r/RealTwitterAccounts • u/Infamous-Echo-3949 • 16d ago

Political™ Dunning-Kruger effect

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u/smytti12 15d ago

But what do you mean by "increase your merit?" Expanding your knowledge and education is meritorious.

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u/LilkDrizzle 15d ago

Increasing your marketable skills. "Expanding your knowledge and education" can be done online or at a community college if you enjoy that; but that's a hobby.

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u/smytti12 15d ago

That's pretty narrow-minded. Getting formal education accolades is a bit more than a hobby, whether or not capitalism finds monetary value in it.

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u/LilkDrizzle 15d ago

Not really. You are free to learn stuff as a hobby but if it doesn't increase your merit it can't be justified as career progression or self betterment. Look, I'm a fan of hobby learning. I like learning on YouTube as much as the next guy and enjoy learning Japanese; but these are hobbies. Hobby learning shouldn't be viewed in the same way getting an engineering degree or an actuarial accreditation is viewed.

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u/smytti12 15d ago

Okay but this pyramid discusses only formal education.

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u/LilkDrizzle 15d ago

Right? There are plenty of hobby degrees at formal universities.

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u/smytti12 15d ago

Such as?

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u/LilkDrizzle 15d ago

Leisure and hospitality, fine arts, anthropology, sociology, dance, gender studies, film, performing arts, elementary education, and English to name a few.

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u/smytti12 15d ago

Ah, yeah, that's pretty much what I figured you were getting at.

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u/LilkDrizzle 15d ago

?

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u/smytti12 15d ago

I was holding out hoping you weren't going to go the "gender studies are useless" route, but i guess that's still a thing people say.

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u/LilkDrizzle 15d ago

I said was a hobby; not useless. For me to say something is useless for someone else is to presume their utility, which is weird. Those degrees I listed are hobbies which may be useful to someone who derives happiness from pursing said hobby.

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u/smytti12 15d ago

Yeah, I know how you're trying to dress it up, while just really being silly and condescending. I had the same routine when I was a swlf important engineering major years ago

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u/Slazer1988 15d ago

"Leisure and hospitality"- for business owners in the hotel industry and for secretaries for diplomats, politicians, CEOs, etc. "Anthropology"- the study of human cultures and preserving snapshots for historical and to study why societies do certain things along with other useful information. "Sociology"- focuses on different societies and their functions. Can be further broken down to the individual and how to render aid or assistance for non biological problems. "Dance, performing arts"- hobbies yes but these tend to be more specific and have cultural significance. Universities shouldn't have a monopoly on these. "Gender Studies"- for legal and corporate training purposes to understand how different people feel and act. "Elementry Education"- based on your post, some you lack. "English"- ur gonna argu dat words hav nu meenin?

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u/LilkDrizzle 15d ago

Neat? None of those increase ones merit which makes them hobbies. I've said several times already that I have no problem with hobbies.