tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post2449807704420678643..comments2023-09-07T22:24:51.654-05:00Comments on League of Melbotis: Things that College Students DoThe Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-6897841456909853422009-02-12T15:12:00.000-06:002009-02-12T15:12:00.000-06:00Oops. That last comment was me. - JMDOops. That last comment was me. - JMDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-36811886866597597162009-02-12T15:11:00.000-06:002009-02-12T15:11:00.000-06:00Translation: The best years of our lives are behin...Translation: The best years of our lives are behind us - well behind us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-72190849506732869852009-02-12T11:56:00.000-06:002009-02-12T11:56:00.000-06:00I was just on the Trinity campus yesterday. It's ...I was just on the Trinity campus yesterday. It's strange because I saw some kids that seem vaguely familiar... but then I realize that they just *look* similar to the way we did back then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-76772735639301605742009-02-12T09:01:00.000-06:002009-02-12T09:01:00.000-06:00Last comment was just a joke to show I wasn't taki...Last comment was just a joke to show I wasn't taking anything serious. Sorry for the confusion.NTThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03901133429286964552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-27585993890190308502009-02-11T22:49:00.000-06:002009-02-11T22:49:00.000-06:00I don't understand. I wasn't "convincing" anyone ...I don't understand. I wasn't "convincing" anyone of anything. I said college students have wordy conversations while they loiter. <BR/><BR/>How is that a complaint?<BR/><BR/>I think you are reading something into that statement that wasn't there.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-21787672068698916692009-02-11T22:41:00.000-06:002009-02-11T22:41:00.000-06:00Ahh heck. You've convinced me. They're worthless N...Ahh heck. You've convinced me. They're worthless Nuke 'em all from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.NTThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03901133429286964552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-66623684563455470632009-02-11T18:24:00.000-06:002009-02-11T18:24:00.000-06:00To be fair, as a student at UT I would often think...To be fair, as a student at UT I would often think "My god, does ANYONE push the crosswalk button?"<BR/><BR/>I still do push the button. I'd hate to remove half my child's parents because I was too lazy to smack a button on 2nd and Santa Fe.<BR/><BR/>But talking in a library? Kill them. Kill them all.Michael Corleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441107947600810769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-82502977915417869562009-02-11T15:55:00.000-06:002009-02-11T15:55:00.000-06:001) Maybe there's a room with a free, open bar that...1) Maybe there's a room with a free, open bar that serves cocktails that's only one floor above you with the same room number (ok, one digit difference). Or maybe they just want to catch a glimpse of the "Superman giant" that the university keeps stashed away in the basement for some unknown purpose.<BR/>2) Weren't you the guy who left me the better part of one of our junior high era Sunday school hymns on my voicemail the other night? I'm not sure where you were when you made that call, but speaking of talking loudly on your cell phone about sh*t that doesn't matter...<BR/>3) I recommend a huge Tex Mex lunch and then you go in there and do your worst. Once word gets around of the horror that The League can wreak in a bathroom, I'll bet you find yourself sharing the restroom on your floor a lot less with the kids...<BR/>4) Maybe the kids are playing some sort of game with the crosswalk light. Listen carefully to see if you here the words "red light" or "green light" when they're starting and stopping.<BR/>5) There's a widely publicized study going on in one of the rooms at Jester in which Asian, female, conjoined twins are learning to harness their psychic powers. They work as a team, and can hurl schoolbuses at speeds of up to 90 mph, so be nice to them.<BR/>6) It's not that they don't know what to order. It's just that once they get to the front of the line, that's "their time".<BR/>7) Most of those clothes are rentals that they checked out for seeing their "at home" friends over the holidays. After a week or two they have to go back.<BR/>8) You're 6'5" (and look a little crazy). People probably step out of the way when you step anywhere with any conviction.<BR/>9) They're too wacked out on (fill in your favorite contraband substance here) to feel the difference. Dressing inappropriately for the weather is a sign of mental illness, so you probably got a little of that going on. Inappropriate dress is also a sign that you've never made it back to your room since the last time the weather changed.<BR/>10) And in all seriousness, you gotta learn to use those words at some point. They may fall out of your normal vocabulary later, but it's good to have them in the arsenal for when you need them (or for when someone else decides to use them). And I still occasionally sit around and think about the stupid stuff I learned in college (like the ethical conundrum of potentially perpetuating terrorist acts by widely discussing and analyzing them).<BR/>VD Special: I was that dude. NTT was probably that dude, too. OK, I'll give you that one. somebody shouldn've sat me down and told me....J.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03903186469796595837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-8786548709849631552009-02-11T11:04:00.000-06:002009-02-11T11:04:00.000-06:00Well, as I said, these are things college students...Well, as I said, these are things college students do. Some are observations. Some complaints. I assume you're primarily concerned with #10 here. <BR/><BR/>After being off campus for a few years (and honestly, ASU wasn't a school where people stood around talking about much but where to get a taco or beer), its been interesting hearing snippets of conversation. As I said, I have no problem with it. It SHOULD be what they do, and I don't begrudge them it. You just flash forward on them by five years and... yeah. <BR/><BR/>You also don't find too many other places with 20-year-olds playing hackey sack, year after year. Some dude camped out with his guitar on the lawn, surrounded by a circle of his pals. All that stuff.<BR/><BR/>I don't dislike it. Its part of what goes on here.<BR/><BR/>As per those buttons: they do work on MLK. I have to walk a 1/4 mile stretch of it every day, coming and going, and have to cross lights twice. <BR/><BR/>There's nothing more irritating than reaching the intersection after someone else, and when the light changes, they're utterly baffled as to why the "walk" signal didn't come on, and now you have to wait five minutes for another full cycle. Plus however long you were standing there.<BR/><BR/>Generally I hit the button if I get there in time, but I notice the ffect most often when I am approaching the intersection just as the light is about to change.<BR/><BR/>Even if the buttons didn't work, its like the hamster with the pellets. You hit it anyway, and hope that this time it'll work.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-88335376567305576202009-02-11T10:26:00.000-06:002009-02-11T10:26:00.000-06:00Isn't it just a bit early to get into the "get off...Isn't it just a <I>bit</I> early to get into the "get off my lawn" attitude? I mean, c'mon, you're not even into your second mortgage.<BR/><BR/>As much as it pains to remember, we were all like that back in undergrad. Same world-weary, know it all attitude with misplaced heated passions about <I>something</I> wrong in the world because we have too much time between poli-sci and biology. Let's give them a break before crushing their spirit with the real world responsibilities we all encounter as the crushing weight of bills, debt and mortality hits.<BR/><BR/>FYI, the buttons on the crosswalks, 90% of them do nothing. They are there to pacify the walkers as most of them are on a timer. It doesn't matter how much you push them. Maybe those people know something...NTThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03901133429286964552noreply@blogger.com