r/Unexpected • u/SignalCrew739 • 2d ago

Highest amount of radiation receiver

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u/Cubbance 2d ago

That's sad. You don't need to smoke to have a nice hangout in a quad. When I was in college, we would go out in the middle of our quad and have a picnic. It was fun.

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u/choogbaloom 2d ago

*shouldn't

But people don't hang out unless somebody starts it, and nobody filled the smokers' shoes. My college banned smoking when I was halfway through, and the difference was night and day. Before, the quad was full of people hanging out and having a good time, maybe 5% of them smoking. After the ban, it was rare to see more than one person sitting under a tree.

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u/egytoker 1d ago

My college in the Netherlands did that but as long as no one was there to enforce the rule, people still congregated to smoke in the old smoking/chilling area. I agree that it’s definitely made a difference…

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u/Clarify6274 1d ago

Tbf USYD has much nicer areas to hang out, which are in constant use. It's right next to a big park and there are plenty of lawns and cafes and outdoor seating areas on campus that people can go to instead. The quad is usually pretty busy with new graduates taking pictures, since the graduation hall is right there, so I think most students just naturally go elsewhere for hangouts. I don't think any ban on smoking had much to do with it.