Dear Mediocre,
How can I show my Gator pride around my family when they are ALL FSU fans?
- Confused Sports Fan
Dear Confused Sports Fan,
I’m going to do what I do best and answer a question with a question. Have you ever considered that maybe they’re not your family? Blood may be thicker than water, but Gator hide is thicker than Seminole skin.
- Mediocre
Dear Mediocre,
Is it better to do a semester abroad or try to find an internship in my future field?
- Adventure
Dear Adventure,
If there’s something any college student knows about internships, it’s this: One, they’re totally useless because your college dreams will be crushed when you’re out in the real world and end up working for your uncle in a completely unrelated field. And two, they’re the legal form of slavery. That crosses out internships as an option.
Now, a semester abroad means forced relationships and an extra 15 pounds added to the 15 you’ve already gained in college. Good luck finding a suitable life partner after three months in Barcelona. If that’s not enough to cross out studying abroad, I have one question for you: Have you seen Taken? (Thanks, Zach.)
My advice: Take out an extra loan (What’s one more?) and plan a trip to the Sahara Desert. Live off the land and be grateful you have a computer or a smartphone — or in most cases, both — with which to send said questions to Mediocre Advice. Camp out there for three months with no record of your existence and come back a new human. Just make sure to come back before they legally kick you out of UF, ‘cause at that point, internships or studying abroad will no longer be a question.
- Mediocre
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