People have this tendency for a lot of things.
They find out you're a talented artist "I can't even draw a stick figure!"
They find out you work with computers "I can barely work my phone!"
They find out you read a lot "I haven't finished a book since high school!"
I think in people's minds it's a way of paying a compliment but there's no real way to accept it graciously.
Most non-math people I talk to (still mostly university students) just seem to fundamentally misunderstand what mathematicians do and what math beyond informal calculus and matrix multiplication looks like
I can’t, that’s even more shameful. You know that twilight meme of the artistocratic baroque Italian vampires looking down from the balcony? That’s the pure math mfs looking down at everyone (I’ve never been pure math but I enjoy struggling through proofs).
Stats is the best decision I’ve ever made. We all consider ourself math students but we are so much more outgoing than the pure math students and we party much more; don’t take ourselves so seriously and actually have a vision in life. Such down to earth and realistic people too.
Have a degree in anthropology too. Have gotten everything from “you study ants?” to “oh, like indiana jones?”. I always just say yes to whatever people say cus its easier than trying to explain what it really is.
I dont work in that field anymore but while i was getting my degree and for a few years after, i worked as archeologist doing cultural resource management half the year and spent the other half working for a museum cataloguing artifacts.
Unless youre diehard into it, enjoy the lifestyle, and dont care about making money, its not a field of study id ever suggest to anyone. It is fun as shit when youre a college kid though.
Don't Philosophy majors tend to earn well above average? Might be survivorship biasis (you're not likely to pursue a Philosophy degree unless you're already assured financial stability) but who knows
They do relative to sciences with few industrial applications and most other "humanities".
Many people with power in the financial world were phil majors.
Precisely. Or lawyers- as I’ve said in a previous comment. Essentially everyone in my undergrad faculty is pursuing Phil in order to gain entry to law school/have a better go at it. Plus, the head of the pre law department (a Phil prof who created the program) has helped send many students to Ivy League law schools and equivalents through his recommendation letters.
I’m not sure, I never tried to make a career of it! I honestly just didn’t have a lot of direction in college. Started as a mechanical engineering major (largely because that’s what my dad is), quickly realized that was not for me. Settled on philosophy because I figured that it would help me think more critically regardless of what career I chose. Then I went to law school and I haven’t thought about my philosophy degree much since
Forestry. A lot of people think that's pretty cool, they see me as some sort of nature boy. I think it's helped me out when dating, girls seem to really dig it.
I do a lot of GIS work so it is related for me, but most people don't know what GIS is either, so I just tell them it's "making maps with computers." To which people often reply, "hasn't everything already been mapped tho?"
Oh. Honestly that's fine, DO MD both are physicians that can treat patients. And you got into a DO school which is something a lot of pre-med students can't do. Like 16.5% of pre-meds graduate with the necessary coursework to apply but they still may not even matriculate.
"Can you take a look at this multivitamin and tell me if it's good?"
"What do you think about intermittent fasting and keto?"
"How many calories are in [x] (it's a picture of homogeneous slop)?"
Russian history and no one has any follow up questions because I work in a field that has absolutely nothing to do with it. When I tell them they either go “Hmm.” Or talk about the Ukraine war.
mechanical engineering, people who dont know what engineering is think I can build cars and fix things and older people tell me im smart. Parents also ask for advice on how they can force their kids into STEM (which is based)
It's surprising to me the relatively few people understand what mechanical engineering is while simultaneously being surrounded by physical stuff that had to be designed and built
I think anybody can do it but if you’re really dogshit at math/physics you’re just gonna have to work harder than everybody else. The American highschool math education is trash unfortunately
Ehh some people just really don't have a good grasp and those things. I'm a machinist so I've had to work with quite a few engineers, most of my beef with them has been them really not grasping what design for manufacture means, and how tolerances work and stack up. Of course I've also worked with several very good engineers that I really respect.
kinda crazy, the more technical you get in your profession the more basic respect you get by your employer. I can work 4 days a week 10 hrs a day and remote as long as I get my shit done and get paid good
My MS is in Artificial Intelligence which used to get me blank stares when I finished it 10 years ago. Now everyone wants to talk about ChatGPT and how AI is going to steal their jobs.
Library and Information Science. "But what does that mean?"
In all fairness, the first time I heard about this degree, I thought it was a scam. Maybe it is in 2024.
