Why do many students live disgustingly?

Original post by Glassapple

Yes, cleaning is so hard to do, only the champions of this mortal realm could possibly comprehend how to do it and understand its benefits...

I don't see what privilege has to do with being clean, whether I'm privileged or not is irrelevant.

'Why can't they just take the rubbish to the tip themselves'

-Shows a complete lack of any understanding of what life is like for most students who don't have the money available to throw away which you clearly have.

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Original post by Obiejess

'Why can't they just take the rubbish to the tip themselves'

-Shows a complete lack of any understanding of what life is like for most students who don't have the money available to throw away which you clearly have.

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Students spend an enormous amount of money on alcohol and socialising. Are you really telling me they can spend £80 in one night on booze, but they can't pay £8 between them for a taxi to the top or £25 between them for the council to take bags away? £8 or £25 between 5, 6 or 7 people is nothing.

Yes I have money to throw away but that's not the point. Students would rather get drunk, bug coffee, drugs, clothes and other unnecessary things than spend a small amount of money to live a hygienic and independent life. Poundland has all the cleaning supplies a student could ever need to have a clean and hygienic house, if they don't spend £6+ on coffee at Starbucks multiple times a week or month.

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Original post by Glassapple

Students spend an enormous amount of money on alcohol and socialising. Are you really telling me they can spend £80 in one night on booze, but they can't pay £8 between them for a taxi to the top or £25 between them for the council to take bags away? £8 or £25 between 5, 6 or 7 people is nothing.

Yes I have money to throw away but that's not the point. Students would rather get drunk, bug coffee, drugs, clothes and other unnecessary things than spend a small amount of money to live a hygienic and independent life. Poundland has all the cleaning supplies a student could ever need to have a clean and hygienic house, if they don't spend £6+ on coffee at Starbucks multiple times a week or month.

Wait until you actually visit the real world outside of Mummy and Daddy's money. It might shock you exactly why these people live these lifestyles.

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Original post by Glassapple

Students spend an enormous amount of money on alcohol and socialising. Are you really telling me they can spend £80 in one night on booze, but they can't pay £8 between them for a taxi to the top or £25 between them for the council to take bags away? £8 or £25 between 5, 6 or 7 people is nothing.

Yes I have money to throw away but that's not the point. Students would rather get drunk, bug coffee, drugs, clothes and other unnecessary things than spend a small amount of money to live a hygienic and independent life. Poundland has all the cleaning supplies a student could ever need to have a clean and hygienic house, if they don't spend £6+ on coffee at Starbucks multiple times a week or month.

tes ofc your average student is spending £80 a night on booze. You would be a nightmare housemate. Not because of cleaning either.

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Original post by Obiejess

Wait until you actually visit the real world outside of Mummy and Daddy's money. It might shock you exactly why these people live these lifestyles.

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Fortunately I'll never have to be apart from mummy and daddy's money, but if I was I'd have the common sense to save money to live a decent life. What else are students spending their student loans and overdrafts on?

Original post by 999tigger

tes ofc your average student is spending £80 a night on booze. You would be a nightmare housemate. Not because of cleaning either.

I don't see why I'd be a nightmare housemate. I get on with things, there's nothing wrong with that. Regardless of booze, students waste money on coffee, cigarettes, clothes, gadgets, etc, then whine they have no money.

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Original post by Glassapple

Fortunately I'll never have to be apart from mummy and daddy's money, but if I was I'd have the common sense to save money to live a decent life. What else are students spending their student loans and overdrafts on?

I don't see why I'd be a nightmare housemate. I get on with things, there's nothing wrong with that. Regardless of booze, students waste money on coffee, cigarettes, clothes, gadgets, etc, then whine they have no money.

You have no understanding whatsoever of real life. It's cringe worthy. Grow up before you get to uni, or you will have very few friends. And btw, you reek of privilege and arrogance. Tone it down or you're going to end up hurt.

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Original post by Obiejess

You have no understanding whatsoever of real life. It's cringe worthy. Grow up before you get to uni, or you will have very few friends. And btw, you reek of privilege and arrogance. Tone it down or you're going to end up hurt.

