packing up for college and I leave on Saturday
I voted no but only the first part. 
I think there will be plenty of DVDs around.
Yes. Also, a wooden train and an 8-track player.
Yes. Absolutely yes.
But here’s the thing - you need to make your room the retreat, not the party center. Make it the exclusive “you gotta be cool to be here” room. It’s pretty easy to do, you just have to convince some freshmen to convert their rooms to having 1/2 inch of beer slime on the floors on the weekend.
good plan
I should get some bean bag chairs too
Of course you should. How else will people know you’re cool?
You might wanna “bring” an English usage manual.
(Yeah. I couldn’t help it. I feel dirty now.)
I don’t get it what is wrong with my English
You are going to college, so you take the laserdisc player with you.
When you come back home, bring it back.
College is certainly a wise choice for you but you really shouldn’t be focused on late 1970’s technology as part of your preparation. I think our resident grammarian was referring to the ‘take’ versus ‘bring’ distinction that seems to escape young people who haven’t yet stepped foot inside the hallowed walls. That will come with time.
Also, rent Revenge of the Nerds and watch it before you go but don’t let the irony escape you if you watch it on a laserdisc player.
I voted no also. College dorms are full of distractions. Short of finding a group of people that are really into the movies you have, it’s novelty will wear off pretty quickly. Dorms aren’t big enough to waste space on something that won’t get much use.
Besides, do you really want it getting ruined because someone spilled something on it or it got stepped on or you roommate wanted to plug the DVD player in knocked it over trying to move it.
Nah, leave it at home.
Get with the times man. The English language is changing. Should I also make sure to distinguish between thou and thee?
Also last year I tantalized all my friends with stories of how great my laserdisc player is so I already got some people anxious to experience the greatest home video format ever conceived.
When I was in college there was another guy in my dorm who had a laserdisc player. His room was the cool room – he had a great collection of movies, concerts, etc. on laserdisc and you had to be accepted into his good graces to be invited to watch.
Of course, that was 1983.
Due to some guy changing his mind and deciding he wanted to live off campus instead, I now have no roommate. Don’t know how long it’ll last, but I will have enough time to get my laserdisc player settled in before anyone can tell me otherwise.
It’s probably because those young people know that it’s another false rule that’s propagated solely to provide a reason for some to feel superior to others. Or maybe it’s because those young people have better access to dictionaries:
Where is the “place form which the action is being regarded”? Not PSXer’s home, but the college.
And there’s always this. And even this guy admits that this usage is fine:
Once again, usage nazis have to sit down and shut up as, as common usage (and common sense) rules the day, and another made-up rule goes up in flames. Next you’ll be telling us that “the” (not “a”) should be used when talking about a unique item.:rolleyes:
Despite his silly use of “stigmata”, I like the closing paragraph that this guy uses:
I’m just surprised your “friend doesn’t want to know”.
PSXer, I bet your friend never envisioned you being involved in such a grammarian nerd-off, did he?
Usually I am the one correcting petty errors in grammar but I must admit I did not know this rule. I am beaten. My friend has a lot of trouble remembering when to use subjunctive so I have to correct him on it.
You should totally major in web design so you can catch the tech expansion we all feel coming.
And shit.