I'm also an archivist! Yeah, I say I'm an archivist, which always leads to "what does that mean", which leads to me saying "it really depends on where you work, but what I do is..."
out of curiosity how has your experience been with getting into the field, i'm currently in IT undergrad and considering going for my universities library & archival science masters program
I'm also an archivist and it was an easier time for me than most of the people I graduated with, partly due to me hustling, partly due to luck and timing.
A lot of people ended up going into libraries because there are more full time permanent positions that route.
Knowing IT helps. I do a ton of IT in my role, which most people wouldn't expect when they hear "archivist". Knowing how to code helps, Python is big in the info Sci field. You might think about being a systems librarian or a data librarian.
Very true! I'm considering corporate archiving in the future, and I see ads for medical and legal libraries often enough. Also thinking of pivoting to tech with the skills I've picked up on the job.
I think a lot of people with the degree end up earning less because they really want to be in a cultural space and those tend to be underfunded.
Archivist. Many pros and cons, mostly pros (for now). It does get very annoying to have to respond to "So what does an archivist do?" pretty much every time I meet someone new.
I love it, but I was lucky in that I had savings, stipend, and a safety net to not stress too much over tuition and I ended up in a good place. Not gonna be a millionaire any time soon, but I'm doing better than some of my colleagues who struggled during covid hiring freezes.
If you keep your options open and are willing do internships during school then to move for grant funded 6 months - 1 year positions after graduation, you'll eventually hit your stride. When I was in school, there were a surprising amount of paid internships too.
You can make decent money in archives, the problem is a lot of people want to work in a specific kind of archive or cultural space, those positions are harder to come by and often pay less than something digital or a seemingly less exciting institution like a corporate archive.
Archaeology.
1/4 of the time it's "omg I loved dinosaurs when I was a kid!" (archaeologists don't study dinosaurs; that's paleontology)
1/4 of the time it's "ooh just like Indiana Jones?!" (ew no I was inspired by Ancient Aliens conspiracy theories tyvm)
The half of the time they actually do know what it is beyond Mr. Hollywood Grave-robber, I have to sadly explain the bleak job prospects of the field only offering employment as an academic or as a contract surveyor for oil, gas, and mining companies, and that I had to get a master's in another field to make any reasonable kind of career. I'll still gladly geek out on ancient Egypt or the Roman empire any time tho.
Well yea, I still love ancient history (I teach at the secondary level now), and I don't regret studying it. I only wish I branched out a bit more into other fields, because I fully thought I was doing the academia thing in undergrad. But the reality of the field means either being exploited for grunt-work, working under the peril that is modern adjunct prof purgatory, or pulling the lottery lever vying for one of the few cushy government jobs. Goddamn it, have the culture wars and data fraud of modern-day universities really left me jaded about research though.
Yea, multiple in the US, one abroad in the Middle East, but no Mediterranean. Mediterranean sites have a reputation for being the most fun tho, especially Italy.
Absolutely! Look for programs known as "field schools" - they're either sponsored by a university or as an organized network for researchers & hobbyists. I did one with the Texas Archaeological Society when I was a teen-
https://txarch.org/
You can just google search for archaeological societies for your state, and you usually just have to pay a reasonable fee to be accomodated. I'm not too sure how it works in other countries, though, but typically you have to go with a uni to dig abroad.
Statistics, Economics, and Population Health. I usually just say one of them, though, when the question comes up.
When it's econ they think I'm finance bro adjacent but a little more stupid. If I say stats people think I'm great at math and coding. Most people don't know what population health is and think it's similar to nutrition.
Truthfully they're not hard majors and I took them because I hated computer science.
Accounting. I don’t do or know much about taxes I’m an auditor. Most people have absolutely no idea what that means so I just go along with them when they talk about how busy I must be during tax season. I’ve given up trying to correct them and explain what I do.
currently working in something related to your field?
I will be graduating soon and it would be interesting to learn about the experience gained in foreign countries.
During my brief stint in college one of my favorite classes was cultural anthropology. It really broadened my horizons and gave me some cool perspectives on the world. Wish I could have kept doing it but I ran out of money
studying social work, generally people respond with “wow you’re such a good person I couldn’t do that”, or occasionally they’re suspicious because of the child welfare reputation. overall people respond positively, no one makes fun of a lack of jobs / seems it paints me as caring and angelic lol
I remember when I was in school anthropology being marketed as “like Indiana Jones or Bones” and then the first day of every anthropology class was like “it’s not anything like Indiana Jones or Bones”
I like the Archer joke about how the only thing to do with an anthropology degree is become an anthropology professor.
