If you’re like me, someone who has aged out of teen angst and is wondering if you are officially too old and grimy to be on TikTok, it’s time for you to move on and head to Quercus. Unlike TikTok, everyone here has graduated from high school and is really on that self-improvement bullshit. Sure, the content’s a little educational, the events are kind of boring, and the users are a little too fake-nice, but at least there’s fewer business majors than LinkedIn. Unless you’re a business student, in which case, close this tab. Stop reading this, it isn’t for you. I don’t like you.
Anyway… not only can you overshare all you want, but professors constantly encourage you to because they really want you to dig deep and talk about what interests you. Not that shallow stuff either—trust me, they don’t care about fit checks or thirst traps; all they want from you are your thoughts on whatever long-ass book they recommended. Sometimes there’s even cute quizzes to take.
No social media platform is perfect, though. It constantly feels like your mind is being objected and degraded because professors and TAs will just ghost you and leave you on “submitted” for weeks and it’s too scary to double-text so you just wait and wait until you finally hear back and all there is in response is a number and some criticism. In that case, you just have to do a little Quercus detox and log-off for a week. Say fuck the haters. They’ll miss you when you’re gone. And when you get back, your DMs will just be flooded with shit like “Are you aware you missed the last three assignments?”, “Just wanted to check-in and see how you’re doing!”, or “Remember to unenroll from ACORN if you’re dropping out”.
I think it might be time for a little early October social media cleanse.
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