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phthalombragePrekies are no fun.
In a discussion about some guy's candid cell phone snapshot of a guy in his dorm who fell asleep on the floor in front of a fan:
Prekie: Was he like, incredibly hot?
Nicole (hasn't seen the image in question): I dunno, you judge.
Prekie: (Concerned tone) ...That wasn't what I meant.
This is the loud prekie who would be cute if he weren't so dumb and annoying, who holds up the class with obvious questions, who likes to give props to socialism (which I don't really mind), thinks char is pronounced in a way that would give rise to the internet flash ascii art cartoon "Char Bears", and makes awkward repetitive sex-ish noises.
Not the totally obnoxious prekie (another would-be fan of Char Bears), who always talks about how great capitalism and Microsoft are, what a great coder he is, how other people should not be allowed to profit from his genius, how sustainability is a retarded idea because we can never do enough to make a measurable improvement, and other generally inflammatory and irksome things. He picks on Rauhit sometimes because he's jealous and thinks he's the smartest prekie evar. Yesterday another girl in the class and I both had on day of silence shirts, provoking the following response: "Two National Day of Silence shirts in one day? Did the KGB have a meeting or something?" I know he's means the other KGB, but I say, "In fact it did, last night." Then he says something about, "Oh, Klipper talks about that (I know a grad student, we're like totally best buds lol)."
Another more vocal prekie I can stand (the taker of the cell phone photo in question), because while annoying and lazy, he provides much comic relief.
Then there's Smart Prekie, who is pretty good and snarks off to bothersome prekies, but still makes his prekie status quite well-known.
The two guys who sit behind me are also most definitely prekies, but they have become less and less involved in prekie penis contests.
Otherwise, I can't tell which are prekies because they are either totally silent, just plain unobtrusive, or definitely undergrads. This is the way to be if you are a prekie.
Don't talk about your high schools, AP tests, making fun of your friends who think they are cool because they are in 111, or your triple in Morewood overlooking the courtyard. Don't blend in with the prekie chipmunk mob. If you can get away with seeming like a reasonable person, do!
In a discussion about some guy's candid cell phone snapshot of a guy in his dorm who fell asleep on the floor in front of a fan:
Prekie: Was he like, incredibly hot?
Nicole (hasn't seen the image in question): I dunno, you judge.
Prekie: (Concerned tone) ...That wasn't what I meant.
This is the loud prekie who would be cute if he weren't so dumb and annoying, who holds up the class with obvious questions, who likes to give props to socialism (which I don't really mind), thinks char is pronounced in a way that would give rise to the internet flash ascii art cartoon "Char Bears", and makes awkward repetitive sex-ish noises.
Not the totally obnoxious prekie (another would-be fan of Char Bears), who always talks about how great capitalism and Microsoft are, what a great coder he is, how other people should not be allowed to profit from his genius, how sustainability is a retarded idea because we can never do enough to make a measurable improvement, and other generally inflammatory and irksome things. He picks on Rauhit sometimes because he's jealous and thinks he's the smartest prekie evar. Yesterday another girl in the class and I both had on day of silence shirts, provoking the following response: "Two National Day of Silence shirts in one day? Did the KGB have a meeting or something?" I know he's means the other KGB, but I say, "In fact it did, last night." Then he says something about, "Oh, Klipper talks about that (I know a grad student, we're like totally best buds lol)."
Another more vocal prekie I can stand (the taker of the cell phone photo in question), because while annoying and lazy, he provides much comic relief.
Then there's Smart Prekie, who is pretty good and snarks off to bothersome prekies, but still makes his prekie status quite well-known.
The two guys who sit behind me are also most definitely prekies, but they have become less and less involved in prekie penis contests.
Otherwise, I can't tell which are prekies because they are either totally silent, just plain unobtrusive, or definitely undergrads. This is the way to be if you are a prekie.
Don't talk about your high schools, AP tests, making fun of your friends who think they are cool because they are in 111, or your triple in Morewood overlooking the courtyard. Don't blend in with the prekie chipmunk mob. If you can get away with seeming like a reasonable person, do!
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Date: 2008-07-23 07:13 pm (UTC)ARGH
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Date: 2008-07-23 10:02 pm (UTC)Of course, it also makes sense to say "char" as in "charred", because "char" is actually a word, and that's how you pronounce it.
I don't know many people who use "chair" though. I think I'm glad for that.
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Date: 2008-07-24 01:59 am (UTC)*watches the next XKCD be : My Hobby - mispronouncing computer science terms around CS majors*
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Date: 2008-07-24 02:59 am (UTC)