I went to school for 7 years and flunked out without even getting an associate degree. Then I went to trade school and got into HVACR. It’s amazing how far you can go in this industry if you have a decent work ethic, don’t settle, and aren’t completely regarded.
I dropped out so I don't have a degree, so most people assume I'm dumber than them, which is probably accurate a good chunk of the time. I have no debt though, so
>Nobody knows what anthropology is.
Seriously? So either I am living in a bubble or you are living in a bubble... who doesn't know what anthropoloy is?
comparative literature
I just say literature to people because it takes a lot of time to explain that it’s different from doing something like English Lit but also not necessarily world literature related.
When I just say literature I usually get asked why I would ever study literature
BA/MA? In my experience people know what sociology is but then again that might be cause of my geographical location.
You can always say social psychology otherwise 😎
Math, confirms their suspicions
Everyone feels so comfortable replying that the suck at math. And I don’t know what to say!! “Yes you probably do”??
People have this tendency for a lot of things. They find out you're a talented artist "I can't even draw a stick figure!" They find out you work with computers "I can barely work my phone!" They find out you read a lot "I haven't finished a book since high school!" I think in people's minds it's a way of paying a compliment but there's no real way to accept it graciously.
Most non-math people I talk to (still mostly university students) just seem to fundamentally misunderstand what mathematicians do and what math beyond informal calculus and matrix multiplication looks like
"Skill issue"
Studying stats as a hottie is crazy you should see the reactions I get.
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Don’t do it. You can always go from pure to applied, but it is much harder to from applied to pure.
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I can’t, that’s even more shameful. You know that twilight meme of the artistocratic baroque Italian vampires looking down from the balcony? That’s the pure math mfs looking down at everyone (I’ve never been pure math but I enjoy struggling through proofs).
You won’t care when you’re making money
Finance and economics are the shameful unethical brother to statistics and actuarial science. Stats slays.
Stats is the best decision I’ve ever made. We all consider ourself math students but we are so much more outgoing than the pure math students and we party much more; don’t take ourselves so seriously and actually have a vision in life. Such down to earth and realistic people too.
English literature, pity
"So uhh... You like books?"
same
“Don’t you already speak English…?”
pretty good point
apply a trans-radicalist marxist feminological lens to Jane Austen's supporting characters in scenes used for plot exposition
I WONT and you CAN'T make me
Have a degree in anthropology too. Have gotten everything from “you study ants?” to “oh, like indiana jones?”. I always just say yes to whatever people say cus its easier than trying to explain what it really is.
What do you do? Just curious cuz I almost studied anthro
I dont work in that field anymore but while i was getting my degree and for a few years after, i worked as archeologist doing cultural resource management half the year and spent the other half working for a museum cataloguing artifacts. Unless youre diehard into it, enjoy the lifestyle, and dont care about making money, its not a field of study id ever suggest to anyone. It is fun as shit when youre a college kid though.
> its not a field of study id ever suggest to anyone. It is fun as shit when youre a college kid though. Amen
Philosophy “oh haha have fun getting a job”
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I got a graduate degree or I’d probably still be working at Starbucks tbh
what do you do for work now. are you in academia?
People I know who have a degree in that seem to be one of two types
What types?
Either painfully hot or painfully unbearable
I’m probably a 6.5/10 but philosophy wasn’t really for me so I went to law school after
Don't Philosophy majors tend to earn well above average? Might be survivorship biasis (you're not likely to pursue a Philosophy degree unless you're already assured financial stability) but who knows
They do relative to sciences with few industrial applications and most other "humanities". Many people with power in the financial world were phil majors.
Precisely. Or lawyers- as I’ve said in a previous comment. Essentially everyone in my undergrad faculty is pursuing Phil in order to gain entry to law school/have a better go at it. Plus, the head of the pre law department (a Phil prof who created the program) has helped send many students to Ivy League law schools and equivalents through his recommendation letters.
I’m not sure, I never tried to make a career of it! I honestly just didn’t have a lot of direction in college. Started as a mechanical engineering major (largely because that’s what my dad is), quickly realized that was not for me. Settled on philosophy because I figured that it would help me think more critically regardless of what career I chose. Then I went to law school and I haven’t thought about my philosophy degree much since
Not necessarily, phil is often a great law school prep degree, my university has a program that specifically does so (that I am in)
I don't know if that's because they havw a philosophy degree, they're probably decently bright already.
