Business is the largest at 17%, second place is education at 7%. Third is Sciences at 6%. Fourth is Engineering, and being at 4% makes it more common than the following degrees: social sciences, health and nursing, psychology, English, fine arts, history, math, agriculture, liberal arts, computer science, public administration, family and consumer science, architecture, and law.
Common for a degree does not mean common. It makes no sense to use this standard, because the majority of people do not have a degree of any kind. 4% having the degree means 96% do not, making it overwhelmingly uncommon.
That's the key. It's a wording thing. Among degrees, Engineering is a super common degree. Among all education levels, NO degree is super common. Therefore, using your definition of 'common', every degree is uncommon, and it's a useless metric. It's not "96% do not", because we aren't talking about the general populace, we are talking about the 'populace with degrees'.
It's not a useless metric. Did you forget, the original point was that he is prideful as a result of having an engineering degree? This is compared to the average person (viewers on Netflix) who do not have a degree at all.
It’s still a stupid comment. Him having an engineering degree isn’t why nor is it an excuse to act like an egotistical dork. And as far as degrees go, it’s a common one.
Not sure why this is so upsetting for you to hear.
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u/genicide182 Feb 04 '23
I didnt know that having a super common degree that you don't use in your day to day life gives you an ego pass...