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14. Websites containing uncouth language or other "questionable" content are not blocked on the campus wireless network.

#even youtube was blocked while i was a student at byu #YOUTUBE. ALL OF IT.#appearance-of-evil paranoia

13. Sunday dinner at home with a handful of friends quickly devolves into a drunken flip-cup tournament.

#what's really shocking is you're not the only one who's never played flip-cup before #the only circumstances under which i'll drink genny light or miller high life #the champagne of beers

12. When you tell people you speak Spanish, it does not even occur to them to ask whether you served a Spanish-speaking mission.

#that’s the default follow-up question at byu and in mormondom in general

11. At least forty percent of your pantry stores consist of coffee, tea, or alcohol. You’re the only one in the house who dubs it the “Word of Wisdom Closet,” though.

#by volume #by monetary value

10. Your department’s fall reception features cheap red wine in plastic cups, rather than Martinelli’s sparkling apple cider in plastic cups.

#and you don't know whether it's the low quality or your absolute lack of experience with wine that makes it taste like burning

9. While plenty of grad students have a couple of cats, it’s definitely out of the norm to have a couple of kids.

#at byu you’re abnormal if you don’t have at least one kid by grad school #what’s taking you so long?#you menace to society you #so what if our cats have nerdy literary names #at least we don't have babies with utah names

8. Your students quote Ke$ha instead of Nephi.

#¿cómo se dice “glitter on the floor”?

7. People describe where they live based on proximity to certain bars.

#you might even choose a new place based on its convenient stumbling distance from your favorite

6. Grocery stores are the most crowded on Sundays.

#and nobody feels guilty about shopping there on the sabbath #but you might feel ashamed of subjecting yourself to bumper carts with the city’s entire population plus their dogs

5. You appear years younger than you are, and that's not normal here.

#no i'm not a freshman #no i'm not an undergrad at all #i know i know i'll appreciate it someday #looking like a teenager is normal at byu #i don't really know why but i have some theories

4. Your professor takes you and your cohort out for happy hour. Yes, the kind of happy hour that involves—gasp!—alcohol.

#and your first drink ever is a classy cocktail #at age 25 #and it doesn't taste like evil

3. Your required reading includes the word clusterfuck on the first page.

#it's really rather fitting when you're studying the book publishing industry

2. Sleeveless tops and skirts that hit above the knee are both OK.

#still you might want to think twice if it's winter in the snowbelt #or at least put on a pair of leggings or two #yes such items violate byu's dress code #byu-idaho (even stricter) goes so far as to prohibit flip-flops and capris #don't even THINK about manpris

1. There are no fewer than three coffee shops on campus.

#hallelujah #really this is a novelty #there is no caffeine to be found on byu campus #except occasionally in the o-chem lab

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