That's fair. Tbh, at the school that I went to (top 5 liberal arts school), studying any sort of humanity more or less set you up to pursue either a professional humanities degree (e.g. JD/MBA) or an academic degree (e.g. PhD).

To your point, though, studying just for interest is probably not prudent, and it's also probably not prudent to study humanities if you're not prepared to attain a subsequent degree/go on the academic track.