My brain is literally empty from writing my bachelor thesis so this week I decided to post something I wrote a while ago. I shall be philosophical again next time - so until then, here is what dating a media student is like:
- late night power writing shifts before a
deadline are the norm. They are often fuelled by coffee, wine and energy drinks. Do not try to
distract us as this is literally when we get 90% of the work done. And if you try
to suggest we should have started earlier, prepare for a death stare.
- Constantly discussing ads. Be it in the cinema,
when watching TV or after driving past a new poster. We have an opinion on all
of them and won´t hestitate to explain to you in detail what we would have done
differently.
- A not at all constant working schedule. We´ll have weeks
of doing nothing (apart from stalking peoples social media and watching videos for
„creative inspiration“) and then BOOM – you won´t see us or hear from us for
days when we´ve got a project on.
- Helping us out when it comes to things like
carrying equipment, proof reading articles and judging designs is a must.
- All we know how to cook is coffee. Fine, maybe
that´s just me. But in my opinion media students are far too impatient to actually
invest time in cooking. We can´t even wait for GIFs to load how the hell do you expect us to be patient troughout an entire recipe?
- We will point out every spelling mistake anyone
has ever made. We know this is annoying. We really do. But spelling and grammar are so
important to us, we just can´t resist. We are sorry if you hate us for this.
- Partying during the week isn´t a problem. Seen
as we often work on the weekends and have days off on Mondays. Nothing is constant in
media so a spontaneous holiday can be possible any day. Sadly, so is a month of sitting in front of a screen nonstop from the moment you open your eyes in the morning to the moment
you close them at night.
- Generally, we drink a lot. Mainly beer. And
strong liquor. I don´t think I ever met anyone respectable in media that liked
fizzy stuff or sweet cocktails. The reason is simple: when we get drunk, we get
REALLY drunk. And beer is just fuel to us, like a sandwich or a can of coke. We
don´t count it as alcohol. When we´re feeling fancy we´ll have a glass of cheap
wine to „get creatie enough to finish that article“ (don´t blame us!)
- We are sick of hearing people with no clue talk
about media like it´s all super simple and what we´re doing is basically
irrelevant. We get it: middle aged people still refuse to "get on that Internet". Which is
probably for the best. But if you are with us in those situations please make
sure we don´t murder anybody.
- We read a lot so we tend to use elaborate words sometimes
when it isn´t necessary. Just because we can. And because we´re used to it. We´re not stuck-up assholes, I swear.
- Even though we´re usually super communicative and we
love people, we still hate giving talks with a passion.
- We´re addicted to our smartphones and we know
how antisocial we´re being. Try and understand that to us social media is more
than just a hobby. If we get to excessive, demand that we put away the phone
for dinner or take us somewhere with no wifi and watch us slowly die. Your
call.
- Watching a movie with us means analyzing everything
from the characters clothing to the color grading. We still enjoy the film, but
believe me we will know who the killer is way before you do, because we have
been seeing all the clues in the cinematography.
- Anytime we see a „web designer“ portrayed as a
nerdy twentysomething hacking away at his computer in the dark, we laugh because everything
about this is ridiculous. Okay, maybe not the twentysomething bit.
- Being amazed at technology is not our thing. As
hipster as it sounds: we probably knew about that „new app“ a long time ago.
Maybe we even worked on it. Just saying.
- Whenever someone types https://www... into their browser letter by letter, we die a little. Please don´t be that person.
- We have no idea what we want. Why the hell do
you think we´re studying media?!?
- A good font or a well thought-out logo can make
us fangirl. For real. It is like porn. Design porn. I genuinely have books that consist of nothing but ads and logos. No text. Literally just ads. I adore them!
Just to be clear: these are not ALL things I do. I mean, most of them. But I picked a lot of it up over the past 2 1/2 years of attending a media school. You meet the craziest people there tbh. Wow, I just realized that this is probably my last chance to be relatable as a "student" - which is a weird thing to think about but oh well. I will now go back to writing about my empirical data and whatnot. Bye.
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