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I treated my college campus like this. I had tons of secret nooks and crannies, rarely used single-occupant bathrooms, good reading chairs or study areas, even
by pests 3y ago
I treated my college campus like this. I had tons of secret nooks and crannies, rarely used single-occupant bathrooms, good reading chairs or study areas, even found a working shower in an old CS building that used to be dorms. In winter I would know the route through the complex of buildings and rarely used passages and connections to reduce my time spent outdoors.
- milesward 3y agoOh dude I found my sousaphone, plus a like-new Rhodes piano, and a whole-ass pipe organ my college had forgotten. Plus the ID card laminator, that was clutch ;)
- dekhn 3y agoI grew up near Wesleyan U in connecticut; they have an extensive underground tunnel system partly for steam delivery and partly just to get around in weather. We used to do medieval recreation and other stuff down there, and I still occasionally dream I'm wandering the tunnels, 35 years later.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoAre you the inspiration for Stephenson's "The Big U"?
- dekhn 3y agoLol, no! That's based on BU, and was published right around the time I started LARPing. I can't remember if there were tunnels or LARPing in that book, but steam tunnels/walking tunnels are common in the northeast, as is LARPing.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoThere was definitely both! Man, I should re-read that book. I read it in college, and definitely felt like I was missing out on what I felt should have been a quintessential college experience, like losing a radiation source, fighting off mutant rats, and building my own tank.