> when and how did you realise that university was a meme? realized it wasn't everything when i went and realized the people around me weren't that smart, they just weren't complete retards. realized it was complete bogus when i worked at a marketing firm for which a huge money make of theirs was promoting degree mills. basically bs colleges with bs degrees targeted at people who really have no business going to college. > how come so many people fall for it? because 1. their parents tell them they have to go. 2. if they're an average jump-throught-the-hoops type personality, they're still better off going. nerds will still go because college is where nerds get to lose their virginity. every bit worth the $200k in my case. if someone knows damn well they're not cut out to work in an office, or they have so much ambition they're already working on something, then they won't bother with it. it was really only millennials who were the first true wave of college = a joke. makes sense a lot of gen z would still go. i suspect the numbers will dwindle though.
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