Dry Campus
Pretty
sure there is no other meme out there that could point out this irony in a
better way. Penn State and alcohol have always been synonymous because Penn
State has such a large drinking culture that is prevalent around campus. Most
Penn Staters are known for “going hard” on the weekends and partying Thursday through
Saturday. When one goes out to the bars when the weather is nice, there are a
lot of people there too, even if it a weeknight.
This
meme uses humor to portray the fact that Penn State is far from being a dry
campus. Lately the weather in State College has been extremely off. There was
much rain in the beginning of the year and in the beginning of the semester.
This meme uses this type of text to make its point. By saying that it has been
raining a lot lately the meme states that the campus hasn’t been both dry
physically and alcohol wise. Further the picture of the green dinosaur thinking
in the background makes the humor come out even more in the meme.
This
meme indirectly states that it is kind of hilarious that one would even come
close to thinking that Penn State has a dry campus. With even the freshmen
getting caught with alcohol here and there, the campus is far from dry. Just
the state of intoxication of the freshmen getting onto the white loop on Thursday,
Fridays, and Saturday nights proves to one that they obviously “pre-gamed”
pretty hard in their dorms to be in that state. With girls falling all over the
place before they even hit downtown for the night proves that the dorms on
campus, especially East, are far from dry.
Penn
State is one of those schools that always gets ranked as one of the top
partying schools in the nation, thus showing that drinking has a lot to do with
that stat. On top of that Penn State holidays such as State Patty’s day and
Blue and White weekend show one that we Penn Staters really like our alcohol.
For those that don’t know much about these weekends, they are weekends during
which Penn Staters have daylongs and drink basically Friday through Sunday.
Events like these and the overall statistics available about Penn State prove to
one that Penn State is not a dry type of university. This meme further does a
great job of proving its point by combing humor and skepticism on how dry the
Penn State campus actually is.
Yeah I definitely think you pointed out the irony of this meme pretty well. It is sad that our school has such a large drinking culture. I will not say that I do not partake in such events myself because that would be lie. However, I will say that because of our drinking culture. It leads to many alumni coming back for football games. I am sure you have seen them tailgating and getting shitfaced. I don't know but there is something wrong seeing middle aged men and women trying to relive their youth in that manner. Outside of state college, it is not that best thing to be viewed as a football or party as we saw this past November.
ReplyDeleteI hate most memes, but I do think that philosi-raptor is pretty hilarious. Hard for me to comment on the amount of drinking in the dorms because I don't live there, but just going out on the town on a thursday, friday, or saturday always proves to be a shit-show.
ReplyDeleteColleges today have their hands tied. They are legally bound to enforce the law in their state, which is currently 21, but they also have to be realistic: 18 year old kids living away from home for the first time are going to want to get sloshed. This meme does a good job playing on the fact that Penn State calling itself a "dry campus" is akin to Georgetown University(which is Catholic) saying that pre-marital sex does not take place at that university.
I would have to agree with Matt. I don't really think the dinosuar is funny. Usually in memes, the pictures is hilarious and the words add to the humor. However, I think you do a great job of pointing out the irony. I honestly don't understand why Penn State is a dry campus. If one wants to drink (whether on campus or not, wheter underage or not) they will find a way. I feel that our name as a party school is solid. But I don't think it is a bad thing because we are also ranked as one of the top Universities in the world. Being a party school is an additional attraction for perspective students besides our phenomenal acedemic reputation.
ReplyDeleteHaha, the meme is very funny and I agree with Brooke that the "drinking culture" does add a level of attraction for Penn State. Many people are looking for college to be 'the time of thier lives' and want to attend a huge party school. On the other hand, I don't think that making Penn State a dry campus was a beneficial thing; I think that this just causes people to be more sneaky about having alcohol.
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