It's PanDENmonium! [Off Topic Chat]

flyswatter

Yeah, the thing is my best friends in college weren't in my course so I didn't see them as often as I'd like although I saw more of them last year.

A few of them have now graduated which is unfortunate.

Friendly with a few from my (now previous) course but I was more often than not sitting on my own getting lunch unless I saw someone I recognised.

Salty

Well there were around 400 people in both my English and Psychology classes, I got on great with my Italian class but didn't see them outside of lectures, same with my Spanish.

That's just how it worked out for me, some people get luckier I suppose. I also managed to get a job so that ate into my time more.

I'm not actually awkward in social situations, a little shy but that wears off quickly. I suppose at the start of the college year, I was really bitter over having to do my "safety-net" course and just didn't settle in the way people normally would. By the time I settled, everyone had made their friends.

Oh well.:pac:

Screaminmidget

soccymonster wrote: »

ah dont worry unless you literally make no effort whatsoever with anyone and avoid social interaction at all costs, you'll make friends if you're living with other students, for the love of god, go out with them the first night or do something fun or something. They'll be the first new college people you'll probably end up meeting!
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This, +1000

JamJamJamJam

Thinking about it, I guess it was that bit easier for me too since there are under 50 people in my year... But it's especially easy to talk to people in the first few weeks! It's completely normal to sit next to somebody you don't know and ask them who the hell they are :P Everyone's in the same boat as you!




Does anyone now if The Rocker is worth watching?

Eathrin

wnolan1992 wrote: »

This tbh. Lots of acquaintances, few (if any) actual friends.

I genuinely worry about this.
I mean, my own friend circle has been dwindling so much the last couple of years, I really need some fresh new faces and a new friend circle.

Canard

Eathrin wrote: »

Worst case scenario; you make no friends, but I give you permission to follow me at a minimum spherical distance of 5m.

I'd be ever so flattered. :P

soccymonster wrote: »

ah dont worry unless you literally make no effort whatsoever with anyone and avoid social interaction at all costs, you'll make friends if you're living with other students, for the love of god, go out with them the first night or do something fun or something. They'll be the first new college people you'll probably end up meeting!

Also just 3 more weeks before I move back into ma new college house
excited.com.

I used to be a bit like that with the mindset being "They cant hate me if I don't do anything wrong " but now I'm more "no matter how weird I may act, its weirder to be silent and creepy" :P

Problem is I'm not moving out, and I'm 17 until Februrary, so while I plan to join societies I'm worried I'll be left out of the loop completely. It's kind of happened with my general friend group. :rolleyes:

Eathrin wrote: »

I genuinely worry about this.
I mean, my own friend circle has been dwindling so much the last couple of years, I really need some fresh new faces and a new friend circle.

This.

Namlub

Well this is reassuring...

Meowth

Patchy~ wrote: »

I used to be a bit like that with the mindset being "They cant hate me if I don't do anything wrong " but now I'm more "no matter how weird I may act, its weirder to be silent and creepy" :P

Problem is I'm not moving out, and I'm 17 until Februrary, so while I plan to join societies I'm worried I'll be left out of the loop completely. It's kind of happened with my general friend group. :rolleyes:
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Me, Cian and Siobhan Patch :P We'll be okay

We will all make friends lads, why wouldn't we?! :P

Davidius

Ye'll make friends as long as you try not to be yourself. I feel I need to stress this: Do NOT be yourself and always give into peer pressure.

HandsomeDivil

Somethings up. The birds outside my window are going absolutely crazy.

Eathrin

Meowth wrote: »

Patchy~ wrote: »

I used to be a bit like that with the mindset being "They cant hate me if I don't do anything wrong " but now I'm more "no matter how weird I may act, its weirder to be silent and creepy" :P

Problem is I'm not moving out, and I'm 17 until Februrary, so while I plan to join societies I'm worried I'll be left out of the loop completely. It's kind of happened with my general friend group. :rolleyes:
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Me, Cian and Siobhan Patch :P We'll be okay

We will all make friends lads, why wouldn't we?! :P

People will ask how we know each other.
And we will have no good explanation.

Meowth

Eathrin wrote: »

People will ask how we know each other.
And we will have no good explanation.

Em gaeltacht nobody needs to know I've never been to one :P

jefreywithonef

HandsomeDivil wrote: »

Somethings up. The birds outside my window are going absolutely crazy.

Crap, they've finally watched the Hitchcock film!

Jhcx

Friends! What friends? Friends come and go you don't need them. Now what u do need are contacts. Contacts that know someone that know someone who can get you something when u need it. Now there the friends u need. Don't worry about making friends just worry about being noticed. You can't have everyone be your friend but u can have them know who you are and have them talk to you. when I was in college I wouldn't class any of the people I knew as friends but ppl who u could hang out with. I'm very sure on any given day I never hung around with the same one person.

