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Comments on Profile Post by Cambrian

  1. Cambrian
    Cambrian
    I mean, I completed English 302 or whatever, did what writing classes I had to do for Gen Ed. Finished a AA degree in Small Business Management (2 years after starting a successful small business lmao)

    But beyond that? I'm just a dude who writes for fun...
    Apr 9, 2021
  2. Daniel K. English
    Daniel K. English
    Many classes and degrees are overrated nowadays
    Apr 9, 2021
  3. Enigmatic
    Enigmatic
    I think most smut writers/artists didn't take advanced classes or obtain a degree relating to whatever it is they do.
    Apr 9, 2021
  4. Cambrian
    Cambrian
    You'd be surprised. Some of the people who've asked me for advice have professed to pursuing high degrees in the writing arts.
    Apr 9, 2021
  5. CptTagon
    CptTagon
    Pretty much the same for me. My four year degree is pretty much irrelevant to how I actually make money.
    Apr 9, 2021
  6. Daniel K. English
    Daniel K. English
    Same. It's a meme nowadays but STEM degrees are the only ones worth it imo. Arts and humanities need to be experienced and practiced rather than learned via classrooms
    Apr 9, 2021
  7. kayangelus
    kayangelus
    Even for people pursuing degrees in the writing arts, how many people take classes on writing smut. What would the title of that class even be? "Formulating a Good Dicking"? Although you have to admit that the tests would be very entertaining. "Rephrase this sentence to make it more likely for your reader to get a boner"
    Apr 9, 2021
  8. magic9mushroom
    magic9mushroom
    I agree with DKE (and mostly with Scott, below). Arts and humanities have a very strong tendency to turn into finishing schools. Also, prior-degree requirements for medicine and law are a bad idea (STEM + law can be useful, but shouldn't be a requirement since non-STEM lawyers are useful for some things).

    https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/06/against-tulip-subsidies/
    Apr 9, 2021
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  9. d.fish
    d.fish
    Can I join the circlejerk? I have ZERO EDUMACATION
    Apr 11, 2021
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  10. Fredo
    Fredo
    You have an imagination and the ability to transfer that imagination into words. That's all that's required. Other stuff "might" help, but nothing can take the place of imagination.

    I speak as someone who has a god-awful imagination and can only enjoy the creations of others since I seem to lack the ability to create my own.
    May 12, 2021