r/rs_x

It's brought up fairly often that the bachelor's degree, and the fact that nearly everyone has one now, has devalued the degree as a whole. That's pretty well discussed as part of the elite overproduction conversation. But arguably, it's far worse in the graduate space, with the sheer number of professional degrees that shouldn't exist and certainly shouldn't cost what they do.

I'm finishing undergrad with the aim of getting into an ancillary healthcare role, not as a doctor or nurse. While shadowing, I talked with a lot of the people working in the building in the same role I'm pursuing. Most of them were in their 40s or 50s, and they told me they only needed a bachelor's degree to get in. Not a BS plus three years of additional graduate school and the debt that comes with it. They learned on the fly through hospital apprenticeships and on-the-job training that no longer exist.

What do you even say to that? These are people doing the exact same job I'll be doing, seeing the same patients, in the same building. The work didn't suddenly become three years harder. The prior generations made all these fancy credential boards and certification bodies and slammed the door closed for future applicants, throttling applicant slots, etc etc. These folk are good at what they do, and I'm not knocking them for it, but it's hard not to think, through gritted teeth, that it must be nice to have been born in a different era.

It's becoming abundantly clear that the ROI of most of these degrees has been carefully calculated to your detriment. The graduate tuition sits at just the right level to fuck you and your career progression: high enough that you start your career years behind financially, but not so high that people stop enrolling, because there's no other way in anymore.

Seeing all of these people spout a bunch of horseshit about the Cornell case is making me ill.

Things like directly implying or just flat out saying that girl deserved what happened to her, that she made herself “easy prey” or that she actually consented to what happened for xyz reasons, that rape culture is a made-up fairytale, insisting that fraternities are not spaces where this behavior is often permitted and even encouraged…

The amount of comments like this I am seeing is making me jittery about the men around me. It’s really setting me off. I’m not close to a lot of men in my personal life (I spend most of my time around other women) and it doesn’t help that I and many of my friends have had several negative encounters with men in the past week while out and about minding our own business.

Are these kinds of men really everywhere? Is this ever gonna change?

I have been a victim of rape/sexual assault as well, and this situation is bringing up a lot of intense personal feelings for me. Maybe I need a break from the internet for a while… but everyone is talking about this right now, it’s a difficult subject to avoid.

Been practicing as a lawyer for 2 years in nyc (F27). I’ve never identified as a nerd (not into fandom stuff, tech, gaming, math or sciences etc.), but def an ~academic~ type. I fantasized about grad school having mahogany libraries, interesting debates and student clubs. I’ve found the idea of being a student forever a romantic ideal; it’s not something I can afford but if I could, I would, etc. However, law school was so vocational and everyone around me was dumb? I’m not calling myself smart. In fact, I didn’t even get good grades in law school, my “dumb” peers outshone me in every measurable way. But I actually like reading, debate, experimenting with new ideas or substances etc; classic “grad student shit” or at least what I assumed was that. I was surrounded by absolute normies, swifites, people who got good grades in undergrad and moved to nyc to become boring lawyers via the conveyor belt system that is law school. I basically “code switched “ to fit in, made “friends” there with whine I’ve never discussed anything deeper than Bravo television and secretly felt so robbed of my dream for an enriching experience. I know I’m a working person now but I’m young and I still have this untapped fantasy of academia. I want to be among people who want to learn, discuss things, experiment, etc. Will I ever be among these types again? Or do I need to consider this “part of growing up” and grieving the collegiate experience?

This is all over TikTok now, dudes talking about how much they hate rape culture and that they're FUCKING ANGRY!!!! I wonder how many of those guys have actually confronted someone they cared about who did something heinous to a woman.

I did this a while ago with a former friend of mine and it was one of the most painful experiences of my life. There were lies, false starts, attempts at "rehabilitation", etc. I was young and the process was imperfect but we tried. I had no choice but to drop him as a friend and it got super heated and ugly. It still hurts a lot.

My pain obviously isn't anywhere near that of the victim, but it was a miserable experience. It wasn't fun and there was no cathartic Rambo moment, it didn't leave me feeling like I was any sort of "ally" or "one of the good ones TM". Just a lot of pain. I don't regret it but I hate seeing men act like this kind of thing is easy.

That’s how bad the dating market is. One of them is long-distance too.

Exceptionally gorgeous. Eastern European. Funny. Cultured. Smart. Took her on a date last night. She’s rail thin and took two bites of her food. Complained about how she needs to lose weight. Found out she’s a Jehovah’s Witness. FUCK

It is so god damn hard to make something you wrote sound good. The skill, talent, and technical ability required is overlooked by most people. Mixing and mastering is an art. If anyone here knows about DM me, i have some questions

was at the bar and saw my friend obsessively refreshing her recently posted story to see each new person who viewed it. I told her I don't ever check who viewed the story. she was in shock. are u all doing this?

tried everything other than immediately jumping up and switching activities i guess but that doesn’t seem right either

I feel like everyone I know that lives a nomadic life either does it because they have insane parental financial support or they’re willing to take intention/future planning out of their psyche. Anyone else live short-medium stints in interesting places because you just… like it? For example in the past 3 years I’ve lived in NYC (longest), Chicago, Copenhagen, London, and Rome. I guess there’s sacrifices made in doing this, but it’s definitely enjoyable

i (mostly hetero woman) am very attracted to elizabeth holmes

I swear I'm not some sort of incel weirdo. My friends say I have HPD so if this is super dramatic just take me wirh a grain of salt. Been feeling sad lately though.

I'm m22. Idk i have a big group of friends. 12 of us. I'm reallt close with 4 or 5. Got some friends outside the group too. Men and women. I had a girlfriend til March but it wasn't a satisfying relationship so I left her when it didn't get better after three months. Idek why it went to shit after two years. People grow apart and circumstances change I guess.

Thrived for a while. Got fit, lost weight, got hot dare I say it. Picked up a nurse and a doctor over the summer.

But fuck it I can't get anyone to stay. I make a recurring joke about texting some bird "please" in the small hours of the morning but I come home in the evening after a day's study and placement (final med) and I genuinely don't know what to do with myself. I'm so restless. Tonigjt I got drunk and sang karaoke. I don't even like drinking but I needn't face myself then. I play guitar nd piano too. Sometimes I write short stories.

I feel like that scene in True Detective when Marty and Rust meet up again after all those years and neither have anyone in their lives at all.

I even have my eye on a girl. Pretty sure she likes me back. I never understood what they mean in the songs when they say someone might save them if they got together- think I'm on fire by Speingsteen or Wondwrwall by Oasis- but I really do think she could be the one to do that for me. How fucked in the head am I? Why can't I just be content to sit in my room alone?