Lawliet

Eathrin wrote: »

People will ask how we know each other.
And we will have no good explanation.

Summer camp. If you ever have to explain how you know someone from boards, you all went to summer camp.

Eathrin

Lawliet wrote: »

Eathrin wrote: »

People will ask how we know each other.
And we will have no good explanation.

Summer camp. If you ever have to explain how you know someone from boards, you all went to summer camp.

Which camp?
Ummm, Clearasil camp....

Jhcx

Apparently i had anothe bebo account i didnt know about.... Deleted now. :pac:

I only wonder what some of my old emails would have.

wnolan1992

Jhcx wrote: »

Apparently i had anothe bebo account i didnt know about.... Deleted now. :pac:

I only wonder what some of my old emails would have.

Ah the good 'ole days when people had about six different Bebo accounts when they kept forgetting passwords... :P

I wonder why that particular phenomena died with Bebo...

Jhcx

I wonder how this is possible:pac:

HandsomeDivil

Just had a group of young girls chanting "Go Justin Beiber hair, Go Justin Beiber hair!" about me during a football match. I think it's time I got a haircut.

Jhcx

HandsomeDivil wrote: »

Just had a group of young girls chanting "Go Justin Beiber hair, Go Justin Beiber hair!" about me during a football match. I think it's time I got a haircut.

Apparently ive got Jedward hair -__- not impressed to say the least.

wnolan1992

HandsomeDivil wrote: »

Just had a group of young girls chanting "Go Justin Beiber hair, Go Justin Beiber hair!" about me during a football match. I think it's time I got a haircut.

Jhcx wrote: »

Apparently ive got Jedward hair -__- not impressed to say the least.

'scuse me a sec...

*clears throat*
*blows pitch pipe*

PICS OR GTFO!


:P

Mysteriouschic

I've just noticed whenever you hang with a group of friends the group splits up into smaller or you only get close to a few people from the group and the rest you just talk to and you don't really get to know them.

Davidius

I've just noticed whenever you hang with a group of friends you don't know who to talk to and just go home.

HandsomeDivil

wnolan1992 wrote: »

'scuse me a sec...

*clears throat*
*blows pitch pipe*

PICS OR GTFO!


:P

Can't believe I'm putting my photo up on an internet forum but here it goes....

wnolan1992

HandsomeDivil wrote: »

Can't believe I'm putting my photo up on an internet forum but here it goes....



http://justinbieberfan.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/justin-bieber-m.jpg

The only reason I know that's a pic of Justin Bieber is because of the url...


I'm not even joking.

Eathrin

wnolan1992 wrote: »

The only reason I know that's a pic of Justin Bieber is because of the url...


I'm not even joking.

I know his face because he's on the side of all my fúcking youtube videos.

Jhcx

Eathrin wrote: »

I know his face because he's on the side of all my fúcking youtube videos.

The question is what kind of videos are you watching for him to appear on the side :eek: :pac:

I havent seen that geezer in a few weeks now

JamJamJamJam

His hair is amazing... Look at it!

Also, if you ignore the things that are rubbish about him, he's kinda the man... I mean, he's obviously really good looking and super popular with the lady folk, he can sing like a winner, the aforementioned hair is perfect (obviously!), he has more moneys than I can count on both hands, he's going out with Selena Gomez (!!), who is something like 2 years older than him, he literally helps sick kids in hospitals, and his babysitter is Usher...

The man is a hero! And I will admit to being a little bit jealous of him... I never even had a babysitter

wnolan1992

JamJamJamJam wrote: »

And I will admit to being a little bit jealous of him... I never even had a babysitter

Well anyone who says they're not jealous of him is a damn liar.

It's because he's younger than me (I think?), richer than I will ever be, more better looking than me and has millions of girls lusting after him that I don't like him.

HandsomeDivil

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Well anyone who says they're not jealous of him is a damn liar.

It's because he's younger than me (I think?), richer than I will ever be, more better looking than me and has millions of girls lusting after him that I don't like him.

I don't like him because he makes **** music tbh

Palytoxin

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Well anyone who says they're not jealous of him is a damn liar.

Jealous, of his money yes, but sure I can make my own like everyone else . But to be like him would be selling out on all my beliefs about modern culture, people, music, fashion, etc. . I wouldn't swap my life for his, ever, and now that I think of it I can't think of anyone's life I'd swap with really :pac:

Namlub

I don't want to go to bed because then it'll be the morning and everything will be too real...Gonna just eat a muffin instead

JamJamJamJam

Palytoxin wrote: »

Jealous, of his money yes, but sure I can make my own like everyone else . But to be like him would be selling out on all my beliefs about modern culture, people, music, fashion, etc. . I wouldn't swap my life for his, ever, and now that I think of it I can't think of anyone's life I'd swap with really :pac:

You'd take the hair, though, wouldn't you? You would. I would... That hair...

