Durham students, here’s what your Billy B snack says about you

It is a busy week, and you feel your last bit of sanity being woefully repressed under a massive pile of university work. The only thing keeping you locked in without having a full-blown academic crisis is a snack that you’ve chosen to accompany you while you wade through the sea of assignments, essays, and spreadsheets.

But, little did you know, your choice of snack not only serves as brain food – it also reveals the fine print of your personality. Read on to find out what your Durham study snack says about you, because I know you’ve been wondering.

Sweets

If your go-to study snack is a packet of Haribos, Skittles, M&M’s, a doughnut from Greggs, or sour gummies, you’re likely as sweet as your snack of choice. You are the most energetic person in your friend group, and you rely on a cheeky sugar rush to power you through your lock in sesh. You have an agreeable demeanour, but just be careful not to get sickly-sweet.

Crisps

Good old crisps are always a classic study snack choice. If you are a crisp warrior during study sessions, you’re ambitious, success driven, and practical. Your choice of savoury snack also suggests that you’re either someone’s comfort person, or so hard to read that everyone just gives up on understanding you after a point. You have many flavours – and you are proud of it.

Ice cream

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Playful, imaginative, seeks nostalgia and comfort – that’s how I would describe you if you like to burrow your way through a tub of ice cream while being hard at work. You’re also the kind of person who studies hard even through a breakup or friendship fallout. Heartbroken academic weapon.

Pot noodles

If pot noodles are where your preference lies, you value convenience and comfort. You are probably budget-conscious and manage your expenses like a pro. You find the joy in life’s simple pleasures, such as boiling water just right. Pot noodles are your idea of a nutritious meal, and you can survive on them day in, day out.

Biscuits

You’re sweet like the people in the first category, except your choice is a more substantial snack. You’re an old soul that enjoys a deep conversation, writing postcards to your family every week, and you romanticise studying as an aesthetic to avoid the good old academic crisis. A good coping mechanism, if I do say so myself.

Fruits

If you like snacking on fruits on the side while you lock in, you’re the most organised of the lot. So many of us can only dream of a world where we have the organisation, time, and willingness to get up and cut fruit before our library sesh. You harbour a high openness and curiosity, are disciplined, and make healthy choices in your day-to-day life.

Protein bars

You’re the gym bro or sis. That’s all there is to say about that.

Coffee

If you always have a cup of coffee in your hand while walking over to Billy B, or while retiring to your room at night, you’re probably a humanities student who needs to pull an all nighter of reading.

More generally, you thrive on sudden bursts of energy and are hyper-focused when studying. You’re also ambitious, goal-oriented, and value simple efficiency.

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