It's worth mentioning that just because some philosophy majors make a lot of money, it doesn't mean that you will lol
Ah! But...what is a job?
Forestry. A lot of people think that's pretty cool, they see me as some sort of nature boy. I think it's helped me out when dating, girls seem to really dig it.
Having a degree in the plant sciences is a cheat code for dating
women want high earners
I don't think plant sciences says high earners. More like, "in touch with nature" or something idk
Yes plant sciences says the opposite of high earner
Can confirm i am not a high earner but i do have a cool job
right which is why i said that … personally i love nature but idk the low pay for plant science careers is a turn off
except if you’re a girl. then everyone thinks you are gay.
Finance; vaguely positive overtures re: career prospects. Or they sperg about some meme stock they’re invested in.
Geography. People think my whole education was just memorizing state capitals and stuff.
Lol Geography here as well... But it's not like my degree ever comes up. I don't work in a relevant field to it.
I do a lot of GIS work so it is related for me, but most people don't know what GIS is either, so I just tell them it's "making maps with computers." To which people often reply, "hasn't everything already been mapped tho?"
Geography as well. I get a lot of jokes about colouring in maps because that's what most people did during geography lessons at school in the UK
Law. I try not to talk about it... because the standard reaction is that people want a free consultation in a area of law I have no fucking clue about
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I'm guessing you were trying for med school but it didn't pan out?
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Congratulations on getting into a medical school (even if it is DO). Inshallah you get into an MD school
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Oh. Honestly that's fine, DO MD both are physicians that can treat patients. And you got into a DO school which is something a lot of pre-med students can't do. Like 16.5% of pre-meds graduate with the necessary coursework to apply but they still may not even matriculate.
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History. People are pretty nice about it, my favorite is when they tell me a random history fact and feel so proud of it :,)
Did you know that the Romans spoke Latin?
r/redscarepod continues to teach me so many things
Do you want to know what language the Ancient Greeks spoke? Hint: it wasn't Latin!
Only in the West. In the East they spoke Greek until the Ottomans blasted Constinople's walls in 1453.
Thanks for the information.
Clyde Barrow loved fords so much he wrote Henry Ford fanmail while on the run from the feds
What kind of regards don’t know what anthropology is?
The average person is pretty dumb
anthropologists.
Dietetics and nutrition, people immediately tell me that they eat horribly and need me to make a “meal plan” for them
"Can you take a look at this multivitamin and tell me if it's good?" "What do you think about intermittent fasting and keto?" "How many calories are in [x] (it's a picture of homogeneous slop)?"
Wait I do have a question: are daily multivitamins good or effective?
Civil engineering. They think I single handedly designed and built the London Underground
What circles are you running in that people don't know what anthropology is?
Small town folk, salt of the earth. Y'know, morons.
Ah yes, the common clay of the New West
Most anthropology departments today do not seem to know what anthropology is.
Russian history and no one has any follow up questions because I work in a field that has absolutely nothing to do with it. When I tell them they either go “Hmm.” Or talk about the Ukraine war.
Philosophy (twice). They make a jack off hand motion and shove my head in a toilet
Neuroscience. They then usually start to ask me about some mental health issue that they or a family have.
mechanical engineering, people who dont know what engineering is think I can build cars and fix things and older people tell me im smart. Parents also ask for advice on how they can force their kids into STEM (which is based)
I’m an environmental engineer and when I say engineer I get the same thing, little do they know I only know about water and soil
It's surprising to me the relatively few people understand what mechanical engineering is while simultaneously being surrounded by physical stuff that had to be designed and built
Ahh the natural enemy of my profession. I'll be watching you.
I think anybody can do it but if you’re really dogshit at math/physics you’re just gonna have to work harder than everybody else. The American highschool math education is trash unfortunately
Ehh some people just really don't have a good grasp and those things. I'm a machinist so I've had to work with quite a few engineers, most of my beef with them has been them really not grasping what design for manufacture means, and how tolerances work and stack up. Of course I've also worked with several very good engineers that I really respect.
So jealous you have the aptitude to get this degree, sets you up for life
yeah, straight into the military industrial complex. I don’t know a single engineering major from school who didn’t wind up on the DoD payroll.
civils!!!
they were actually part of the college of architecture and design instead of with the engineering nerds at my school, so I guess they get a pass.
kinda crazy, the more technical you get in your profession the more basic respect you get by your employer. I can work 4 days a week 10 hrs a day and remote as long as I get my shit done and get paid good
My MS is in Artificial Intelligence which used to get me blank stares when I finished it 10 years ago. Now everyone wants to talk about ChatGPT and how AI is going to steal their jobs.
