re: Liberal Arts Majors: Did your college courses prepare you for your jobs?

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Sorry if fat neckbeards is a confusing term. Think of it like a "lightyear". On the outside it looks like a unit of time, but it is actually a unit of distance. "Fat neckbeard" describes a state of being, not the actual looks of the individual. It is an internet thing, I figured it made it here by now.

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Ha I know what neckbeards are. My contention is that they do not make up English departments. No English department I've ever seen has had what you would call a neckbeard.

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And it is very true, our colleges have barely begun teach DFW's work even though it is some of the most complex writing of the 20th-21st century.

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You really don't know what you are talking about. DFW was on college syllabi when he was still alive. As far as the complexity goes, it's not any more complex than William Burroughs or any of the other writers who fall under the blanket term of "Postmodernism." He's just the most popular. There are lots of contemporary writers who are read in English departments.