UCD Random Rant thread

Jonny Arson

OK I'm sure that there are many things we like and dislike about glorious Belfield but here is your opportunity to get rid of all that pent up agression inside you and rant about anything that you hate about UCD.

No matter how big or small, anything UCD related that does your frickin' head in, share it with us!

Mr.Nice Guy

Well let's see:

I hate the architecture of the place.As someone said before,it's Stalinist.
A couple of plants or trees wouldn't go amiss.

I hate the atmosphere.There isn't a great vibe around the place and I'm sure the above point is related to that.

I hate the prices in the Arts cafe.90 cents for a snack bar?Is someone taking the p*ss?

I hate the arrogance of some people.I don't want to generalise all D4 people as being like this but I find it's mostly these people that act this way.

That's all I can think of for now...

Chinafoot

lets see.....i hate...

*the shítty atmosphere around college
*the way some people get to 2nd year and slag off the first years at the start of the year......short memories!
*the elitism of the SU
*the arts cafe....€3.90 (or something) for a wrap when its €2.65 in the SU shop....and its way nicer.
*the fact that WELLIES are suddenly fashionable on campus
*very very bad fake tan
*Mode 1 students who reckon they have it so much harder than other arts students who have an extra subject to focus on.
*the lack of entertainment...what exactly does the Ents office do??

eh thats about it for now

Exar Khun

Yikes!

rainbow kirby

-the amount of arts students suffering from a severe case of cranio-rectal inversion
-how much dearer the gym is here than in any other college
-the lack of cheap healthy food on campus
-my course sucks, and right now I'm failing spectacularly
-the fact I've a problem sheet due at 11 in the morning that I can't start due to b0rking my right thumb in TKD...

OfflerCrocGod

I hate all of you. Except for you. I like you.

Agent Smith

jesus, is the whole of belfield prison having there period?

Syth

I hate computer services. People doing computer science need non-retarded computers. It's verging on physically irratating when I have to use the stupidly set up windows machines. That god for my linux account.

Exar Khun

Computer services just told me to get out !
:mad:

RE*AC*TOR

Perk in the Conway institute is the most expensive place on earth.

I've taken to eating koka noodles.

Jonny Arson

I want to rant about O'Brien's in the sport centre. Buying a sandwich has never been so dangerous. When you are up at the cash register purchasing your items receiving your change and all that everything seems fine until you turn around and your walking straight into that pole. Its impossible to avoid and I keep on forgetting about it. Get rid of the pole!!

blondie83

I agree, many's the time I've had a near bumping experience with that thing! But their toasted cheese sandwiches more than make up for it

Red Alert

People who won't hold the lift door for you even tho' you're running!

Exar Khun

Red Alert wrote:

People who won't hold the lift door for you even tho' you're running!

****.... *shakes head*
I spend most of mine time in UCD checking I'm not slamming doors on ppl (girls in particular) cause i have to realise im not in an all lads secondary school where a little 1st year counted himself lucky if the only thing he got was a door slammed in his face

Slash/ED

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

I hate the arrogance of some people.I don't want to generalise all D4 people as being like this but I find it's mostly these people that act this way.

Almost word for word what my biggest rant would be.

Also lecturers who refuse to put their notes on blackboard.

Jonny Arson

blondie83 wrote:

I agree, many's the time I've had a near bumping experience with that thing! But their toasted cheese sandwiches more than make up for it

A certain quote from Big Gay Al from South Park!

Slash/ED wrote:

lecturers who refuse to put their notes on blackboard.

1st year Sociology lecturers are you listening? Put the frickin' notes up pleeeeaaases!

Red Alert

The twats who installed/run blackboard should be shot. I mean seriously how many friggin "CLICK ON THIS COLOURFUL GRAPHIC HERE SPONSORED BY BLACKBOARD" do you have to tolerate to get at your notes! Not to mention the dropbox - that's just over-complicated. Bring back OnlineClasses - all is forgiven!

Red Alert

and i also add that the chemical engineering department are getting far too cocky IMHO. not content with taking half of the Elec/Chem study room (in addition to the 2 they already have), they also plan to turn their half into a Chem only computer room. their excessive usage of Eng 321 will still go on i'd say. how does an elec fight back?

Beno

By the looks of this thread looks like im going to Trinity or Dit

tintinr35

Students union and all the retards who run for the retarded positions. death to the union (well not really) but maybe a kick in the hole :cool:

Bottle_of_Smoke

I actually hate the people who hold the door for ages even though you're miles behind them, relax people I know how to use it! just kiddin you're lovely people....

What *is* really annoying is the way they glue the mice in the ag computers so ya cant clean them, fuking ag! no ones gonna steal mouse balls!!

Seifer

I hate the way the majority of events are organised around arts students. There are loads of events I have to miss cause of lectures and practicals.

Also lecturers who refuse to put their notes on blackboard.

Worse than them are the **** who make a pretend effort by putting up notes with blanks in them which are completely useless.

and i also add that the chemical engineering department are getting far too cocky IMHO. not content with taking half of the Elec/Chem study room (in addition to the 2 they already have), they also plan to turn their half into a Chem only computer room. their excessive usage of Eng 321 will still go on i'd say. how does an elec fight back?

