[Frey]

(Original post by iamyourspiritfrombeyondth)
I walk around campus naked chomping on gourmet burgers.

haha, bet that gets you all 'the exciting life of facebook photos and gossip and popularity' too!

win win situation

[Cristocracy]

Clothes CLOTHES CLOTHES.

[c471]

(Original post by Mr Dangermouse)
Doesn't that bore you though?


I mean it's just a means to an end. The work side is obviously important but if you don't have any fun at all then this will continue into post uni life.

When you get a bit older, you will realise that 'fun' isnt confined to drinking.
Just because you are so shallow that the only way you can enjoy your life is to get drunk and wear nice clothes.

And also, when you grow up, you will realise to have fun you need money. If you are financially responsible you can get nice houses, nice cars go on nice holidays. You are telling me living on tesco value and having lots of shoes is more fun than the above?

Just as an aside, I am pretty much tee total, so apparently not fun. i worked and had a good financial head thanks to my parents. I had a 24K job, at 22 I own my own house, drive a sports car, have skydived, travelled, climbed the Alps and far more, competed at near national level in a sport, and now gone to uni, getting a degree, have a job waiting for me at the end and a long term partner.

What have some of these so called 'fun' people done to rival any of that I wonder?

[milesofsea]

(Original post by Marlo Stanfield)
Where do you come up with moron threads like this? Jesus Christ, do you live every aspect of your life to the absolute, either one way or the other? Economise ffs, buy within your means. Every single normal person who isn't into accruing credit card debts will buy some clothes they like, buy decent food and still have money to socialise. They just don't go around hitting up Prada and Waitrose at the same time.

sorry - didn't mean to raise your blood pressure or anything.

No I don't, they are two hypothetical situations that somewhat reflect two different lifestyles that exist at university, or at least attitudes. Obviously, most people fall in between, but the question is whether people lean to one side or another, and there is no other way of getting a picture of that except to apply a restriction and say you can only choose one or the other.

If that is too much for you to accept without working yourself up, do your health a favour and don't click on these threads to start with.

[Schmokie Dragon]

I think blowing the loan on booze and shoes is utter stupidity. However, they'll end up paying it back so it doesn't really matter what they spend it on. If they have the audacity to spend it all on luxuries and the apply for a hardship grant, or if they get a grant because their family is 'poor' but choose to spend the extra on luxuries, then I think they're a self indulgent little **** who is taking the piss out of the system and thus mocking others who rely on the system to get by.

Personally, I chose to eat well and buy stuff for uni and my extra-curriculars. I did buy some clothes and spent a little on going out. You've got to have some fun or go mad. However, I only had the basic loan and no extra grants. I wore the same clothes a lot and wasn't known as a big drinker. No-one thought I was boring because I didn't look like a Vogue cover girl. I was generally considered on my merits as I didn't hide behind money and my looks.

[F Ellen]

I'd choose food as I don't buy new clothes all the time, but makeup could be my downfall...
I don't really drink though and am pretty introverted, so I'm sure I'll save lots of money that way.

Millions of shoes? Lol, people clearly get more student loan than me!

[Jabberwox]

(Original post by Schmokie Dragon)
I think blowing the loan on booze and shoes is utter stupidity. However, they'll end up paying it back so it doesn't really matter what they spend it on. If they have the audacity to spend it all on luxuries and the apply for a hardship grant, or if they get a grant because their family is 'poor' but choose to spend the extra on luxuries, then I think they're a self indulgent little **** who is taking the piss out of the system and thus mocking others who rely on the system to get by.

Personally, I chose to eat well and buy stuff for uni and my extra-curriculars. I did buy some clothes and spent a little on going out. You've got to have some fun or go mad. However, I only had the basic loan and no extra grants. I wore the same clothes a lot and wasn't known as a big drinker. No-one thought I was boring because I didn't look like a Vogue cover girl. I was generally considered on my merits as I didn't hide behind money and my looks.

Very well said. There's nothing wrong in occasionally treating yourself to a night out after all your hard work, or the occasional dress or nice outfit. But when I see statuses saying 'Hello Student Loan + MAJOR SHOPPING SPREE' it does annoy me a little bit. The money is primarily to fund your studies and living.

[siwelmail]

(Original post by milesofsea)
Bam. I should have clarified. You have to pick one, exactly as the description.

Well the food then.

[Mr Dangermouse]

(Original post by c471)
When you get a bit older, you will realise that 'fun' isnt confined to drinking.
Just because you are so shallow that the only way you can enjoy your life is to get drunk and wear nice clothes.

And also, when you grow up, you will realise to have fun you need money. If you are financially responsible you can get nice houses, nice cars go on nice holidays. You are telling me living on tesco value and having lots of shoes is more fun than the abo
ve?

Just as an aside, I am pretty much tee total, so apparently not fun. i worked and had a good financial head thanks to my parents. I had a 24K job, at 22 I own my own house, drive a sports car, have skydived, travelled, climbed the Alps and far more, competed at near national level in a sport, and now gone to uni, getting a degree, have a job waiting for me at the end and a long term partner.

