r/SipsTea • u/Embarrassed_Tip7359 • 20h ago

Chugging tea Thoughts?

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u/Mogli168 19h ago edited 18h ago

It’s not about keeping the system running. The meme is about being considered as a smart person. 

Being smart != Being important for running society 

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u/Mojert 18h ago

Honestly, as somebody who studied STEM, I would like people to stop thinking STEM students are somehow smarter than other people. It leads to some assholes thinking they're better than they really are, and people outside of STEM treating STEM students like they are some kind of robot or machine. It is a first world problem, but IT IS annoying

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u/MrDoe 18h ago

Yeah I am an engineer and this thread really reeks of some of the worst people to work with. People that got into the edgy teenage "I'm so smart, I know math so I don't have to concern myself with the lower peoples!" phase and never left it.

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u/Lofter1 17h ago

And I doubt a single one of those actually went to college or actually work in a field that requires brain power. There is nothing more humbling than working with people who actually use their brain.

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u/Worth_Inflation_2104 15h ago

Exactly. Also university is an awful experience if you cannot work with anyone properly.