I think they should move all engs except chem out to the terrace.

blondie83

Red Alert wrote:

and i also add that the chemical engineering department are getting far too cocky IMHO. not content with taking half of the Elec/Chem study room (in addition to the 2 they already have), they also plan to turn their half into a Chem only computer room. their excessive usage of Eng 321 will still go on i'd say. how does an elec fight back?

they're not making another comp room are they? I'd have thought 2 would be more than enough for any department. Ah well, it can't be easy having to type up those 40 page reports every fortnight I've noticed though there seems to be a lot of building and installing going on in eng block at the moment - highly suspicious altogether!

Syth

Red Alert wrote:

The twats who installed/run blackboard should be shot. I mean seriously how many friggin "CLICK ON THIS COLOURFUL GRAPHIC HERE SPONSORED BY BLACKBOARD" do you have to tolerate to get at your notes! Not to mention the dropbox - that's just over-complicated. Bring back OnlineClasses - all is forgiven!

I like the new thing one of lecturers did. He set up a Moodle on one of his machines: http://secure.ucd.ie/moodle. It's a great way of posting content and asking questions. Lots of people seem to be bitching about this blackboard thing (which I never used). God bless computer science lecturers and their technological litaracy!

Jonny Arson

I would like to rant about that girl at the computer beside me who keeps on laughing out obscenely loudly for no reason! Shut up woman!

Red Alert

Maybe she's possessed! (or just a chemical engineering student - how much twittering can they do!?!)

theCzar

Red Alert wrote:

Maybe she's possessed! (or just a chemical engineering student - how much twittering can they do!?!)

bah, chems and their coffeehousing, opening matlab and talking for 4 hours with their vacuous chums on the length of X's report and how many pages you have to do before, like tommorrow. ARG! some of us are trying to play games and check our emails, I need that bloody PC you wench.

blondie83

theCzar wrote:

bah, chems and their coffeehousing, opening matlab and talking for 4 hours with their vacuous chums on the length of X's report and how many pages you have to do before, like tommorrow. ARG! some of us are trying to play games and check our emails, I need that bloody PC you wench.

There there, it will all be okay! Yay we're getting a nice little elec gang here. AC posts too, but he confines himself to the shooting boards

theCzar

Don't get be started on YOU

Exar Khun

I just got kicked out of the Student bar for not having my Goddamn college i.d................wtf is up with that ?
I even showed ****in notes I had from the philosophy department and the guy still told me I wasnt a student.
**** this place.

theCzar

ah the SU bar, that's a rant page all it's own. Briefly
- Playing rabid dance crap at stupid times, e.g. friday afternoon
- That mealy mouthed crotch pheasant of a bouncer (I have my reasons)
- Putting "the weakest link" on all the time, with no volume.
- Turning off the jukebox to play rabid dance crap.
- That perpetually blocked urinal
- rabid dance crap

breadmonkey

I hate...

The people who only ever have bad shi*t to say about the place

Jonny Arson

ross*k wrote:

I hate...

The people who only ever have bad shi*t to say about the place

Do you think UCD is perfect or something?

breadmonkey

No, of course not, I never said that!

theCzar

ross*k wrote:

I hate...

The people who only ever have bad shi*t to say about the place

in the interest of balance, you should start the UCD random praise thread

Red Alert

indeed yes we should! how about a UCD-Awards type thing - you know, best bar, best restaurant etc.? we could make up a few categories.

pbsuxok1znja4r

Yeah but complaining is fun too! Whats pissing me off is constantly being told to get out 'cause a comp class is starting....and then they only use half the computers in the room! And the way 911 staff always put the cheese into my roll last so it falls all over the place.

Cousin it

And the way 911 staff always put the cheese into my roll last so it falls all over the place

I think this is a universal sandwich shop thing which the employees do to get back at the world!

Northsider!

i hate ucd because;
-some geebags (well i am a northsider) put so much effort into their appearance going into college. I could not be arsed, thats not what college is all about, but nevertheless it can make you feel like ****.
-i have lectures at 9am four days a week and then usually nothing till about 3pm
-its sooooooooooooo impersonal
-its sooooooooooooo expensive
-its sooooooooooooo pretentious

-i have a 5000 word essay due in the morning and only 980 words written
-the last bue leaves ucd campus at about 10pm. load of my bollocks.
-you can never get a seat on those poxy black leather couches
-atmosphere or lack of it
- the prevalence of the 'dart' accent and all the horrific abbreviations that go with it- 'heino' , 'dubes' etc
-the 'im from D4 so i have to wear my hair in a bizarre matted messy ponytail' phenomenon
(its not cool its not sexy)
and finally.....
- the library. Unbelievable fines, crap availability of books, no seats around exam time,etc etc etc

Jonny Arson

I would like to rant about threads which give people the opportunity to rant

Eh I started this thread didn't I???


Ok I would like to rant about the Sociology department.

They are w**kers. They are hoping 75% of us fail 1st year Sociology. All the lecturers speed through the lectures at 578.4456 mph. They put all of their notes in the Students union at a cost over a euro per lecture when they could easily put ther notes up on blackboard and prevent us cashless students forking out so many euros on notes. My tutor has barley passed me on my essays when I should have at least got 60% on them.

Uhhhhhh W**KERS! :mad: :mad: :mad:

boneless

Cousin it wrote:

I think this is a universal sandwich shop thing which the employees do to get back at the world!

I hate gettin' feckin' cheese bits in me sangwich when i didn't ask for it!! And sussie bits of "meat"......