second there I thought you were actually referring to people somehow majoring in eugenics.

>> No.2602599

>>2602590
>doesn't know law is the worst in terms of oversaturation and law school don't mean shit now, son

hahaohwow.jpg

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>>2602590
>yfw you find out the law market is way oversaturated and if you dont go to a top 10 law school its a complete waste of time and you are buried in mountain of crippling debt

>> No.2602620

>>2602599

Not if you come from a family of lawyers and have a family firm, prole.

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2602636

>>2602599
>implying facts
>mfw i'm on a narcissistic ego-trip the rest of my life and swimming in power and cash while you keep telling yourself that you're happier than a lawyer

>> No.2602632

>>2602620
Get back to us when you are employed. Dont count your chickens before they hatch.

>> No.2602638

>>2602620
so you're bragging about your family, not your test scores

good for you I guess

>> No.2602644

>>2602636

No, I think he's fairly right, in the US at least. If you go to law school at Columbia, Yale or Harvard there might be an opening somewhere. Otherwise you have to be well-connected, these are the facts.

>> No.2602659

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Legal/Lawyers.htm#tab-6

>Competition should continue to be strong because more students are graduating from law school each year than there are jobs available. As in the past, some recent law school graduates who have been unable to find permanent positions are turning to the growing number of temporary staffing firms that place attorneys in short-term jobs. This service allows companies to hire lawyers “as-needed” and permits beginning lawyers to develop practical skills.

>However, growth in demand for lawyers will be constrained as businesses increasingly use large accounting firms and paralegals to do some of the same tasks that lawyers do. For example, accounting firms may provide employee-benefit counseling, process documents, or handle various other services that law firms previously handled.

>lawyers
>in demand

>> No.2602664

>>2602644

first off, canadafag and aiming for international law u of t.
second, everything is "oversaturated," son. go to /sci/ and talk about cs or engineering and they'll tell you that job prospects are low. read any article circa 1980s about humanity PhDs and it'll tell you the field has too many people. try culinary school and you'll find out that you'll be washing dishes for 2 years. stop fucking using the argument that "wah wah too many people." i fucking set my mind to something and i do it, while you sit and wallow instead of annihilating competition. life isn't cushy, asshole. aim high, then make or break. otherwise, enjoy your docile mediocrity.

>> No.2602670

>>2602664

Why did I go to Carleton ;_;
We don't even have ivy covering our walls

>> No.2602673

>>2602664
This, apparently nowhere has any fucking jobs, until you try and find them.

>> No.2602677

>>2602673

>went to a career seminar where the adviser went on about 'networking'
>shrugged my shoulders at the buzzword
>landed two decent jobs because of it

Shit works. Get to know people.

>> No.2602684

I haven't gone to college yet; are English majors really annoying people or something?

I can't think of any other reason why they would be the constant, universal target for mockery that they are.

>> No.2602696

>>2602684

Engineers mock Artsies
Artsies mock Humanities
Humanities mock Fine Artsies

Architecture students don't have the time for that.

>> No.2602697

>>2602684
Its not really English majors specifically as it is all the liberal arts students

>> No.2602705

>>2602684
it's almost all imagined internet hatred, mostly spawned by angry people with sour grapes

>> No.2602706

>>2602684

The only english grads I know are both really nice people. Neither haave jobs that made university worth the time though.

>> No.2602710

>>2602697

Math and science are part of the liberal arts.

>> No.2602715

>>2602710

Not so much nowadays. Liberal Arts (Bachelors) is Social Science/Humanities

>> No.2602720

>>2602715

I have a degree in liberal arts. I studied math and science along with humanities and social sciences. It's just a very broad degree, you do a lot of things but none of them very in-depth.

>> No.2602807

>>2602720
Sounds like a slightly more in-depth version of general ed.

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>>2602696
I hate listening to Architecture majors bitch. I understand there's a lot of pressure, supposedly, but what the fuck did you expect would happen not sleeping for like 72 hours?

>> No.2602823

>>2602807

It is.

>> No.2602885

What majors have the most likeable people in them? Part of me wants to go into math/science, but in my experience the kinds of people who do tend to be annoying aspies, and I'd rather not deal with that if possible. On the other hand, I worry that the humanities are full of pretentious hipsters and people who aspire to be "writers" although they mostly read garbage and have no interesting ideas. Is this accurate?
High school senior here btw. I have no idea what to study in college.

>> No.2602887

>>2602885
History majors are pretty cool in my experience. It's a humanities subject and just as academic as English but it's kinda hard to be pretentious about.

>> No.2602890

>tfw computer science major

>> No.2602891

>>2602885
>I have no idea what to study in college.

what do you want to do for a living post college?

>> No.2602894

>>2602885
>choosing your major based on the people on it

lol

>> No.2602895

>>2602885

All majors have a fair share of bros, frat bros, douches, hipsters, hippies and annoying aspies. If you're picking a degree based on 'likeable people' in that major, you need to wait until you grow up before going to college.

>> No.2602905

>>2602894
>>2602895
Well, I can see myself pretty easily in a lot of different subjects, and I think I'm smart enough to do well in any of them. The people I'd be working with aren't the MAIN reason for choosing a major, they're more of a tie breaker.
Of course, I haven't actually taken any of the classes yet, so I might totally change my mind when I'm actually there. I'm not going to make my decision based on this thread; I'm just curious as to what you guys think.

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2602923

>That feel when underageb& junior in High School
>That feel when you want to direct movies, write novels, make cartoons, video games, etc.
>That feel when you only have ideas, are bad at communicating, and you have no artistic skill sets
>That feel when you'll probably go to a State Uni just to get a Comp Sci degree for a 'safe job,' because there aren't any jobs for art anywhere.

>> No.2602961

>>2602923
>not having safe job and doing art/whatever you want on your free time

>> No.2602969

>>2602961

That's called settling. There's no shame in it, or at least not much.

>> No.2603093

>>2602969
No, it's called being smart. You should grow up a little.

>> No.2603107

>>2602969
>that's called what most writers do/did
Fixed.

>> No.2603114

>>2603093
Why?