• StellarExtract@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    College graduates (PhD or otherwise) drowning in debt and not being financially able to pay it off is common enough here in the US that it’s a trope, and likely the basis for this “joke”.

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      1 hour ago

      I see. Thanks. Lately I’ve started to realize just how expensive health and education are in the us.

      I went to see a neurologist and paid 0 cents My brother is considering a biology PhD and he’s broke. A 3 bedroom house costs like 60k usd