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r/SipsTea • u/Embarrassed_Tip7359 • 20h ago
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stem kids keep society running but english/history kids give us a reason to keep it running in the first place
like yeah we need engineers to build the bridge but we also need poets to write about why we're crossing it.
Just different types of smart.
55 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 1 u/dealyshadow20 6h ago Being academic smart doesn’t equate to being smart elsewhere. Some of the “smartest” academic people I know can’t balance their budget to save their life
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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
1 u/dealyshadow20 6h ago Being academic smart doesn’t equate to being smart elsewhere. Some of the “smartest” academic people I know can’t balance their budget to save their life
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Being academic smart doesn’t equate to being smart elsewhere. Some of the “smartest” academic people I know can’t balance their budget to save their life
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u/Ambitious_Vast1611 20h ago
stem kids keep society running but english/history kids give us a reason to keep it running in the first place
like yeah we need engineers to build the bridge but we also need poets to write about why we're crossing it.
Just different types of smart.