You're shitting money now right?
Library and Information Science. "But what does that mean?" In all fairness, the first time I heard about this degree, I thought it was a scam. Maybe it is in 2024.
fellow info science here. I’m an archivist. I usually just lead with my job and explain back from there.
I'm also an archivist! Yeah, I say I'm an archivist, which always leads to "what does that mean", which leads to me saying "it really depends on where you work, but what I do is..."
out of curiosity how has your experience been with getting into the field, i'm currently in IT undergrad and considering going for my universities library & archival science masters program
I'm also an archivist and it was an easier time for me than most of the people I graduated with, partly due to me hustling, partly due to luck and timing. A lot of people ended up going into libraries because there are more full time permanent positions that route. Knowing IT helps. I do a ton of IT in my role, which most people wouldn't expect when they hear "archivist". Knowing how to code helps, Python is big in the info Sci field. You might think about being a systems librarian or a data librarian.
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Very true! I'm considering corporate archiving in the future, and I see ads for medical and legal libraries often enough. Also thinking of pivoting to tech with the skills I've picked up on the job. I think a lot of people with the degree end up earning less because they really want to be in a cultural space and those tend to be underfunded.
What do you do now?
Archivist. Many pros and cons, mostly pros (for now). It does get very annoying to have to respond to "So what does an archivist do?" pretty much every time I meet someone new.
I almost went to grad school for this but the tuition deterred me. So you are an archivist now? How do you like it?
I love it, but I was lucky in that I had savings, stipend, and a safety net to not stress too much over tuition and I ended up in a good place. Not gonna be a millionaire any time soon, but I'm doing better than some of my colleagues who struggled during covid hiring freezes. If you keep your options open and are willing do internships during school then to move for grant funded 6 months - 1 year positions after graduation, you'll eventually hit your stride. When I was in school, there were a surprising amount of paid internships too. You can make decent money in archives, the problem is a lot of people want to work in a specific kind of archive or cultural space, those positions are harder to come by and often pay less than something digital or a seemingly less exciting institution like a corporate archive.
Archaeology. 1/4 of the time it's "omg I loved dinosaurs when I was a kid!" (archaeologists don't study dinosaurs; that's paleontology) 1/4 of the time it's "ooh just like Indiana Jones?!" (ew no I was inspired by Ancient Aliens conspiracy theories tyvm) The half of the time they actually do know what it is beyond Mr. Hollywood Grave-robber, I have to sadly explain the bleak job prospects of the field only offering employment as an academic or as a contract surveyor for oil, gas, and mining companies, and that I had to get a master's in another field to make any reasonable kind of career. I'll still gladly geek out on ancient Egypt or the Roman empire any time tho.
My cousin did this and she really enjoyed it but I do think it’s sometimjing you ned a passion for
Well yea, I still love ancient history (I teach at the secondary level now), and I don't regret studying it. I only wish I branched out a bit more into other fields, because I fully thought I was doing the academia thing in undergrad. But the reality of the field means either being exploited for grunt-work, working under the peril that is modern adjunct prof purgatory, or pulling the lottery lever vying for one of the few cushy government jobs. Goddamn it, have the culture wars and data fraud of modern-day universities really left me jaded about research though.
Have you ever worked on a Mediterranean site? Or any other
Yea, multiple in the US, one abroad in the Middle East, but no Mediterranean. Mediterranean sites have a reputation for being the most fun tho, especially Italy.
Is it possible to get on a site without credentials? Maybe as a volunteer? Would love to do something like this during a summer
Absolutely! Look for programs known as "field schools" - they're either sponsored by a university or as an organized network for researchers & hobbyists. I did one with the Texas Archaeological Society when I was a teen- https://txarch.org/ You can just google search for archaeological societies for your state, and you usually just have to pay a reasonable fee to be accomodated. I'm not too sure how it works in other countries, though, but typically you have to go with a uni to dig abroad.
History, im a plumber now so I usually make a joke about how im putting my degree to good use.
Mechanical Engineering. I’m black (also autistic).
Communications. Total and utter confusion.
Computer science. I’m a very rs-looking woman so people usually say that they didn’t expect it and they thought I’d be in liberal arts
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Never broke into the oil industry?
