The thirst is real

Rebecca:

I have a bone to pick with Tufts 2019. For the most part, any Tufts student can get added to a Facebook group for a Tufts class year. My request to join Tufts 2019, however, has been left pending for an entire week. The group has 600 members and multiple administrators; all of them have ignored my request. My intentions for joining the group are pure. I just want to leave the link to our Google doc on their page so we can run a NYSD pre-frosh edition. If any one with access to 2019 is reading this, add me NOW.  We really just want a new platform to share our Google doc on.

Normally, Pooja and I always share it on our Facebook walls, but I’m tired of answering my grandma’s questions on how to send an email, and Pooja can’t deal with any more marriage requests from Timothy Charouk. After a failed attempt to share the link on Yik Yak (it was down voted in a record time of three seconds), I was contemplating sharing the link on Craigslist but my housemate, Maya, told me it was too desperate. Although we are quite desperate, for now I’ll settle on sharing the link on any group I have access to; watch out Tufts Peer Health Exchange and Craigslist, we’re coming for you next. This column is being brought to you by the letter R for rejected, which is how 2019 has left me feeling.

Dear NYSD: Is Trunk chat the new Tinder?

Rebecca: I wasn’t aware Tinder was old. As someone who recently updated to iOS 8 from iOS 5, I am not winning the internet game. I do not have a Tinder; I am probably one of the few college aged people who don’t. However, I do love Trunk chat. My favorite pick up line to use on it is, “Do you come here often?” It has never worked but I am hopeful that eventually, the Young Venmo Prince will respond. So while Trunk chat does not have the success rate of matching couples that Tinder does, I believe that it has untapped potential.

Dear NYSD: Pooja, why do you constantly post your room on social media? You have a sun and a moon. Cool.

Dear anonymous reader, I would firstly like to point out that not only do I post my room on social media, but so too have others. There have been cases of others posting pictures, and in fact, I once walked into a group of strangers in my room taking selfies. I then had to kick them out because it was quite odd. The point is, however, that yes, I have a sun and a moon, but it is way more than just cool. The sun and moon interact with the fairy lights to form an entire solar system. This arrangement is so cool that my interior decorating skills are featured not only on my Instagram, but those of many.

Dear NYSD: Is it possum or opossum?

Where possums are the species natively found in Australia, New Guinea and Sulawesi, opossums are predominantly found in the Americas. There was also a rumor that there was a possum sighting outside Bush Hall in January of 2015. So, regardless of the ‘o’, beware.

That’s all we have for this week! As Rebecca excessively described, we are desperate for questions. We welcome questions from all categories, years and genuses. Treat us like the Yik Yak for the smartphone incapable (the plus side is we have no down vote function).