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101 things: You know you’re a student when…

 

Originally from: http://poorstudentlife.com/101-things-you-know-your-a-student-when

 

You wake up and wonder where the hell you are.

 

You live off 8p basics noodles from Sainsbury’s.

 

You spend more time uploading and tagging pictures on Facebook than you did actually taking the pictures during the previous night out.

 

The only post you will ever get are either take-away menus or TV-license warning letters.

 

You hate the other Uni, just because everyone else does.

 

You are carried home after a night out by your nice new flat mates.

 

You give up eating for a week just so you can afford to go out.

 

You wake up and find bruises everywhere, but you’re not quite sure how you managed to fall in those places.

 

4od becomes your best friend because you cannot afford a TV or a license to watch a TV.

 

Spontaneous nights out become every night.

 

You spend hours on ‘sporcle.com’.

 

Your flat mate eating your food is a crime.

 

Your laptop breaking is like losing a member of your immediate family.

 

Your ‘five a day’ consist of the grapes in the bottle of wine and the apples in the cans of cider.

 

You realise that Facebook will ruin your degree.

 

A balanced diet means varying your takeaway choices.

 

Its socially acceptable to wear your pyjamas anywhere.

 

You go out of your way to make friends who can cook.

 

You expect to a find a trolley, etc in your bed if you’ve gone out and left your door unlocked.

 

The word Google becomes a verb.

 

A 12 o’clock lecture is “too early”.

 

You think the floor above you are the noisiest people ever, but you don’t understand why the floor below you complain all the time.

 

You book a taxi under an obscure name, just in case there’s any chance for you to do a runner.

 

You say “I’m never going to drink again” at least once a week.

 

Power naps become a way of life.

 

You spend half an hour trying to work out if you should get the 20p cheaper toilet paper, then spend £5 a day on ‘hangover food’ such as Macdonalds.

 

You steal cutlery from the Cafeteria every time you need a clean knife and fork, then bin it after use.

 

“I’m not drinking a lot tonight” really means I’m getting absolutely hammered.

 

No matter how broke you are, there is always enough money to get pissed.

 

Eating a whole bag of peanuts as a substitute for dinner is acceptable.

 

Takeaway deliver guys become your new best friend and end up having chats on the quality/quantity of what you have ordered, end up with more food than you paid for.

 

3 days go by before you realize you’ve not left the house or got dressed.

 

You realise that the two week overflowing bin that is festering in the kitchen will not be taken out by its self.

 

You try and piece together what happened on a night out based on the texts you sent, the phone calls you made, and the photos that appear on Facebook.

 

No matter how determined you are not to go out….someone will persuade you.

 

You can’t walk to anywhere without being molested by club and bar promo leaflets.

 

You hear Sexy Bitch by David Guetta and Akon 5 times a night.

 

You get annoying Facebook emails about the same club nights every week.

 

Beans and pasta becomes your staples diet.

 

Food that’s free always tastes better.

 

You realise anything can be cooked in a microwave.

 

You walk into your kitchen at 3 in the morning to get a snack because you can’t sleep and find all you’re other flatmates there, snacking.

 

Checking your post HAS to be done daily.

 

You are ridiculously excited when you have post.

 

Spotify is running at least 16 hours a day.

 

You complain that your course books are £30 quid then go out and spend the same amount, if not more.

 

You realise cheese is really, really really expensive.

 

You wake up covered in pen and don’t know why.

 

Deodorant becomes your new shower.

 

You wash your clothes at 4 in the morning.

 

Continues at: http://poorstudentlife.com/101-things-you-know-your-a-student-when

 

(p.s don’t know what happened to the numbering system!)