<p>Lol who said I wanted to go to Harvard for him? I wanted to go to Harvard way before I knew him.</p>
<p>^I must have misinterpreted your meaning then.</p>
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<p>You likely won’t come into regular contact with any single student unless you either share residence, have mutual enrollment in a small class or extracurricular pursuit, or make a concerted effort to regularly meet. For instance, I haven’t encountered my next-door neighbor for the past five weeks and merely thrice since orientation.</p>
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<p>I would agree. Overall, I feel fortunate that I attend here and Harvard is certainly making a positive contribution towards my life but I will never spend a moment here believing this is Utopia.</p>
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<p>I prefer the band to that ridiculous traveling ensemble/singing circus that periodically appears to evoke my discontent. (I personally call them the “Crapulous Troupe,” influenced by my assumption that no one can be that patently oblivious to invariable discord without the assistance of some physical inducement.) I would also sooner have the band than some of the vocal improvisations that I’m forced to tolerate every early Sunday morning when over half of the dormitory is inebriated. Last Sunday, at 4:00 A.M., I was treated to a fatuously immature pastiche of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” by four supremely intoxicated dorm-mates. This performance was followed by a uniformly asinine contest to see who could jump and perform the most impressive aerial rotation before landing. Seventy-five percent of the attempted gyrations concluded in some individual being sprawled out stupidly on the floor.</p>
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<p>It’s unfortunate that a benign cultural relic has descended into such a purposive nuisance. </p>
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<p>I find that most of the students here are genuinely pleasant, although immature, obnoxious people are still admitted in less than enviable proportions.</p>
<p>“You likely won’t come into regular contact with any single student unless you either share residence, have mutual enrollment in a small class or extracurricular pursuit, or make a concerted effort to regularly meet.”</p>
<p>-Seemingly, being in the same class as you would be anything but boring.</p>
<p>" Last Sunday, at 4:00 A.M., I was treated to a fatuously immature pastiche of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” by four supremely intoxicated dorm-mates. This performance was followed by a uniformly asinine contest to see who could jump and perform the most impressive aerial rotation before landing. Seventy-five percent of the attempted gyrations concluded in some individual being sprawled out stupidly on the floor."</p>
<p>I LOVE YOUR LIFE. That is so funny!
I wish I had such interesting sources of entertainment in my daily life.</p>
<p>^^^You seem to have unusually annoying dormmates. In addition, this:</p>
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<p>shows that you perhaps should get out of your room more often and meet some new people besides those that you’re forced to see routinely (and who indeed seem very unpleasant).</p>
<p>@ksarmand: how would you like to go to a cappella concert together :)?</p>
<p>I love that I am not going there.</p>
<p>^Exactly! Harvard truly is unique.</p>
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<p>I actually didn’t find it even remotely funny. I felt rather embarrassed just watching the absurdity of the display.</p>
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<p>Actually, the neighboring individuals are courteous, sophisticated people but during weekend evenings, they regularly depart. The black sheep of the dormitory gravitate toward my floor for whatever reason, often resulting in an overbearing influx of inanity. </p>
<p>To offer another anecdote, two weeks ago, twelve people held a soccer match in the ten-by-twenty-foot common area of my floor. It sounded like a theatrical re-enactment of Gettysburg.</p>
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<p>Perhaps you ought to do the same.</p>
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<p>…there is a midterm next week. I’m on a self-imposed lockdown. 
Next weekend, however, should be fun-filled, so I’ll go if it’s after Tuesday. :)</p>
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<p>I had thought that the invitation was merely wry, given your general discontent with Harvard’s a cappella displays. (You’re certainly not alone on that front.) However, if you both are seeking more phonetically pleasing experiences, I would recommend Internet videos of mutual interest or, if there are qualms about not enjoying something Harvard-related, I would rather endorse a public lecture.</p>
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uhh… just out of curiosity, your interesting vocabulary and fine writing on an informal forum is sort of funny, but is that the way you usually talk?</p>
<p>i also believe that a purpose of college is to have fun. and having fun for most people involves doing “inane” things. IT’S COLLEGE. you’re supposed to get wasted and laid, not sit around your dorm until 4 a.m. doing whatever you do. </p>
<p>i mean, it’s quite obvious that you’re brilliant, but try to loosen up a a little. dont be so annoyed at others. i mean, calling your classmates “dolts” and “gorillas” seem a little extreme when they are merely doing what typical college students do.</p>
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<p>I do not believe that the way in which I use words on the computer is notably different from the way in which I speak.</p>
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<p>You’re entitled to your opinion, but not everyone shares your belief that college is designed to be the haven of debauchery that you envision. </p>
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<p>The former designation is true. The second was employed within a (rather accurate) metaphorical description detailing the quality of their vocal talents. If I had a recording of their melded discord and made it accessible, I’m sure you’d feel my labeling of them as the “Crapulous Troupe” to be thoroughly accurate or perhaps even too much of a polite substitute. I am tolerant of frivolous energy to a certain extent, but it transcends basic buffoonery. The behavior is disconcertingly immature and not a model of conduct one would expect from students attending this university (or college students anywhere, for that matter). It’s particularly a bone of contention when the “concert” occurs at an hour when 95% of the dormitory is asleep and at a volume clearly fashioned to produce disruption.</p>
<p>Because I enjoy procrastinating so:</p>
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<p>Actually, this is not far from the truth, though you would do well to divide the number of words by no less than 1,000.</p>
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<p>If the word “would” is removed from your sentence, then I understand what you are attempting to assert. You are likely referencing that I often have little to contribute to most points of a standard conversation and am predominantly socially reserved. But likewise, I have absolutely nothing to contribute in response to over 99% of the material I read on Internet message boards.</p>
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<p>My usage of the word “would” is perfectly legitimate. </p>
<p>Get yo’self together, bro - don’t hate.</p>
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<p>The use of the conditional mood makes the sentence read as if you’re expressing an opinion or hypothetical rather than a fact. I could be misunderstanding the point of your remark, but you didn’t comment on the remainder of #36 (or at least the content of my second sentence) so I’d assume that wasn’t the case.</p>
<p>^ Two thousand- Four hundred.</p>
<p>Yes, I am referring to the score obtained by mifune on a multiple-choice assessment of academic aptitude. Lol</p>
<p>All jokes aside, ignore the haters, mifune. Be yourself; it has brought you much success in life thus far. You can rub the Pulitzer/Nobel in their faces in a few years :)</p>
<p>So, who on this forum knows who mifune is in person?</p>
<p>^I believe many Harvard freshmen know who mifune is. </p>
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I think it is inappropriate to label ksarmand as a hater, since she has no malicious intent. I do, however, insist that people accept and appreciate the diversity of personalities.</p>