Lunatyc
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I'm a smidge under 5' tall. My attempts were comical at the very least. I've since had the bed lowered to a more accessible height.
I've decided to eat beans for breakfast if this behavior persists. I can at least compete.
This is the saddest of them all.
I grew 18 more grey hairs in that moment.
I'm in the middle of Georgia, and it's DISGUSTING. This particular day I had no underarm sweat but my backpack caused very noticeable sweat through my shirt on my back. I was so embarrassed. I took 16 showers that day.
Sorry, pancake lovers. I'm available for debate if you wish.
She took me seriously at first. As a Massachusetts native I keep forgetting that sarcasm is usually taken quite literally in the south.
The popular opinion amongst my friends and family was to just pants them. The second I'm a bit tipsy I have no doubt that I will do just that.
Skunks often walk through the hallways of the dorm, too...
This was my amusement for the week. I couldn't help but look like a psycho sitting by myself and laughing. Go you, confident stranger.
Link to the first post https://imgur.com/gallery/UCYTt
Link to the first follow-up https://imgur.com/gallery/UEXJW
WeAreTheNSA
@OP are you at GCSU, per chance?
OrangePanda
Waffles FTW!!
SailorVSays
I'm worried about having to do this in the next couple years. I'm about the same height too, lol.
AHornyRhino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b508byS76eQ
biolologist
as a 29yo, I found it kinda funny that the majority of young people there were so bad at guessing ages.
Meggr0nTheDestruct0r
31 is not old
burlyqlady
It is at university, unfortunately *sigh*
mollyMcTrunkins73
Good on you OP going back to school. You're awesome. Love the stories, keep em coming. Also do you like your roommate? How's dorm life? 1/
mollyMcTrunkins73
I miss my college years and dorm life, lots of fun memories. Also you're not old, that makes me old!! We're not old!!!! 2/2
kythwilde
Op, I'm 37 and going back to school. Fun fun fun.
thedeg
5 Feet in metric = dwarf
RuthlessRuben
I went back to college last year, at 30. I took a second job just so I could rent a flat off campus.
jimmythehat1
If your kids don't know George Carlin, that's just bad parenting.
AverageFitsInMorePlaces
I'll take 4 copies of this post. Autographed, please.
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Saltairsouth
I just want to be your FB friend somI can read these daily.
Saltairsouth
Also as a 37 year old returning to school I can sympathize.
BigRedsJuicyFruit
Being intellectual and raised in the mountains of Northeast GA, I assure you, Southerners often struggle with sarcasm. "Bless your heart."
BigRedsJuicyFruit
LOL. You'll get it...maybe.
variantXer0
Used to teach undergrad stats, adult students were always the hardest workers.
Wastyvez
#4 I don't get the point. You consider it insulting that you look the same age as the people around you, despite being 12 years older?
Lunatyc
No, it was more the insinuation that I'm old. "Oh, I thought you were young"....I'm not really offended, my posts are meant to be comical.
ohlalaohlala
that's probably because she said "young" and not "youngER"...
kyuuri117
I think she took offense at the implied "oh wow you're old".
dfsmitty0711
Where in the middle of Georgia? My brother went to Mercer in Macon.
lilgriffineatedallthechips
25, going back for an education degree to teach high school history. I'm terrified of what my fellow classmates may turn out to be.
YarTheBug
Went back at 28, @OP. Fucking weird experience. So much petty shit which i remember seemed so important at 18.
burlyqlady
My suspicions confirmed, going back to college after thirty is ridiculous
RahRooReeRah
Massholes for life
MuayThaiKitty
You had me at the waffles vs pancakes. These are the debates that we need to happen.
standapart
Senior here. I'm twenty but one of my friends is 28. We never give him a hard time and it doesn't feel weird hanging out with him at all.
ComradeGorbash
This is gonna be me in a few weeks. It's going to be... interesting.
Lunatyc
Feel free to PM me, we can commiserate or co-celebrate!
dahlskebank
But the bed is same height as the door handle... How untall can a person be?
MrAnonManfrom4Chan
I think the word you were looking for is "short'
DrProfessorProfessorson
Untall
SmellOfMonkey
Just under 5 ft
burlyqlady
Reading comprehension is your friend
bigeasy44
I'm pretty sure those beds are adjustable
EmperorPain
They are, but policy is usually: only staff can do it, put in a work order.
mollyMcTrunkins73
It's called "captain's height" and I liked it cuz my clothes dresser & other crap fit under the bed, allowing more floor space in my 1/
mollyMcTrunkins73
Already small dorm room. Climbing in was annoying but the space was worth it for me. You could adjust it tho, to "loft" height or normal low
SteveCraft
My college had them and I liked it because I'm over 6'2" and I don't have to descend 4 feet to get in bad. It was more sit'n swivel.
Thatknifeguy
As a fellow 31 y/o mass hole... How's the weather down there? It's been dry (and hot) as hell here.
Lunatyc
Down here it's similar to standing next to the eye of sauron after being dunked in goo from 90s Nickelodeon shows.
Thatknifeguy
Sounds about similar to here. Today's the first nice day in weeks after some violent storms. I wonder how l
Thatknifeguy
Long it took to get that slime off
ThePeoplesCartographer
"Deep fried hell."
onetonjake
29 year old here, doing the same (minus the dorm situation). My last class was taught by a 27 year old PhD. Inferiority complex: GO!
neverrrsleep
I'm going back to school everyone thinks I'm 18 it's whatever, age is nothing.
