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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

These people are the "peasants" or close enough the distinction doesn't matter. We were all told the way to move up was to go to college pay all that tuition and you'll more than make it up longterm. If you end up working min wage stuff anyway it's better to just do it out of high-school. The warehouse guy probably makes decent but is also working shit hours and slowly destroying his body, again something college is supposed to help you avoid.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but a degree is not a get-out-of-shit-job-free card... We all have to take what the market offers, or get creative, start a business, etc.

And it's not like people without degrees don't put effort into improving their skills.

As long as the majority of people can just forget unpleasant jobs exists and leave them to the less fortunate, the incentive to make them less shitty is weak.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But when you're choosing your potential college paths as a 16 year old child, how exactly are you supposed to make a solid prediction of the job market in 7 years?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Normalize being able to fuck around enjoying life in your teens and 20s and not needing to make serious life changing decisions until you're ready. We live too long to rush things and too short to spend it miserable and regretful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

succinctly put, and relevant username.