# ARGH!!!!! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 1999, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339 "1999-12-02T20:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Occam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Occam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Occam)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/1 "1999-12-02T20:01:00Z")
Everytime I register for classes I want to bash someones brain in with a claw hammer. Everytime. I can’t handle this shit, I tell you. ‘A pile of pants’ doesn’t even begin to describe the brevity of crap I have to deal with in order to stay in this achidemic pergatory another few years. I’ll describe the event that makes everyone who was ever a college student shudder at the mere word, ‘registration’. Start out with the exponential expanse that seems to crop up everytime you talk to a spirit crushing, lost soul, of a counselor who tells you “blah blah blah you need to talk to someone else” and that someone else is always across the college, and you find out how large the college is. But don’t worry, the funs not over, because when you get to the other ‘somoneone’ they like to say, “mmma muwwwa mwwahh someone else” and off you go again. You will loose 20 pounds or die of exasution before this is all over, trust me. But the real pain comes in when you listen to the inaudible mumbling and find out what they are really saying is, “yeah, I know you took those classes a while ago, but under the new system they don’t count for anything, bummer”. And the exodus continues. You know the saying, two steps forward one step back. I swear this feels like two steps forward and two steps back. That’s it, the achidemic waltz that keeps people in limbo for the third decade of their life. ---
**Author:** ![VegForLife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9de0a6/32.png) [@VegForLife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegForLife)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/2 "1999-12-02T20:04:00Z")
One of the classes you’re registering for _is_ English, isn’t it? Rich ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/3 "1999-12-02T20:42:00Z")
those words… I do not think they mean what you think they mean ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/4 "1999-12-02T20:44:00Z")
Hmmm, wait until you graduate and get a real job. The people you’re required to talk to won’t merely be across campus, but across the nation and world. Unless, of course, your communication skills don’t improve; then the people you have to talk to will be just across the counter at Mikkey Dee’s. Grow up. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/5 "1999-12-02T21:02:00Z")
HIJACK ALERT!!! Did you choose Occam as an alternate spelling to the original Celtic form of writing commonly spelled “OGHAM”? Just wondering. HUGS! Sqrl * * * Gasoline: As an accompaniement to cereal it made a refreshing change. Glen Baxter ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/6 "1999-12-02T23:11:00Z")
My first years in high school, we registered in this bizarre way: Tables are set up in the cafeteria. Each table has a different subject. The students are let in and run around trying to collect the cards that say what class, which teacher, what period. Usually, you had to take gym 3 times in one semester because your first choices are sold out. I suspect there was some scalping going on. Lots of trading in the hallway before your final schedule is locked in. Junior year, we finally got computers to register with. * * * John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. That’s my name too. Wait, no it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![keystream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a3d4f5/32.png) [@keystream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keystream)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/7 "1999-12-03T00:18:00Z")
I feel you, man. I registered 2 weeks ago and I literally went back and forth across campus about 8 times. Took me three hours, and then I found out I can register in the Communications department office as well as the registrar’s. So then I go back there _again_ and then I look at my brand-spanking-new, perfect schedule, with everything I wanted, and two different sets of two classes overlap. AAARRRRGGGHHH!!! But now I’m all done, thank God. I sympathize. Interestingly enough, I chose my new sig line before I even found this topic. I’ve always said I’m psychic. ---
**Author:** ![keystream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a3d4f5/32.png) [@keystream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keystream)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/8 "1999-12-03T00:19:00Z")
Shit!! Didn’t include the sig!! My bad. * * * The razor belonged to a man named Occam, and he was _not_ a scar collector. - William S. Burroughs ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/9 "1999-12-03T00:36:00Z")
Valerieblaise > [@](#): > > those words… I do not think they mean what you think they mean The power of understatement! With that one line you have encapsulated the whole of SDMB. One can only admire… With your permission, I would love to use it as a sig. May I, if you don’t want it for that yourself? * * * Valerieblaise “those words… I do not think they mean what you think they mean” (Valerieblaise) The power of understatement! With that one line you have encapsulated the whole of SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/10 "1999-12-03T00:37:00Z")
Well, with a bit of editing… ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/11 "1999-12-03T00:58:00Z")
Durnovarianus said, > [@](#): > > With your permission, I would love to use it as a sig. May I, if you don’t want it for that yourself? Yes, you may, although I was only paraphrasing a line from “the Princess Bride.” ---
**Author:** ![Phaedrus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@Phaedrus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phaedrus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/12 "1999-12-03T01:49:00Z")
Hey unca…drop dead!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/13 "1999-12-03T04:49:00Z")
In my final writing class, one of the other students wrote a proof paper that proved that all of the people in the Registration Office were from other planets. Irrefutable to this day. Hang in there, Occam. It’s when college ends that the real stress starts. Enjoy it while you can. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/14 "1999-12-03T08:38:00Z")
## Do you go to school in the Land Without Computers? I register on the phone or the web. It takes five minutes. I do it at home. It’s easy. I have no complaints. It even has a funny name: TeleSlug. ~Kyla “You couldn’t fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had an electrified fooling machine.” ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/15 "1999-12-03T10:44:00Z")
how did that word go again? oh yes. _inconcievable_…eh something like that 🙂 so that equals registration? bj0rn - it would take a miracle ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/16 "1999-12-03T12:24:00Z")
Hey Phaedy, evolve!!! ---
**Author:** ![smilingjaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@smilingjaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smilingjaws)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/17 "1999-12-03T14:20:00Z")
Ok, old fogey "you young whipper snappers have it so easy!) alert: When I registered for college, we had to go to the coliseum (appointed times by last name initial). There were tables set up for each class. You had to go to the table and get a computer punch card. If the punch cards were gone, you had to rearrange your schedule. Then you had to go across campus and wait in line for several hours to pay your fees. It usually took at least 2 days to get registered. This didn’t include the mandatory appointments with your advisor the semester before where you chose classes that invariably were filled up before you got to get that all important punch card! Hang in there–you’ll survive! ---
**Author:** ![VegForLife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9de0a6/32.png) [@VegForLife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegForLife)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/18 "1999-12-03T19:03:00Z")
Kyla, is that you?? At UC Santa Cruz? Are you back from Israel? (Sorry if you’ve answered these and other questions in some other forum.) Rich ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/19 "1999-12-03T20:54:00Z")
smilingjaws: > [@](#): > > When I registered for college, we had to go to the coliseum Wow, you really _are_ old. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339/20 "1999-12-04T01:03:00Z")
V-B Never seen it, but thanks [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-die-die-die-die-die-die/3339.md?page=2)