I just graduated with a BA in English. I have no debt. My professor, a prominent poet, has encouraged me to apply to NYU and the New School for an MFA in poetry. I have no prospects other than that. I have applied to $30k jobs in three universities. My gf wants to break up with me because I'm not long-term material. I have nothing to do while waiting to hear back about interviews. Reading doesn't interest me. I feel my life is going nowhere and think about suicide regularly. Don't fall for the Veeky Forums meme.
Sorry that this isn't a literature post. I just shitpost here all the time and wanna say something real for once.
Luke Turner
>I have no debt.
Has to be nice being rich.
Luis Collins
>Don't fall for the Veeky Forums meme. I am slowly realising this.
Leo Cruz
we have the same car keys. mine are slowly breaking and it's going to cost 100 dollars or more to repair. More importantly though dont expect to make any money doing poetry and shit and definitely dont go to grad school for arts. Pick up a practical career and with that skill on hand you'll be more impressive in the long run. Don't put all your eggs in one basket as they say.
Connor Jackson
Why exactly should we pity you again? No debt, about to be single, a chance to hide away in academia? Millenial men sure are faggots.
Angel Ortiz
thats a Honda car key
Julian Martin
thanks for the practical advice. btw are you welder-user? no pity f a m, just wanted to say something. thanks for responding your comment made me laugh at myself
Ethan Collins
Kek What's the Veeky Forums meme, anyway? Is it just the idea that this is a rewarding path to walk on? Cause I don't imagine that too many people fail to understand it's hard to make money doing lit.
Connor Sanders
i think the lit meme is that reading the classics will make you a more compassionate, nuanced, understanding person, as well as more intellectual. so lit should be rewarding in itself. but honestly i'm starting to wonder if the opportunity costs of devoting oneself to literature are too high
Juan Nelson
ive been living the Veeky Forums life for years and i've never been happier. currently deep into poststructuralism and occult lit. i only have three friends but that is enough. you are either a brainlet or a pseud who never really liked to read. stop doubting the authenticity of others just because you have failed yourself
William Peterson
You're on the right track. No, the opportunity costs are not too high. If you spend a quarter of the time "doing lit" -- reading classics, philosophy, writing fucking poetry, whatever -- as the average person spends watching or thinking about sports, you will be practically a god.
You're not going to become an immortal of letters that way, but accepting that is part of your intellectual journey. That doesn't mean classical knowledge is useless, just like there are benefits to learning martial arts even if you don't become a professional fighter.
Benjamin Walker
OP here. i don't doubt your authenticity friend, i just... think lit isn't as personally rewarding as the meme says it is. despite being a careful reader and a passable writer, i still feel gaping holes in my life that can only be filled with socializing, politics, exercise, relationships, etc., and yes, even having a good / respected job.
the problem isn't that i don't understand literature. the problem is, it just feels kinda empty right now. to each his own.
Nathaniel Parker
hey op, relax bud. fuck your gf desu. she sounds like a dumb cunt. other fish in the sea m8. you are going to die one day. life is short. you are young with no responsibilities. dont be a pussy and see this as a bad thing. fuck having prospects. you dont need to think about that shit yet. if you cant stand on your own now, you need to learn to.
Julian Ward
>currently deep into poststructuralism and occult lit So you're wasting your time is what you're saying
Hunter Morgan
Hmm... if people have come to think that there's something non-lit about engaging in socializing, relationships, politics, and so on... then something must have gone wrong. Not all of the great writers of times past were ascetic intellectuals devoting all their energy to books. Many were deeply engaged in friendships, love affairs, and politics. It's true that for some reason, nowadays there seem to be fewer "badass writers" than there used to be. We don't seem to have many of those Jack London, George Orwell types. Whether there really are fewer of them or not, I don't know.
