by Guest » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:44 am
Backstory:
I've long been sick of the whole "look down on literature graduates" bollocks that tends to come from here and xkcd.
Yes, I do understand when you make a maths/science/economics/engineering joke. Yes, I do get them. I have something called a brain, and experience of reading books. Much like you, I don't rigidly stick to my academic discipline and could (and have) given undergraduates of more number-based courses a run for their money.
So I'm going to take a lot of glee in this.
Shakespeare didn't take his wife and kids to London with him
He was a deadbeat dad who (depending on your sources) either committed a crime and fled the law, or just plain upped-and-left to forward his career.
When you brought maths to the table, I took it in my stride, but give you a little arts/history and oh how you stumble! How you fall from so high a horse.
Yes, it's a blatant over-reaction, but someone was wrong on the internet and I knew what had to be done. That said person was oftentimes somewhat pious about their learning (and patronising about mine) has irked me no end, and only adds to this, my eventual satisfaction.
Backstory:
I've long been sick of the whole "look down on literature graduates" bollocks that tends to come from here and xkcd.
Yes, I do understand when you make a maths/science/economics/engineering joke. Yes, I do get them. I have something called a brain, and experience of reading books. Much like you, I don't rigidly stick to my academic discipline and could (and have) given undergraduates of more number-based courses a run for their money.
So I'm going to take a lot of glee in this.
[b]Shakespeare didn't take his wife and kids to London with him[/b]
He was a deadbeat dad who (depending on your sources) either committed a crime and fled the law, or just plain upped-and-left to forward his career.
When you brought maths to the table, I took it in my stride, but give you a little arts/history and oh how you stumble! How you fall from so high a horse.
Yes, it's a blatant over-reaction, but someone was [i]wrong on the internet[/i] and I knew what had to be done. That said person was oftentimes somewhat pious about their learning (and patronising about mine) has irked me no end, and only adds to this, my eventual satisfaction.