>be me >meeting up with a female acquaintance >she

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>be me
>meeting up with a female acquaintance
>she invites her friend from the south of england
>before I even sit down, he begins talking about his time at Oxford "university"
>gloats that he now has job in the publishing industry earning 30k a year
>has a smug expression on his face throughout his entire set of diatribes and uneventful anecdotes
>as he's laughing and about to take a sip of his ""gin"" I speak up
>the expression of laughter on his face disappears
>"So you spent 4 (four) years of your life earning a degree in something you could have learned at home?"
>*spills some of his drink as he's putting the glass on the table*
>"How much debt have you incurred...10s (tens) of thousands?"
>*visibly begins to shake almost spilling the remaining gin in his mouth*
>"You know, you could have just spent that time at home with a regular job, saving up money and writing in your free time developing a portfolio or even writing occasional essays, articles or even a book to be sent into a publishing house or newspaper..."
>*sweat begins dripping from his face and he literally begins to shake*
>"I mean, it doesn't really make sense to go to University in this day and age, and you're boasting about it too, how embarrassing. What did you get out of it? A piece of paper that says this guy can hand in cliché essays and 10s (tens) of thousands in debt."
>*his face turns red and he grabs his chest as though he's just had a heart attack*
>"You really think in the future, you'll be of more worth to say, some guy who spent 4 (four) years of his life developing his writing, handing stuff in and developing a concrete portfolio, perhaps even wrote a book?"
>*goes into a state of paralysis and falls onto the ground*
>"Seems to me like you just waited 4 (four) years of your life and gotten into a massive amount of debt and stress for nothing."
>*dies there on the floor*
>"Oh well."
>go to the bank to deposit my royalties check
>mfw