Christian Unions at UK Universities

OP i have rewritten your post to make it more relevant to this forum and to point out how much of an *** you are.

Board game clubs, LARPS and trading card game societies.

Do they deliberately target losers?

Serious question...

I guess some kids who lack social interaction invent imaginary friends and pretend to 'roleplay' and 'defend the horde' with them, but whilst lots of them will grow out of this, people who grow up and continue to be less sociable end up being more susceptible to finding comfort on the demo table inside a sweaty board game shop.

Without wanting to sound overly shallow, the magic the gathering players at my uni weren't exactly the coolest kids in town and certainly did attract social misfits. It did seem at times that they almost targeted them though, the people who didn't make many friends during freshers week could instantly be accepted by a group of artificially happy and deluded RPG fans.

Now obviously Board games are becoming less prevalent in Europe which IMO is a fairly logical conclusion as the prevalence of computer games increases. I do wonder however if we'll see a time where board games becomes so sidelined that it is the exclusive domain of misfits seeking some form of escapism from the real world as seems to be the current situation with board game shops, rpgs and trading card game.

Perhpas that was just my singular biased opinion of the board game fans at my particular university - so back to my original question - 'Do they target losers?' I'd be interested to know if other people have had different experiences of the shops and clubs at their universities - were they (in your completely subjective opinion) delusional misfits or where they fairly normal every day students not much different to any other random student?
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vonhelmet said:
The CU at my college at Durham Uni was not full of losers, no. Plenty of cool kids there.
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One thing I have noted about Durham, having passed through there on the train home from Newcastle, is the sheer number of rather aesthetically pleasing ladies boarding and leaving the train there, usually wearing some sort of Durham Uni hoody etc. I mean it seems disproportionate. :D
 
Yeah, much cooler to do the traditional student thing of going out every night, get smashed on Blue WKDs and then shag some random **** who gives you chlamydia :) Oh look I can generalise too.
 
The Funktopus said:
One thing I have noted about Durham, having passed through there on the train home from Newcastle, is the sheer number of rather aesthetically pleasing ladies boarding and leaving the train there, usually wearing some sort of Durham Uni hoody etc. I mean it seems disproportionate. :D
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:) One of my good school friends went to Durham all sweet and innocent and came back a worldly tramp. I think Durham is far enough north that repressed southern hotties can get away from mummy and daddy and let loose.
 
BunnyKillBot said:
OP i have rewritten your post to make it more relevant to this forum and to point out how much of an *** you are.
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Agree with this, I was about to do something very similar but with the Rock Society instead. I know ours probably had/has as many oddballs as the CU
 
dowie said:
I merely asked for other people's personal opinion on one thing - was the christian union at your university generally comprised of misfits?
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I haven't met anyone who is in the Christian Union at my Uni other than this one hot girl, but given the whole "no sex before marriage" nonsense I didn't pursue her either (shame, she was pretty damn hot!)


However, at 6th form the Christian Union thing was certainly where all the misfits were
 
rypt said:
I haven't met anyone who is in the Christian Union at my Uni other than this one hot girl, but given the whole "no sex before marriage" nonsense I didn't pursue her either (shame, she was pretty damn hot!)
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As, of course, ALL Christians follow the no sex before marriage "nonsense".

In my experience, they don't - or if they do, not seriously.
 
meghatronic said:
As, of course, ALL Christians follow the no sex before marriage "nonsense".

In my experience, they don't - or if they do, not seriously.
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I never said ALL follow it, but I got as far as working out that she did before saying to myself it wasn't worth it
 
I thought a lot of the Societies at University had their fair share of social misfits. Not that it matters because you should be old enough and mature enough when attending University to join whatever society you like including the Christian Union or the LARP Club. Whatever.

I joined the Pagan Society at University. Sure there was a few oddballs but equally some hot chicks and we had a great time.

The OP set his tone when he said imaginary friends. If you're a Christian they aren't imaginary to you. How about a little tolerance?

Of course my imaginary friends (and we Pagans have a few) are better...
 
All I know is that they used to lure you in at 3am with free toast and tea when you were trapesing across campus as drunk as 10 irish men on st paddy's day.
 
The OP is such a tool. I think it is him that has issues.

I am a Christian but I never went to CU in my college. Normally it is for those people who don't want to party every night but still desire some social interaction. I found they have nothing to do with religion and nobody cares what you believe. They might have a little watered down message about God but then it's all just the parties/house parties.

I don't think they lack any social interaction skills and out of all the other Christians I know there are some seriously cool people, some beautiful women and there are not many differences other than beliefs and lifestyle. To say that your beliefs have a bearing on your social aptitudes is just deluded.
 
The Christian bunch at school were nice enough and the Christian squad at university had some very popular members. I'm not sure about them 'targetting' losers mind. Perhaps there is something about a welcoming group of individuals that is appealing to the socially conscious... I wonder why... :p
 
I love the "street pastors" we get here who hang about outside nightclubs and give you free coffee :D
 
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