MakeMineMusic
Pshah, 42 and started my first Semester. My kids go here as well. The oldest is a senior.
GergsJohnson
hahahah, that will be beyond awesome!
preposterousgoathate
I'm 27 and schooled everyone by scoring a highly coveted internship over everyone else. Make them worship you.
onetonjake
Of course. Lording the fact that I have held a job in my degree field for over 4 years is my only weapon against these fuckin' weapons.
thegawker
I'm 27 and I'll be starting in about a week. Very grateful for a second chance but I'm also kinda dreading stuff like this. Good luck!
TheOriginalBigDave
Wassup 27-and-going-back-to-school buddy.
thegawker
Whaddup :)
DavidBrooker
I got my first adjunct position at 25; it is equally weird to be on the other side of that coin.
TheGracefulDead
Bro! Where do go? Sincerely, your fellow College Student in Georgia
Lunatyc
Bruh I'm at MGA
Solaralyn
I knew it!!! Good old Macon! U just won me $5 thanks!
Lunatyc
Hold it....I'm in Cochran. Same school, but different location :)
TheGracefulDead
I'm at Mercer :D
lugged
As a Macon survivor/escapee, good luck to both of y'all with the rest of summer, and don't go full Conyers.
Avidavi
My friend never got to go to college and wants to go. She's 26 this year. Did you do this on grants/scholarships or out of pocket?
Lunatyc
Student loans and out of pocket. direct her to fafsa.org
Avidavi
Ahh Cool. She's looking into the Pell grant but is worried about taking out student loans to cover the difference, but (1/2)
Avidavi
{2/2) them's the breaks. Thanks and good luck! I went to GA Southern and loved it. Watch out for the bipolar weather down there haha :)
HenryFondle
You do realize that Middle Georgia is pretty much Florida? And fuck you, pancakes > waffles * infinity.
dividedby0
Nonono florida, (atleast mid-florida) has much better sense of humor
laughatmecasey
We might have the same weather but we at least know how to fucking drive...fucking floridians...
Lunatyc
Waffles > pancakes × infinity + 1. Boom.
mrsforfunsies
Gonna have to side with #teamwaffles. Also, I'm 27 starting grad school at UGA next month. Hollar!
ThatOneGifOfJerryFuckingTomInTheAssIsMySpiritSlave
Yeah, I can see why you need help with math.
SlickerThanNick
hahahaha! that was great. +1 to you
ThisIsALovelyRoomOfDeath
Pancakes>waffles × infinity^2. Fuck wit me.
Lunatyc
Waffles > pancakes × infinity + (3.5 ×10^6)^3 whabam.
SlickerThanNick
thats *Waffles > Pancakes × infinity + (4.2875×10^22) for all you wondering and thinking (incorrectly) that you can top that
drfarren
Lady Breakfast's scales are blind to such distinctions. To her, both are delicious when topped with butter and maple syrup with side bacon
onlyhalfghost
*ignores the mathematics and just eats a stack of pancakes*
clutchthepearls
FRENCH TOAST RULES ALL
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SlickerThanNick
Pancakes < Waffles < French Toast. I concur.
clutchthepearls
Pancakes are better than waffles though.
SlickerThanNick
Thats where you're wrong. =P
clutchthepearls
No way.
peridotite
Jeez when I get text books it's more like $110 to rent or $130 to buy used. :(
svirr
Go on ebay, buy the international edition! My $300+ textbook on Amazon is less than $30 on ebay, and it weighs less!
TheThingNoNotThatOne
That's because you buy from the bookstore like a sack of used condoms. Smart people go online to buy and to sell.
bouquetdistelle
Last year, I had to buy a $240 bundle for calculus three. They offered me $25 to buy it back. I was furious haha.
Textuality
I am so, SO glad I got out of college before textbooks got stupidly expensive. They were "only" about $50-70 each when I went.
ohapieceofcandy
One of my books was $325. There isn't usually a rent option available at my school and even when there is it's only about $10 savings
ohapieceofcandy
And then you still have to buy the connect code
Chrichelle
Most colleges have a Facebook page some student made that is like Craigslist for textbooks. I bought and sold most of mine on those
Chrichelle
I know it doesn't work for the online key access bullshit, but it works for other ones.
Hollyfkinwood
You can get them super cheap online. Textbooks dot com.
ForSovngarde
I wish.
BeifongMetalbendingAcademy
Do they have math texts last published in the 70s, if which only about 30 copies exist in circulation?
Hollyfkinwood
Maaaaybe?
MichaelGenovese
Rent??
cluckythehorse
Yeah like the musical.
MichaelGenovese
Okay now I get it.
Lunatyc
Heh. I use it for the semester and return it to the bookstore when the semester is over.
MichaelGenovese
I don't think that was an option when I was in school, but it makes sense.
SeverKatie
But they'll buy it back for 20, because someone changed one word in the foreword and now your edition is "old."
UpvoteCharlie
20? I only got 2. :(
TheThingNoNotThatOne
Sell through Amazon or Half.com or Ebay. Only an idiot (or someone desperate to ditch the book right now) would sell to company.
Lunatyc
3 out of 5 classes I got one edition older. Doesn't overdraw my bank account AS much.
MadamBojangles
It's a bit of a story, but I tried using an older edition in my math class, once. They changed all the math problems, so I couldn't do my HW
RheaButt
Some places grade you lower based on textbooks though, a guy I watched completed a course doing just fine, but was just barely passing-
RheaButt
-because he got a slightly older textbook
Lunatyc
I've made sure an older version is okay with the professor, I was wary of the same thing.