Depends on where you go. Young Brilharma may just be missing out on the fun stuff. (Don’t worry, man, you’ll find it.) Certainly my own college had as much drinking, drugs and sex as anyone could wish. However, I’ve visited other schools with lamentable deficits in all three categories.
(I miss college.)
No, college doesn’t suck that bad as a whole. My friends tell my stories of buying cases of water, pouring out the water, and filling the empty bottles with vodka. There’s still plenty of drugs, drinking and sex to go around, just not in Honors Housing. We’re all early to bed, early to rise people who play Euchre in our free time. But, outside of this building, I hear of some pretty wild stories.
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Heh, that’s actually pretty funny. At my old uni, most of the pretty wild stories took place in the honor’s dorm. :rolleyes:
I go to a school where fun supposedly comes to die, but those of us who are determined enough manage to keep it breathing somehow. We have plenty of alcohol, occasional illicit substances, and the odd rumor of scandalous liasons. But we’re the exception, I think - it’s been a month since school started and I have yet to see naked freshman running around campus.
Maybe 15 years ago, I remember seeing a re-release of Disney’s Pinocchio. Well, no, the Disney version was nothing like the original classic - and that’s a study all by itself - but there was some pretty adult-themed references in Pinocchio that would have whooshed over any pre-teen’s head.
See Jiminy Cricket slide over the butt of a good-looking wench statuette during a scene in Gepetto’s workshop. Watch Jiminy Cricket as he and Pinocchio are talking to the good fairy for the first time. That combined attitude of worship and lust by Jiminy was something to behold, and not something a kid would understand.
I was very sick a couple weeks ago and had a mini-Disney marathon. One of the movies I watched was Pinocchio. Oh my. That Jiminy was one lonely, desperate cricket. My mind boggled. Watching Lady and the Tramp I wondered if the reason Jock makes the marriage offer is because Lady was pregnant.
Oh the difference 15+ years make!
College was where I learned a greater appreciation of animation styles and techniques. I watched more disney during those four years than during the previous 10, as well as getting into all sorts of American, European and Japanese cartoons I’d never seen before, from Max Fleischer to Miyazaki to Spike & Mike. I watched them because they were fun on their own and because I found the creation process fascinating, no ulterior motives.
I also drank and had sex, but cartoons were enjoyed for what they were.