A popular joke hits at the poor employment prospects of liberal arts majors. “Hate how engineering students call themselves engineers. Not like pre-meds call themselves doctors or art majors call themselves waiters” was posted on Twitter by Best of GV Yik Yak‏ on October 8, 2014. “Dont you hate it when engineering students call themselves engineers. I mean you don’t see art students calling themselves unemployed do ya?” was posted on Twitter on May 26, 2015.
 
“Why do engineering students call themselves engineers? You don’t hear a law student call themselves a lawyer, or a gender studies student call themselves a barista” was posted on Reddit—ShitRedditSays on March 28, 2016.
   
               
Twitter
Best of GV Yik Yak‏
@bestofGVyikyak
hate how engineering students call themselves engineers. Not like pre-meds call themselves doctors or art majors call themselves waiters
6:21 PM - 8 Oct 2014
   
Twitter
LorenZo‏
@Lrhenzo
Dont you hate it when engineering students call themselves engineers
I mean you don’t see art students calling themselves unemployed do ya?
2:44 AM - 26 May 2015 from Perth, Western Australia
   
Facebook
UC Compliments
May 26, 2015 ·
It annoys me when engineering students call themselves engineers. You don’t see medical students calling themselves doctors or art students calling themselves unemployed.
   
Twitter
Mayank‏
@Mayank_MNIT
why engineering students call themselves “Engineers”?when medicals ones don’t call themselves doctors or an art student calling unemployed.
2:07 PM - 5 Jun 2015
   
Twitter
Matthew Gregoire‏
@badluckgregoire
I hate when freshmen engineering students call themselves engineers. Like you don’t see art majors calling themselves pizza delivery men
9:49 AM - 15 Sep 2015
 
Facebook
Spotted: McGill University
March 10, 2016 ·
“I hate when Engineering students call themselves engineers.
You don’t see Med students calling themselves doctors. Or Arts students calling themselves unemployed.”
 
Reddit—ShitRedditSays
“Why do engineering students call themselves engineers? You don’t hear a law student call themselves a lawyer, or a gender studies student call themselves a barista.”[+663,gilded] (reddit.com)
submitted March 28, 2016 by pandas795"HAHA, SRS IS CRYING ABOUT THIS COMMENT”*cries about srs*
 
Reddit—Jokes
It annoys me that Engineering students call themselves engineers..
submitted October 4, 2016 by z8de
You don’t hear medical students calling themselves doctors, or art students calling themselves unemployed.
   
Reddit—Jokes
I hate it when engineering students call themselves engineers…
submitted May 25, 2017 by LukeR511
Like you don’t see med students calling themselves doctors or arts students calling themselves unemployed.
 
Reddit—University of Calgary
isn’t it annoying when engineering students call themselves engineers? (self.UCalgary)
submitted October 10, 2017 by Wharton2021Haskayne
it’s stupid. you don’t hear medical students calling themselves doctors or arts students calling themselves baristas.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Isn’t it annoying when engineering students call themselves engineers?
submitted December 1, 2017 by Arb_67
It’s stupid. You don’t hear medical students calling themselves doctors or arts students calling themselves baristas.