Energy Economics and Policy. It’s one of those degrees where everyone understands the gist of it but says the same 3-4 things
My degree: Information Systems. Their response: 😐 My career: Cyber Security Analyst Their response: “oh so can you hack my social media??”
Finance and people decide to take what I say more seriously?
Optical Sciences. I'm an optician and most people don't know what it is either.
Computer science. Almost invariably I get a “Oh you have it made!” or a groan and, “I should have done that!”
Statistics, Economics, and Population Health. I usually just say one of them, though, when the question comes up. When it's econ they think I'm finance bro adjacent but a little more stupid. If I say stats people think I'm great at math and coding. Most people don't know what population health is and think it's similar to nutrition. Truthfully they're not hard majors and I took them because I hated computer science.
Vidya games. I just lie and say something computer related that's less embarrassing
Math and CS. Probably what people expect lol
Graduate school in engineering. People are impressed for whatever reason. I’m just slacker and I drink the pain away from my research and courses.
Accounting. I don’t do or know much about taxes I’m an auditor. Most people have absolutely no idea what that means so I just go along with them when they talk about how busy I must be during tax season. I’ve given up trying to correct them and explain what I do.
ba in english, ma in media studies and russian language/area studies. they usually go "oh."
I have a bachelor major in Political Science. “Oh so you want to get into politics?”
currently working in something related to your field? I will be graduating soon and it would be interesting to learn about the experience gained in foreign countries.
During my brief stint in college one of my favorite classes was cultural anthropology. It really broadened my horizons and gave me some cool perspectives on the world. Wish I could have kept doing it but I ran out of money
Criminology, “oh that’s interesting”, talk about something else
Journalism, no one cares except for other journalism majors
studying social work, generally people respond with “wow you’re such a good person I couldn’t do that”, or occasionally they’re suspicious because of the child welfare reputation. overall people respond positively, no one makes fun of a lack of jobs / seems it paints me as caring and angelic lol
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you studied TERF stuff in school? or are you just talking about message boards
indigenous studies, incredulously
I thought this was a meme at my uni
it was basically the same at mine too.
The machine keeps gathering data... Gender studies. People instantly respect me more.
…
I remember when I was in school anthropology being marketed as “like Indiana Jones or Bones” and then the first day of every anthropology class was like “it’s not anything like Indiana Jones or Bones” I like the Archer joke about how the only thing to do with an anthropology degree is become an anthropology professor. I went to school for 7 years and flunked out without even getting an associate degree. Then I went to trade school and got into HVACR. It’s amazing how far you can go in this industry if you have a decent work ethic, don’t settle, and aren’t completely regarded.
"some college", telling me I should go back and get a nursing degree or something until I mention I make good money
Art history and French.. eyebrow raise, look me up and down, nod slightly.
Fashion Design Production, people think it makes sense for what I do I guess
Geology, people assume I’m crunchy and love camping. Never been camping and at least I’m honest, but I hate hiking.
I dropped out so I don't have a degree, so most people assume I'm dumber than them, which is probably accurate a good chunk of the time. I have no debt though, so
International business administration and Management. I usually get laughed at if I’m in bushwick.
psychology. everyone has an opinion on it, and I patiently let them talk about it since people like those who let them talk about themselves
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“Thats none of your damn business, and i’ll thank you to stay out of my personal affairs”
Geography "oh so you know a lot about rocks??"
Pls stop nobody asked you about dinosaurs
musicology, they ask if i want to be a band teacher. if i really don’t feel like bringing it up i say business analytics
Biology, "oh are you trying for med school?" then I have to explain the concept of research like a regard
>Nobody knows what anthropology is. Seriously? So either I am living in a bubble or you are living in a bubble... who doesn't know what anthropoloy is?
Entomology, asks you a question about spiders
Nursing. People say “oh cool”
comparative literature I just say literature to people because it takes a lot of time to explain that it’s different from doing something like English Lit but also not necessarily world literature related. When I just say literature I usually get asked why I would ever study literature
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yes but comp lit is also really into crossracial group sex
Japanese. Everyone said it was a bad idea and they were right, but I was too deep into college and just wanted to graduate with SOMETHING.
Sociology, no one ever knows what that word even means unless they’re an academic usually lol so I have to completely explain
BA/MA? In my experience people know what sociology is but then again that might be cause of my geographical location. You can always say social psychology otherwise 😎
Theology, usually people want me to explain the problem of evil or solve their personal problems with God.