What have some of these so called 'fun' people done to rival any of that I wonder?

I'm more in the middle.

Getting drunk is a lot of fun, granted, but wearing great clothes is overrated. Most of my clothes are trendy bargain t-shirts, cheap jeans and a couple of shirts.


I'm not particularly bothered about nice housing, just a roof over my head. Cars are for getting from A to B. Granted I do love a nice holiday I'm a big fan of cruises and seeing the world.

[siwelmail]

(Original post by Schmokie Dragon)
I think blowing the loan on booze and shoes is utter stupidity. However, they'll end up paying it back so it doesn't really matter what they spend it on. If they have the audacity to spend it all on luxuries and the apply for a hardship grant, or if they get a grant because their family is 'poor' but choose to spend the extra on luxuries, then I think they're a self indulgent little **** who is taking the piss out of the system and thus mocking others who rely on the system to get by.

Personally, I chose to eat well and buy stuff for uni and my extra-curriculars. I did buy some clothes and spent a little on going out. You've got to have some fun or go mad. However, I only had the basic loan and no extra grants. I wore the same clothes a lot and wasn't known as a big drinker. No-one thought I was boring because I didn't look like a Vogue cover girl. I was generally considered on my merits as I didn't hide behind money and my looks.

I like this post.

[Safiya122]

I'd use it on a bit of both. I love food

[EffieFlowers]

Spending all your money on clothes so you can't afford food yet go clubbing twice a week!?

Nonsensical.

[Sellya]

(Original post by Mr Dangermouse)
Doesn't that bore you though?


I mean it's just a means to an end. The work side is obviously important but if you don't have any fun at all then this will continue into post uni life.

No idea what degree you're doing but my degree is an end in itself and a means. Why do a degree you don't love?

[Brighten]

(Original post by milesofsea)
Which do you choose?

To spend your money on clothes and a MILLION pairs of shoes and make up etc. Then live off toast, or scrounge others for food or eat whatever you can, however crappy the food is. When people visit, your fridge is empty and they have to wade through shoes. You're always "poor" and have never saved a penny in your life.

But you look like the stylish skinny girls from the magazines. You look good, and go to parties and clubbing twice a week to show off your topshop glitter to the world.

Or would you be one of those that rarely buy new clothes and therefore are seen wearing the same clothes often, and buy second hand from charity shops. However you eat a varied and good quality diet and buy lots of fresh ingredients to cook with. You always buy free range eggs that cost twice as much as value brands, because you can afford to and you feel sorry for the chickens. You would rather pay for a packet of good coffee beans instead of a new pair of shoes. You have money spare and might spend leftovers on a hobby or sport or whatever.

You probably look quite boring, and aren't so fussed about going out all the time, so you don't have the exciting life of facebook photos and gossip and popularity.

Who is better?

This post is just you (the latter category) trying to assert your superiority over the former category.

Why do you care so much what other people spend their money on? You prefer the quiet life and saving, they prefer partying. You're both free to please yourselves. Why does TSR act like it's shallow and terrible for people to want to dress up and get drunk when they're 18-21 and have no responsibilities? You like living a puritan lifestyle, fantastic. It doesn't make you better than anyone else.

[EffieFlowers]

(Original post by Jabberwox)
Very well said. There's nothing wrong in occasionally treating yourself to a night out after all your hard work, or the occasional dress or nice outfit. But when I see statuses saying 'Hello Student Loan + MAJOR SHOPPING SPREE' it does annoy me a little bit. The money is primarily to fund your studies and living.

Or when people by a car with a student loan and have their parents pay rent....

[Mr Dangermouse]

(Original post by Sellya)
No idea what degree you're doing but my degree is an end in itself and a means. Why do a degree you don't love?

I quite like my (future) degree but a big part of why I chose it is the graduate prospects.


I know I'm a dirty scummy moneywhore sellout so you don't need to remind me

[No Future]

Well, I dunno about everyone else but my student loan doesn't even cover rent...let alone food or clothes

[kittyb99]

I tend to spend about £30 a week on food, but eat really well and stay healthy, but I don't really tend to buy clothes that frequently. Personally, I don't know many people who spend all their money on clothes. There's no point having loads of nice clothes but being unhealthy-looking when you actually wear them because you've lived off Basic's Noodles for a term :P

[simonbellringer]

Food. I would want some spare money for myself!! Fashion for me is just a waste of money!! I wouldnt buy free-range eggs personally, I'm snot quite that fanatic, but clothes are to wear, bugger tarting yourself up like a dog's dinner!! If I needed some new ones I would buy some with my spare money that I saved!! And if I had money to spare to get a hobby, that wouldnt make me boring, would it?!?!

[IanDangerously]

Spend a bit of money on clothes but always make sure you have a reasonable diet otherwise what is the bloody point? If you're not eating properly you're going to start dropping weight and go through different clothes sizes rendering most of what you've bought useless. Plus when you end up being one of these scrawny size zero types that think they look good but are actually repulsive, all the fashion houses in the world won't be able to rescue your image anyway.

And I like to spend a lot on my clothes, but not at the expense of things I actually need.