Room 101: Southampton Style Part 1

So, The Tab like a good rant ‘every once in a while’, as you have probably noticed… I thought I’d give our readers the brilliant chance to get the things that grind them out in the open, and put them in our very own TAB EXILE.

The deal is: you guys let us know what really gets on your nerves, and I get the glorious (and obviously fabulous) job of deciding whether it should be banished forever into Tab Exile. Easy.

First up, we asked our writers what they have been hating on.

Fake UGG boots:
Not to sound too up ourselves (RUSSELL GROUP, BABY), but either fork out for some real beauts or do without. People do not want to look at the ‘soggy, floppy, big foot’ fakes. Did not even need to ‘hardcore research’ or “mull” this one over.

Verdict: EXILED.

SUSU:
Our writers complain about SUSU a lot and for a lot of reasons. However, weighing up all the amazing things that SUSU achieve and do for us (queue the violins)… I think it’s only fair that they stay; (and I just couldn’t be bothered summing up the arguments)

Verdict: HERE TO STAY… at least for now.

Dissertations:

That horrible disease that most undergraduates will catch at one point, closely linked with ‘The Fear’. It’s final year and you have one million words to write, when all you really want to do is have a laugh because ‘it’s final year’ and ‘YOLO’. Dissertations hinder this and are always lingering in the background. Most common phrase of final year (for those conscientious folk): “I can’t go, I have dissertation work to do”. How joyous would university life become if we were all dissertation free? The library would have to close down, and they’d have to extend Jesters…

Verdict: 100% EXILED

Hashtags:

People think they’re over-used, overrated and over-the-top, but just like a good CAPITAL LETTERS HEADLINE, I flippin’ love them. #betyoudotoo #yolo #lol #hashtag

Verdict: HERE TO STAY

The Confused.com advert: 

Apparently this is just outright racist. I was going to leave this in a massive MAYBE pile, but then I watched the advert in the presence of my darrrrrling sister, who insisted upon singing the song on repeat… ‘beautifully’. This immediately put an end to my deliberation… and thus GO COMPARE and all those like it went straight into:

Verdict: TAB EXILE.

People who use multiple punctuation marks:
WHY WOULD YOU WHEN EVERYTHING CAN BE EMPHASISED WITH CAPITALS??!!!!! I do however think we should all be allowed to get on people’s nerves sometimes, therefore…

Verdict: HERE TO STAY!!!!

Soton Tab:
Sorry, what?

Verdict: NEVER!!!

People who talk like they’re gangster when they’re really white/severely upper class:
A personal addition, as I (as an extremely white, Irish, country loving girl) often fall into this category, obviously as a joke, and then realise that I’m in public/people are judging me. I think it’s about time that everyone who does this realises that… YES, you are being judged.

Verdict: EXILED

Don’t worry, this is not the end! Keep your suggestions coming in (although we still have a million to get through) in the comments section and they could make it into the next TAB EXILE…

#SWAG