Graduate Student Discovers College Station Humor is Set on Repeat
Last Friday, graduate student Dan Kristoff discovered that College Station humor is on a 5-year loop. “I made the realization when someone said ‘I wonder if Chilifest will finally serve chili this year,’ and people actually laughed.”
During his freshman year, Kristoff noted that the jokes about Chilliest not having actual chili were quite popular. During his sophomore year, people still used the jokes in their Instagram captions but were not recognized as being clever. By the time Kristoff was ordering his Aggie Ring, the joke — and all of its derivatives — were regarded as “dad jokes.”
Now, three years later, the joke seems to be popular again. “I guess providing completely original content for each new class of students isn’t a sustainable model,” said Kristoff, who is spending his sixth consecutive year in College Station. He noted that recycling humor after five years is strategic since most students will only stay an extra year at most.
Other notable examples of looping humor include: asking what time Midnight Yell is held, claiming that one will drop out after getting an Aggie Ring, and tagging date party photos at Evans Library.
“They are old jokes, but I guess that’s what the people want.”
—West Campus Mirage
Did you see her? Did you not see her? West Campus Mirage is as much a figment of our imagination as she is yours. Supposedly, she can’t come to meetings because all of her classes are on West Campus. Yet, no one has actually seen her in real life, only on the Bush School website.