I have to agree here. I've had this conversation I don't know how many times—here on deadspin even. To say that what you major in doesn't matter is just utterly false. People always throw up, "Most employers are just looking for ANY degree. That gets you in the door. What you do from there depends on YOU." That's not…

STEAM is going to power all of our retro-futuristic machines!

Um, you’re so wrong it’s not funny. The period only goes inside the quotes if the quotes itself is a sentence. Otherwise your ACTUAL sentence ends without punctuation.

Wrong, in this case. Punctuation rules are freely available on the Internet, you know.

Thanks, and I’m glad you found a way to use your education in the domain it was intended for. I’m a big believer in ‘it’s not where you learn, it’s what you learn’ as to where your life will eventually lead. I’ve just found it humorous the amount of short sightedness mixed with self-entitlement some people have going…

A liberal arts major would probably also know how to capitalize a sentence.

Thanks! And while you’re at it, I’ll have a grande latte, no whip.

what a liberal arts major would not know about a period:

I was expecting Art History. My cousin majored in Art History. Her Dad used to tease her that she was majoring in MRS. She’s still not married (ha! Dad was totes wrong!) and works as a medical billing clerk. My sister has the same job, and didn’t go to college, so she has a crappy house while cuz still lives at home.

Yet the elusive sentence-initial capital letter remains a mystery to all but the most prestigious degree holders.

That has always been a bullshit rule and you know it! If I ask a question that ends in a quote the question mark will go inside the quotes over my dead body.

How much does knowing that pay?

chuckle chuckle.

Not a liberal arts major but pretty sure you place the punctuation outside the closing quotation marks if the punctuation applies to the whole sentence and not to whats inside the quotation itself.

C’mon, buck and fuck that status quo! The title doesn’t have a period, so the period goes outside.

You are absolutely correct. I can't stand when people say a college degree doesn't mean anything when they majored in Basket Weaving. People have to be practical.

Your utter obliviousness to the fact that you’ve proved his/her point is just deliciously perfect.

... I had majored in Ancient History.

This article is insulting. Without the training my Political Science degree gave me there is no way I could have excelled at my chosen field. That field being bartending.

I think for business, economics, and scientific fields (social sciences not included), majors are absolutely necessary. Otherwise, a good education matters less on the major and more of the backing behind it- coursework, work ethic, on-the-job skills. Something like St. John’s College, where the major is Liberal Arts…