# And you thought your college roommate was demanding..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192 "2016-09-17T20:08:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/21 "2016-09-20T19:16:57Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > No, they’re not middle-aged Christians, so they’re not offended by reality. So the girl mentioned in the story isn’t offended by reality? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/22 "2016-09-20T20:19:47Z")
I’m waiting for the story where she includes her requirements for a corner office and private bathroom with her job applications. Oh. And reserved parking. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/23 "2016-09-20T21:51:06Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > One of my years in a dorm, about half of the 60 people in the dorm either moved out or switched rooms with someone else. Most of the moving happened before the middle of the year. It was quite eventful. Also interesting trying to figure out who was living where. I was the pawn in some complicated three way trade. I showed up in my “new” room to be told I’d been traded again - so went to that room. It worked fine - my first set of roommates and I weren’t compatible (it was a triple, the two girls had gone to high school together and their third bestie had gotten knocked up over the Summer - they seemed to think it was my fault) - the second set I had for 45 seconds, and the third set were great. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/24 "2016-09-20T21:53:45Z")
Is it far enough into the thread that I can complain about the"article"? Because that was one stupid article. It doesn’t even flow, or make a point. It’s just unreadable crap! Screencaps of Twitter feeds, with the tops cut off. Paragraphs that explain nothing. It doesn’t say clearly the who, what, where, when or why. It doesn’t even make a case as to why we should even care. it’s just some dippy college freshmen. Like they’ve never done stupid shit before. > [@some Yahoo! idiot](#): > > Unfortunately for future Winnie Chen and her friend Guistinna Tun Who is “future Winnie Chen”? Is she a Time Lord? What is she now? I weep for the future **Just Asking Questions**. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/25 "2016-09-20T23:04:32Z")
> [@](#): > > “I’m also taking one of the white closets. There should be two white closets and I’m taking one of them. I don’t care which one it is, just know that I’m taking one of them.” Anyone wish they could get there first and make sure all the hangers are wire? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/26 "2016-09-20T23:14:17Z")
So did the girls not respond to the original email? Not that that excuses her behavior, and I’ll bet it’s something like she sent it 60 minutes earlier or never did. But it seems odd to not address that. Also, Ashly (sic). > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Is it far enough into the thread that I can complain about the"article"? > > Because that was one stupid article. It doesn’t even flow, or make a point. It’s just unreadable crap! Screencaps of Twitter feeds, with the tops cut off. Paragraphs that explain nothing. It doesn’t say clearly the who, what, where, when or why. It doesn’t even make a case as to why we should even care. it’s just some dippy college freshmen. Like they’ve never done stupid shit before. > > Who is “future Winnie Chen”? Is she a Time Lord? What is she now? > > I weep for the future **Just Asking Questions**. Yahoo is merely reposting it, it is from Hello Giggles, whatever that is. [Original link](http://hellogiggles.com/freshman-future-roommate-demands/), which looks a \*little \*better. And the Teen Vogue link has more info. And that has a link to [coed.com](http://coed.com), whatever that is. Clickbaitception! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/27 "2016-09-20T23:58:11Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > …“Well, there are singles, you can put a request in for them, but there are not many and freshman almost never get them.”… IIRC my college only gave singles to RAs, disabled students, and students with documented mental health issues (in that order). Nobody was actually required to live on campus though. > [@Dangerosa](#): > > They didn’t want her with a roommate who might not be a good fit and having never shared a room before, having a stranger as a roommate would be scary… I think these days most college freshmen arrive without having had to share a bedroom before. It sure felt that like my freshman year. Family sizes have gotten smaller as homes have gotten bigger. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/28 "2016-09-21T05:30:07Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > [This college student](https://www.yahoo.com/news/cannot-believe-list-demands-sent-214356203.html) sounds like a roommate-situation nightmare, and just - “selfish” or “self-centered” doesn’t even do it justice; wonder what the psychological condition is. Dunno – clearly there was an expectation of negotiation that had not been met. It reads to me that she was told that she was going to get whatever was left over, and she replied htat she would give as good as she got. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/29 "2016-09-21T12:28:49Z")
I find it saves time to assume that everyone involved in a viral story is an asshole, including the person(s) who infected us with it. Rarely does evidence later convince me otherwise. And obviously her name is Chen and she’s studying to become a Winnie. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/30 "2016-09-21T15:20:45Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I find it saves time to assume that everyone involved in a viral story is an asshole, including the person(s) who infected us with it. Rarely does evidence later convince me otherwise. > > And obviously her name is Chen and she’s studying to become a Winnie. Duh. The person in question is Winnie’s unnamed roommate, not Winnie herself. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/31 "2016-09-21T15:45:03Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > The person in question is Winnie’s unnamed roommate, not Winnie herself. I think he’s referencing my comment about “future Winnie Chen” from the article, which makes it sounds as if “Winnie Chen” is a condition one can aspire to. Like “Nobel Prize Winner”, or “college dropout”. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192.md?page=1)