Well you can get pretty god jobs with these degrees and the corresponding graduate degrees (being a professor), but only if you're good and/or lucky enough. You should definitely know going in though that if you're studying something like English or religious studies it's risky at best.
I do think it's kind of tragic, though, because it's definitely ingrained from an early age that if you work hard at what you love you'll lead a happy and successful career, which just isn't true for everyone.
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No I'm not a damn furry. Looney Tunes are different. - Guiga