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There's nothing like getting saddled with an 8am chemistry lab class on a Friday. Considering the deals your average college bar puts out on Thursday nights, od

by asdff 4y ago

There's nothing like getting saddled with an 8am chemistry lab class on a Friday. Considering the deals your average college bar puts out on Thursday nights, odds are high either you or your lab partner are brutally hungover. You better enjoy smelling ethanol for the next 4 hours with that going on in your head.

giantg2 4y ago
I always found that Tuesdays were the best deals. Although I've also found that self-control was not a problem both in terms of choosing not to drink, or drinking less and leaving earlier.
QuercusMax 4y ago
How many students are actually going to bars and getting drunk? Most students are going to be under 21 for most of their college career. Hopefully by Junior / Senior year students will know how to manage their schedules.
- TeMPOraL 4y ago
  That's US-specific, though. Most of the world has lower drinking age, with 18 being most common, I think - at least any country I know, other than USA, draws the line at 18 y.o. In those places, getting drunk and partying starts during the final year of high school.
- asdff 4y ago
  A lot of students have fake IDs. Depending on where you look up the information it could be from anywhere from 32% (1) to 69% (2) of students surveyed, and keep in mind there is going to be a bias to lie since its technically a crime. Who knows how many more are borrowing a legitimate ID from an older sibling or similar looking older friend, or are just trying their luck that the bouncer isn't going to card tonight. At a big undergrad school, that's potentially a few thousand kids under 21 getting drunk a night even if a fraction of fake ID holders are capitalizing on their access. Then there's also the kids that prefer to stay in and play video games. League of Legends was the big draw when I was in 10 years ago, I saw kids put in serious shifts in that game in the study rooms of the dorms. All this being said, studying is often isolating and depressing and there are plenty of outlets for college students of every persuasion to put it off as long as possible. 1. https://www.veriff.com/blog/fake-id-statistics https://www.veriff.com/blog/fake-id-statistics 2. https://www.thelantern.com/projects/2021/04/28/fake-ids-join-textbooks-and-shower-caddies-on-the-college-packing-list-find-popularity-regardless-of-legal-and-university-consequences/ https://www.thelantern.com/projects/2021/04/28/fake-ids-join...
OkayPhysicist 4y ago
Heh, we had a Physics lab for 1 semester that was 3-"whenever you're done" on Fridays. It was not unusual for the Juniors to leave some Sophomore to watch the experiment before hitting the campus bar.

by asdff 4y ago

giantg2 4y ago

I always found that Tuesdays were the best deals. Although I've also found that self-control was not a problem both in terms of choosing not to drink, or drinking less and leaving earlier.

QuercusMax 4y ago

How many students are actually going to bars and getting drunk? Most students are going to be under 21 for most of their college career. Hopefully by Junior / Senior year students will know how to manage their schedules.

TeMPOraL 4y ago
That's US-specific, though. Most of the world has lower drinking age, with 18 being most common, I think - at least any country I know, other than USA, draws the line at 18 y.o. In those places, getting drunk and partying starts during the final year of high school.
asdff 4y ago
A lot of students have fake IDs. Depending on where you look up the information it could be from anywhere from 32% (1) to 69% (2) of students surveyed, and keep in mind there is going to be a bias to lie since its technically a crime. Who knows how many more are borrowing a legitimate ID from an older sibling or similar looking older friend, or are just trying their luck that the bouncer isn't going to card tonight. At a big undergrad school, that's potentially a few thousand kids under 21 getting drunk a night even if a fraction of fake ID holders are capitalizing on their access. Then there's also the kids that prefer to stay in and play video games. League of Legends was the big draw when I was in 10 years ago, I saw kids put in serious shifts in that game in the study rooms of the dorms. All this being said, studying is often isolating and depressing and there are plenty of outlets for college students of every persuasion to put it off as long as possible. 1. https://www.veriff.com/blog/fake-id-statistics https://www.veriff.com/blog/fake-id-statistics 2. https://www.thelantern.com/projects/2021/04/28/fake-ids-join-textbooks-and-shower-caddies-on-the-college-packing-list-find-popularity-regardless-of-legal-and-university-consequences/ https://www.thelantern.com/projects/2021/04/28/fake-ids-join...

OkayPhysicist 4y ago

Heh, we had a Physics lab for 1 semester that was 3-"whenever you're done" on Fridays. It was not unusual for the Juniors to leave some Sophomore to watch the experiment before hitting the campus bar.