Ayden Roberts
never change Veeky Forums
Camden Carter
>he drives a Civic
Ethan Ward
it could be an accord bro
Gavin Bailey
n-nah ah
Carson Fisher
I'll never understand why someone doesn't major in something useful and just study lit in their free time.
t. Law student
Evan Kelly
>useful >law school WEW
David Brown
Lol my law school has a 97% employment rate and the average starting salary in the private sector is $170k
Sorry you got meme'd and studied literature
Ayden Young
Same here, only I graduated with a BS in Biochemistry and have no gf. Instead of three university jobs I applied to a bunch everywhere. I managed to secure 1 interview, but it's for a part-time job that doesn't pay much.
Not knowing what to do with your life is shit, desu. Maybe I'll write a book about it someday.
Julian Foster
>My gf wants to break up with me because I'm not long-term material.
dump her first. The only relationship that really works is the one where the women feels like she's punching above her weight
Grayson Gray
You do know studying lit doesn't preclude one from attending law school, yes? To juxtapose the two is odd.
Justin Rodriguez
You don't read? BA in lit means fuck all. Get a job as a dishwasher
Blake Edwards
OP, listen to this man
Ian Thompson
Poetry is a waste of time if you're a white male in 2017.
The best you can hope to achieve is Ben Lerner status, i.e. making a name by portraying yourself as a self-hating SJW cuck and moving onto novel-writing ASAP.
No shit, me too. There's no money in literature unless you go full cuck and spend your life touring your book to obscure regional libraries and promoting yourself on twitter.
The best thing a mostly straight white male can do in 2017 is to write something, format it themselves (make it presentable etc) and post it on Veeky Forums in the hope it becomes a meme for like 15 days.
Juan Watson
HUR DUR I EARN LOTSA MONEY MORE DAN U HEHEE HAHA HOOHOO I WORK LONG HOURS BECAUSE I *LOVE* DIS COUNTRY AND I LOVE BEING A LAWYER WITH NO TIME 2 READ OR WRITE HEHE HOOHOO BETTA DAN U
Meanwhile I'm a NEET waking at noon, spending much of my day in peaceful contemplation of the universe (interior and exterior) and then spending my evenings taking a slow stroll and writing a few more pages of my epic tome. It literally sucks to be you.
Jack Price
I'm 19 years old.
I am handsome, smart, athletic and virile.
I have a novel that is in it's final editing stage, and a creative writing professor at my college has read the first draft and thinks it's saleable.
I have a girlfriend who is confident, articulate, playful and spontaneous.
I have a small group of interesting friends from different social and academic backgrounds, and I also have many other acquaintances who see me as a reliable source of humour and good company.
Both my parents are alive and in good health.
I have no regrets.
I have already experienced three existential crises, the latter of which was described as having the depth and profundity of a man twice my age.
I am a passionate lover, a sharp thinker, and a trader of witty repartee.
I am not self-pitying, meek or needlessly humble.
I will live a good life at your expense.
Parker Nelson
How could somebody possibly fall for this meme? Study literature in your own time. There are university resources and you can even pay for grading as you need it.
I'm an electrician and make fantastic money.
Isaiah Gomez
He was e-statting. He didn't even know you go to law school after undergrad. He's 19.
Blake Miller
nice blog post dumbass
David Collins
this is the gayest post ive read all morning
Ryan Davis
good for u user.
Adam Evans
>using poetry as a particular means to achieving the nebulous notion of American "success" >not using poetry as an escape from this way of looking at life entirely
dude, come on
Benjamin Campbell
>wanting to work in a Wendy's at the age of 36 and have 5 people read your poetry because "muh purity of expression"
Kill yourself right now. Do it.
Jacob Roberts
You have no idea what's coming for you.
You have no regrets yet.
Kayden Wood
Spoken like a truly resentful untermensch. How I pity you.
Austin Morgan
op so you're only 22? you've seen nothing yet. i mean there is of course more than enough misery to go around, but if you're thinking of heading for the exit already, i'm sorry. try taking up alcoholism. it'll keep you around for maybe just enough time to find a purpose.
