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[NYJets]

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Yeah college fun isn't about dorm rooms and living on campus or the school itself, the fun factor of college is the freedom. Which one can get simply by moving out of their parents house.

Because really there is nothing that goes on at a college campus that you can't do living on your own.

It probably depends on the school but for me, living on a big campus with 10,000+ other people my age was a huge part of it, and completely different than just moving into an apartment in my town.

[WWF80sKid]

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For anyone to generalize pitbulls as vicious killers because of what the news says is someone that isn't well informed. I have friends that own Pitbull rescues. I've done tons of research. They aren't all bad. Yes, pitbulls have attacked people. So have Labradors, miniature schnauzers, Dalmatians, etc. but they aren't considered vicious killers.

If you research it, one of the meanest type of dogs is a Dalmatian. But because of Disney everyone thinks they are all great dogs.

If Disney made 101 Pitbulls we wouldn't be having this discussion.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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A miniature schnauzer or lab isn't a pure chunk of muscle though. I imagine there is a reason people fight pit bulls and not just any other large dog. 95% of it is just bad training by the owner. Pit Bulls are likely a lot more common than dalmatians are too. So the attacks occur more often. Plus pit bulls don't help put out fires.......

[dickey1331]

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I didn't know Dalmatians were dangerous. We used to have one and it was the nicest dog. The dog would lick you to death.

[WWF80sKid]

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I didn't know Dalmatians were dangerous. We used to have one and it was the nicest dog. The dog would lick you to death.

The meanest dog I ever met was a miniature schnauzer. It bit all of us. And we were good to it. I have a half bulldog half Pitbull and he's the best. Very loyal and a big baby.

[rangerrick012]

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If college is the best years of your life then that's pretty sad to me. Its a fun time for sure, but actually getting out on your own, surviving, and then building a life and career are much more fun and rewarding to me than "college life."

Don't get me wrong I'm definitely enjoying being on my own and building my life/career. But there's a reason why 40 y.o. guys get together w college buddies and party it up every once in awhile.

College really is that first taste of independence. I guess a better way of saying it is that it was the best if times (meeting new people, making new friends, etc.) And worst of times (schoolwork, papers out the ***, stress factors )

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Don't get me wrong I'm definitely enjoying being on my own and building my life/career. But there's a reason why 40 y.o. guys get together w college buddies and party it up every once in awhile.

College really is that first taste of independence. I guess a better way of saying it is that it was the best if times (meeting new people, making new friends, etc.) And worst of times (schoolwork, papers out the ***, stress factors )

I was never one into the party scene anyway so that aspect of "college life" never appealed to me. I drink and have fun and I haven't stopped simply because I graduated college. Those other things you list still happen for me and looking back the stress of school is inflated to a degree compared to real independent living.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Every time I hear somebody beyond the age of 30 say that college or high school was the best time in their life, I instantly think of Al Bundy.

[areobee401]

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You guys can have your college and professional years. Take me back to elementary school days. Everything was awesome because we didn't know any better.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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You guys can have your college and professional years. Take me back to elementary school days. Everything was awesome because we didn't know any better.

Plus toys. Namely Power Wheels.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Plus toys. Namely Power Wheels.

Forget you man !!!!!!!

I always wanted a power wheel but my parents couldn't afford it. So instead I was stuck with these:





I literally use to scoot around in that red wagon all day long until one day a crack head pushed me off and stole it from me when I was outside. But man I sooooooooooo wanted a power wheel.

[areobee401]

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Nothing wrong with a Big Wheel. Had to take the backrest off to be cool, though.

[rangerrick012]

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I was never one into the party scene anyway so that aspect of "college life" never appealed to me. I drink and have fun and I haven't stopped simply because I graduated college. Those other things you list still happen for me and looking back the stress of school is inflated to a degree compared to real independent living.

Yeah of course you do all those things in regular life...I guess I gotta make it clear. I think jeremym said it best, you look at those years with fondness but at the end of the day you grow up and face new challenges/excitements in life. I'm excited about my career, I'm excited about having a family some day...so in that aspect I sure as hell hope college ain't as good as it's gonna get.

But just like everything in life you remember all the good times and block out all the bad ones, that's what the nostalgia factor of remembering college comes in at.

**** it, I loved living in a dorm. My freshman year alone was like 3-4 years worth of life experience, and I wouldn't be the same person that I am today had I not had those experiences.

[gopher_guy]

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If college is the best years of your life then that's pretty sad to me. Its a fun time for sure, but actually getting out on your own, surviving, and then building a life and career are much more fun and rewarding to me than "college life."

I think you have to make a distinction between "fun" and "rewarding", though.

I don't think I'll ever have as much fun as I did in college. But that's a good thing, because I'd probably be dead by 35 if I continued to have as much fun as I did in college, lol.

However, 6 months so far in the "real world" has been much more rewarding than almost any of my time in college. And it's awesome to actually have money, haha.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Well, I'm truly independent which is not something I could say 5 years ago. I enjoy my job and business acquaintances. Networking still gets me out interacting with new, interesting people every week. Like I said I was never a big party person, but I probably drink and get buzzed on a more regular basis than I ever did in college.

So, I don't really see the need to make a distinction between fun and rewarding because I experience both routinely. My main point is to never really look back and linger on any specific time in my life as "the best years ever." I'm having fun in the present while planning for the future so I can keep having and evolving the best years of my life. I've thought this way since freshman orientation in high school when the Student President said high school is the best 4 years of your life.

I guess I'm Randal from Dazed and Confused.