They move in packs. They go from dorm to dorm. They hunt for alcohol, sex, and anything else they can find. Who am I talking about? College students, the 21st century hunter gatherers. And I don't mean to generalize, because some students aren't like this, myself included. The hunt for college students starts on Thirsty Thursday and doesn't end until Sunday. It's a spectacle only comparable to an African safari. You can see anything from girls wearing 2 feet of fabric in 12 degree weather to people wondering around the halls at 3 am. If you wake up early enough, which most won't, you can see the destruction left behind by the wild in their natural habitat. Seeing food, empty cans, trash, and vomit have all become normal things to me in the morning. Even while sitting in the hall typing this I have seen two people go to throw up, one person spit in the hall, two girls looking for "the party", and countless amounts of people stumbling around.
Welcome to college,
Ian J.
I think you're a bit mistaken. Back in nomadic days the role of hunting and gathering was the benefit the group; as they would preform necessary actions in order to survive. This comparison to "Nomadic Hunter Gatherers", as you state above, isn't very clear as college students (let's clump them as 'the youth' for a more accurate reference) search for 'partying, alcohol and sex' as more of an enjoyment rather than a necessity. To compare them to the people of the nomadic times simply doesn't make much sense as the youth of today list entertainment as a priority, rather than survival.
ReplyDeleteIt is supposed to be figuratively speaking and in a very small sense of the term.
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