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I am privledged and arrogant, and I don't do friends anyway, I do sex. I'm a realist; I don't hide behind thinking life is so hard and moan about it to anyone going.

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Original post by Glassapple

Fortunately I'll never have to be apart from mummy and daddy's money, but if I was I'd have the common sense to save money to live a decent life. What else are students spending their student loans and overdrafts on?

I don't see why I'd be a nightmare housemate. I get on with things, there's nothing wrong with that. Regardless of booze, students waste money on coffee, cigarettes, clothes, gadgets, etc, then whine they have no money.

I don't know what sort of students you are mixing with that spend this amount of money on anything. A night out for me costs a maximum of £10, and it's the same for the majority of people that I know. I think the person was referring to you as the nightmare housemate thinking that you know everything and forcing your skewed views onto other people

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Original post by Glassapple

I am privledged and arrogant, and I don't do friends anyway, I do sex. I'm a realist; I don't hide behind thinking life is so hard and moan about it to anyone going.

Probably because life has never been hard for you, it appears. Nice to see you also have a debauch streak yet criticise people for spending money on booze.

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Original post by Obiejess

Probably because life has never been hard for you, it appears. Nice to see you also have a debauch streak yet criticise people for spending money on booze.

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I have the money, they don't then whinge they can't pay for food or rent. Bottom line is if they stopped spending bits and pieces of cash everywhere at five, ten, twenty pounds a time on crap they don't need, they could lead better lives.

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Original post by Glassapple

I have the money, they don't then whinge they can't pay for food or rent. Bottom line is if they stopped spending bits and pieces of cash everywhere at five, ten, twenty pounds a time on crap they don't need, they could lead better lives.

Did you earn the money?

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Everyone saying that the reason why some students live like that is because they probably didn't have to do chores at home, or didn't know how to wash or do anything before going to live independently are so wrong lmao. That is no excuse.

I never had to do any housework at home, but I am keeping my flat perfectly tidy and washing my clothes and cleaning up was a pretty easy thing to do; laziness and spending too much time partying are to blame here.

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Original post by Obiejess

Did you earn the money?

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No I didn't, but it's in my account and continues to be put in there everyday and that's not going to change. My point is that although typically students don't have much money, they do have enough to love like clean, decent, healthy human beings, if they go to the right shops and don't waste their money. I waste my money because I have it; they waste money they don't have then get angry when they realise that.

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Majority of them are lazy and expect their housemates to do it.

One of my housemates ruins the kitchen whenever he cooks, then go back to his room, smokes without a care in the world to clean his own mess. I know for a fact that he definitely isn't like this at home, but does this here purely because of laziness.

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Original post by Glassapple

Why do students choose to live like this? Do they want to get sick and/or live in chaos and mess? I'm 16 but I couldn't live like that at ll; if something needs cleaning or doing no matter how big or small, I just get on and do it. It disgusts me how people live everyday like this; I was told seven people live in that house, I don't see how none of them can be bothered to look after where they live.

It's not a student thing. I house shared multiple times, and when I shared with four other guys I worked with our house was generally a mess. We didn't feel any particular ownership or connection to the house as it was being shared between us all, so we weren't particularly diligent with cleaning the communal areas, as they were only used briefly at certain times. Our living room was always filled with beer cans and overflowing ashtrays from the occasional times we'd sit and have a drink together.
I've also house shared with a group of older people, none of us knew each other and I find that even though the communal areas were much cleaner, we still didn't really show them any love or care to keep them tidy. Post would pile up on the table, the living room was more or less used for drying clothes in the winter and we never sat together to eat, so the dining room table was full of junk.

I've got a house with my partner now and while it's not always spotless, I use the living room / kitchen far more than I did in a shared house, and with only two of us it's easier to clean up anyway!

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Original post by Glassapple

No I didn't, but it's in my account and continues to be put in there everyday and that's not going to change. My point is that although typically students don't have much money, they do have enough to love like clean, decent, healthy human beings, if they go to the right shops and don't waste their money. I waste my money because I have it; they waste money they don't have then get angry when they realise that.

How many uni undergraduates/graduates have you visited and how many uni graduates are there?

You do realise not all students are like this and most hoises work perfectly fine.

Why do you keep insisting on telling people how much money you have?

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