I study philosophy at Sheffield uni
...and as a result I cannot help but be slightly prejudiced against people who claim to be really into philosophy, when what they really mean is they like to smoke a little bit of weed every so often and just talk nonsense for a bit. You know the ones... At best they've read a bit of Nietzche, and at worst they've just read Sophie's bastard World. I appreciate that their idea of philosophy is probably just fundamentally different from mine, but the problem is that it's these sorts of people who are responsible for the incredulous response I get from most people when they ask me what I study for my degree. I specialise in logic and the philosophy of mathematics, which is about as far removed from airy-fairy existentialist musings as you can get. And yet naturally I still get lumped in with these plebs.

Oh, and while I'm rambling... I'm very much ashamed to admit that my parents read the Daily Mail. Thankfully, they're generally not taken in by all of the nonsense in there, and they read it more as a force of habit than anything else. However, I've tried to persuade them on many occasions to switch to a different paper, and failed. Any suggestions on how to ban that sick filth from my house?
(Coin Operated Boy is reading the new Bravissimo catalogue on, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 19:08, 13 replies)

Oh dear
University is meant to open and expand your mind dear boy, not close it.
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 20:12, closed)

I know, I know!
It's terrible. Deep down I know it's me being a terrible person and not the other way around, but I still can't help but bristle when I meet someone like that...
(Coin Operated Boy is reading the new Bravissimo catalogue on, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 21:06, closed)

I must've gone to the wrong uni. So far all I've learnt are the various intricacies of physics and that 90% of the people around me are pricks.
(Anachronist misplaced in time since, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 12:22, closed)

News just in:
DAILY MAIL CAUSES CANCER!!!



Show this to them, job done :D
( Greenbat, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 20:15, closed)

buy a different paper and leave it lying around.
they might get into the habit of checking it out and then they might switch. it would at least provide them some balance.

i like to smoke weed and talk nonsense for a bit but i don't call it philosophy. i haven't even read sophie's world. i tried but it was dull. no killing.
( tickle I was away, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 20:15, closed)

(Richy_T hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 20:16, closed)

The Daily Mail
Any suggestions on how to ban that sick filth from my house?

Gasoline and matches.

You're welcome.
(IHaveComeAmongThee__Twice Tissues on the left. Self-esteem on the right., Sat 3 Apr 2010, 3:56, closed)

How many nihilistic existentialists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Two.

One to hold the giraffe, and the other to fill the bathtub with brightly-coloured machine tools.
(Ejaculantern was caught desecrating pumpkins on, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 7:24, closed)

So you know Rob Hopkins, then?
I assume he's still at Sheffield.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 13:33, closed)

Aye,
I've never had a chance to speak to him, but yeah he's still there! Oddly enough, I'm actually studying his theory of depiction at the moment, and yet still haven't had a chance to talk to him personally.
(Coin Operated Boy is reading the new Bravissimo catalogue on, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 21:04, closed)

I purchased The Daily Mail upon request, plus a pack of crayons.
For my mum. Then put them next to a broadsheet..
She got the point but carried on with the DM.
Probably best to remember freedom of choice and leave it alone after that.
(BeatsWork, Sun 4 Apr 2010, 5:28, closed)

"Any suggestions on how to ban that sick filth from my house?"
Yes - move out, Mummy's boy.

And don't give me that "I can't afford it" bollocks. Live in a squat. Share a flat with five other people. Get some independence. Do what students have done since time immemorial but seem to have stopped doing very recently i.e. live without some creature comforts so you appreciate them more when you can afford them for yourselves, rather than just sponging off your folks and whining about the choices they make in their own home.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Sun 4 Apr 2010, 13:47, closed)

I'm the only person I know
Who moved out when I went to uni.

Frankly... Living at home makes sense. University is fucking expensive - who wants to spend their younger years paying off debt? My friends from high school are graduating uni nearly debt-free. Free to move around, take risks, have fun, buy nice things.

I kinda value the life experience enough that I've got no regrets though....
(Scritty Bakerman., Sun 4 Apr 2010, 20:31, closed)