You don't deserve help from anyone. Not friends, family, the govermment, whatever. Plenty of us university educated people have had to work jobs that were "beneath us" to make ends meet. Sure, everyone wants a job in their field, but if there are none available at the moment, it's better to get paid for an honest day's work than to sit around on handouts because you consider yourself "too good for the job." No one who takes handouts when there are jobs available is too good for anything.

Some of us are at the point where we'd be happy picking up trash, stocking shelves, McDonalds, whatever

After all, no one says that's the job you have to do for the rest of your life. You can always keep looking for jobs in your field while you do the less desirable work.