Ryder Ross
Yet you are on an anonymous anime board bragging about yourself :(
Noah Clark
i'll be the one to mention this is pasta
Nathaniel James
This guy is right. Also, if things do end with your gf, I live in the NY area and I would consider going on a few dates with you. I'd be down to exchange information too.
Nicholas Myers
Get a job, while you wait for your "real" job. Bartend, coffee tend or manual labor. Gain perspective and unlearn most of the shit that you learned at the university.
Hunter Allen
>starting to wonder Now your starting to wonder? Wat the fuck is wrong with you people
Lincoln Long
Somethings wrong here, Biochem and only one interview? third class school, bad grades, set bar to high? Whats the rest of the story
Evan James
agree
Jordan Peterson
Join the military
Nolan Williams
Why do you think you deserve a non-entry level job just because you read some books and wrote some high-school tier essays, OP? I got my degree in mechanical engineering and still managed to read a good portion of the canon; I'd say I'm more well-read than most Veeky Forums majors.
I will lay it out for you: there is a reason nobody respects people who major in literature and art. The curricula have no rigor and do not teach you to think critically, but to a standard. Literature classes were literally my go-to when I needed to boost my GPA from taking real math/science classes.
You deserve your current situation for lowering university standards and raising the cost of tuition for people who actually want to learn something useful.
Isaac Mitchell
Engineers are the most insufferable, arrogant fucks of all. Not surprising since our society has done nothing but push STEM on students at the cost of humanities for the past century
Levi Cox
Biochem and biology positions are actually really scant. the degrees are oversaturated because they are the "easy" degrees for people interested in medschool. And then plenty of students change their mind about med school or get rejected and have to look for work with just their BS
Eli Sanders
You should have your throat slit. t. currently work in financial services and studied engineering
Nathaniel Evans
I'm not saying the humanities are worthless, but in an age where books are cheap as dirt and one can freely access high-quality essays online, there is no need for these things to be taught at university. Humanities majors are just reminders of a time when university was exclusively for the upper class who didn't need to study practical things. Now, humanities majors are just a way to suck money out of people too retarded or lazy for STEM who still think "I must go to university".
Nicholas Barnes
>College major thread B.S. computer science 60k a year I'm 23 years old. Just to let everyone know how well I'm doing like everyone in this thread.
Jordan Gray
Agree about Biology but not Biochem. what's the real reason.
Caleb Gutierrez
studied lit in undergrad, impressed a rich banker at a social event once because i could recite some lines of shakespeare, got a high finance job out of undergrad for 120k; 3 year later making 300k+ at a hedge fund
fall for the Veeky Forums meme guys
Elijah Cooper
There's plenty of jobs, the problem is I don't have much experience outside of volunteering. I also technically don't have my physical degree yet, which apparently matters for some places.
I've also only been looking locally. If shit really hits the fan then I can look elsewhere
Lucas Bailey
Is law school a meme?
Carter Bennett
University is a meme.
David Thompson
yeah i find humanities academia so fucking boring, foucault is one of my favorite "authors" but seeing someone has the job of "major foucault scholar" just fucking deadened my soul a little, academia is just shit, get some skills and do something useful in private industry
Leo Perry
>anyone who majors in English
>anyone majoring in liberal arts/humanities
>mfw they expect a job with a Bachelors
Grayson Wood
>long-term material if she's actually said this she needs to be D R O P P E D. if opportunities for real love inhere in the current century at all you should, as a poet, be impelled to find them
Brandon Wilson
Not if you want to be a lawyer.
It's not something you do just because you have nothing else to do with your life, if that's what you're asking.
Daniel Wood
don't go to the new school, it's a meme
Kevin Scott
>I have already experienced three existential crises, the latter of which was described as having the depth and profundity of a man twice my age. I remember this pasta