Yeah, I'm an English major also. Which always results in slightly perplexed looks from people followed by the inevitable "Well, uh, what are you going to DO with an English degree?"

Apparently he dosne't know about Jobe

Jobe Before Videogames

Jobe After Videogames (and some drugs)

The proper answer, in my experience, is "whatever I damn well please."

More seriously, art degrees (or even general studies degrees) have a lot of varied applications that can you can use them for in terms of getting hired. Each discipline exists because there is a demand for it, even if that demand isn't as readily apparent as for somebody who studies Engineering and Applied Physics.

That's useful info for me, dude. Thanks.

wELL video games are kind of a waste of time. Seriously...think about it

If you think about it, pretty much anything you do is a waste of time.  Reading, writing, playing video games, listen and/or playing music, TV, movies, school, etc.  You are literily just letting time pass on by doing anything.

The only thing that isn't a waste of time is the things that keep you alive and are necessary for you to survive.

My point exactly

Let's get all existential and say, hey, even that's a waste of time. Why are we even here? What is our point? Might as well just die instead of wasting the cosmos' time.

The industry demand for most humanities, social science and fine arts degrees is very minimal, and most Universities and colleges crank out more humanities, social science and fine arts graduates than other departments because the costs associated with teaching these students are small and their tuition is the same. In other words, these students are cash cows to universities ... The side effect of the behavior of universities is that these graduates are so common that only the best students from the best programs stand out enough to take any job within their field, and the bulk of these students are going to be over-educated employees at very unimpressive low-paying jobs.

Now, many of these graduates are not dumb and can successfully land some low level office job and crawl their way up to a lower management position. After that they tend to go back to school for a MBA in order to stand out and achieve the level of success that they believe their hard work has earned. Unfortunately for them, most universities have been steadily increasing the number of MBA students they accept and graduate due to increased applications but industry demand has certainly not been increasing at nearly the same rate. The side effect of this is that only the best students from the best programs with the best work experience stand out enough to get decent jobs.

In contrast, due to so few students entering the programs and such high industry demand, there are several 2 year trade school programs where students can make a living while studying and (when they graduate) can earn 100,000+ per year; and dramatically more if they start up their own successful business.