Eathrin

Jhcx wrote: »

The question is what kind of videos are you watching for him to appear on the side :eek: :pac:

I havent seen that geezer in a few weeks now

You'd be surprised at the amount of even small unheard of artists that are now subject to a VEVO account.
Not just Lady Gaga and Katy Perry anymore.

How the fúck does prepubescent girl pop come to dominate the music industry anyhow?

Davidius

I hear more about Justin Bieber from people who hate him than the teenage girls who like him. I heard that I should hate him before I even knew who he was. Why couldn't I just be let live in ignorance?

wnolan1992

HandsomeDivil wrote: »

I don't like him because he makes **** music tbh

But is his music really "****", or is it just not to your taste?

I don't like his music personally, but I think it's good pop music. If it were actually "****", then millions of people around the world wouldn't be willing to pay €70+ for a ticket to see him live.

Now, you could argue that his music is only popular because it exploits* prepubescent girls (his song "First Dance" for example), but equally I could argue that Nirvana, Nickelback, Linkin Park, etc exploit angsty teenage boys.




*exploits is probably too strong a word, but I think you'll know what I mean.

flyswatter

Despite him being the most popular music act on youtube, I've honestly never heard one of JBs songs on Irish radio.

Namlub

And I was like baby baby baby oooooooohhhhhhh
Baby baby baby noooooooooooooooooooooo
Like baby baby baby ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Thought you'd always be mine, mine


A timeless classic

PseudoFamous

flyswatter wrote: »

Despite him being the most popular music act on youtube, I've honestly never heard one of JBs songs on Irish radio.

what is this radio you speak of?

Davidius

All this talk of bad music makes me want to talk about good music instead.

So here's the national anthem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pHO7GW0MKE

If you disagree then you are a west Brit imperialist.

Togepi

My brother showed me one of J-Biebz's singing videos a few months before everyone started to hear about him.

He probably read somewhere that this kid was going to be massive, but still, respect. :pac:

flyswatter

Togepi wrote: »

My brother showed me one of J-Biebz's singing videos a few months before everyone started to hear about him.

He probably read somewhere that this kid was going to be massive, but still, respect. :pac:

Feckin hipster!

Namlub

Lies, there's the one that's like

If I was your boyfriend, I'd gladly let you go
Something something something

wnolan1992

Namlub wrote: »

Lies, there's the one that's like

If I was your boyfriend, I'd gladly let you go
Something something something

And the one where he's on about "saving his first dance for you", which in no way is meant to be construed as a reference to him losing his virginity.

HandsomeDivil

wnolan1992 wrote: »

But is his music really "****", or is it just not to your taste?

I don't like his music personally, but I think it's good pop music. If it were actually "****", then millions of people around the world wouldn't be willing to pay €70+ for a ticket to see him live.

Now, you could argue that his music is only popular because it exploits* prepubescent girls (his song "First Dance" for example), but equally I could argue that Nirvana, Nickelback, Linkin Park, etc exploit angsty teenage boys.




*exploits is probably too strong a word, but I think you'll know what I mean.

Well yeah I get what you're saying. Just because it's not to my liking doesn't mean it's awful.

But I don't agree that it's good pop music, I can appreciate good pop music. I just think that he makes bland, generic music that has no message behind it that has been made a million times before. Now obviously he's doing something right because he has loads of fans and has a hell of a lot of money. So good luck to him, and I don't actually hate him I suppose, I'm indifferent to him.

And yeah I see your point with the last bit, but please don't put Nirvana and Nickelback in the same category :P

Pigwidgeon

I saw Justin Bieber before he was really big when he was supporting Taylor Swift in London. Apparently he broke his ankle in the middle of one of his songs. I wasn't really paying any attention to him and was queueing up to get a tshirt for most of him.

jefreywithonef

Namlub wrote: »

I don't want to go to bed because then it'll be the morning and everything will be too real...Gonna just eat a muffin instead

I can't get much pleasure from eating a muffin unless I eat it in seclusion or over a plate / table / bin. Stupid crumbling crumbs.

And apparently my hair goes all Bieber-y when the wind blows against it. Incidentally, I now hate the wind.

Jhcx

Tis easier go with the Military look. I mean ya cant argue with it. and its not just one person who has it. and you cant be hated. :pac:

AtomicKoala

I'm in Galway city. What is there to do here?