<p>Strange. My computer fans turn off when I put it to sleep…</p>
<p>Sheesh, your science classes are a little over the top, then, aren’t they? What are you, a senior already?</p>
<p>I don’t know WHY your fans are bothering your roommate so much, because honestly white noise can’t be that distracting. If there is honestly no convenient way for you to keep the noise level down, then admit this to him and work out a probable solution together. This whole silent passive-agressive thing is NOT working. You both basically want the same thing, so stop fighting and start talking. But I do think you should be able to study at night outside your room and turn the computer off before heading back in to sleep, as a suggestion. Because really, I would find typing distracting when trying to fall asleep. Now see if he’ll compromise by not touching your laptop during the day.</p>
<p>As for the dishes, just keep them hidden or wash them. My roommate leaves dirty dishes out on the desk, and it doesn’t bother me, but…well, your roommate is slightly more…uhhh, intolerant of other lifestyles.</p>
<p>I don’t care if you lick your plate after eating, dirty dishes smell like ****, CLEAN THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER.</p>
<p>You know you can save your tabs on firefox… And it shouldn’t take your laptop that long to boot up. I’m sure you could spare two minutes if you don’t want your roommate to unplug your stuff.</p>
<p>Kinda hard to reload 80 tabs. It takes forever, and it doesn’t save your place in long academic papers and those little electronic systems schools use.</p>
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<p>Well I’ll have 100 credits by the end of this semester (but yeah I’m class of 2012).</p>
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<p>arent you supposed to memorize chemicals and reactions?</p>
<p>maybe you should just blast some WU when he ****es you off haha</p>
<p>Well you memorise general forms but often in real life you have side reactions, protecting groups and stuff where your reaction degenerates into like 30+ different products you need to isolate.</p>
<p>i’ll hijack this thread, because i don’t want to start a new one…
So, I have two other roommates and we share two rooms (one is beds, the other is desks). One of the roommates I get along perfectly fine with. The other, for some reason, seems to really dislike me.
Examples:
-I bought a clock and put it up in the room with desks which he took down without asking me, under the pretense that it made too much noise (which alone isn’t bad, but he’s somehow okay with the clock in our bedroom that my other roommate put up which is about 20 times louder).<br>
-he leaves his dirty dishes on my desk, but not my other roommate’s desk.
-last week when I was upset that our team lost the football game, he made me feel like an idiot for caring so much about football.
-at the dining hall one day, I asked him nicely to put away mine and another kids’ glass (the other kid left) because I was in a hurry. He wouldn’t put away mine but he was willing to put away the other kids (I decided to put both away, at which point he took the other kid’s glass from me so he could put it away but he refused to put away mine). A really weird incident. This seems like 1st grade all over again.<br>
-his vote for the placement of the microwave was on my desk.<br>
-he tells rumors about me to other people. </p>
<p>The list can go on and on. I really don’t get it. He’s fine with the other roommate. I try to be nice: I’ve brought him back gifts, I’ve helped him pick out junk for his girlfriend, I helped him for a few hours on a research project, etc. Today I let him know my opinions on the matter after he berated me for asking a “dumb question” to my other roommate. </p>
<p>I can try talking to him in a more calm fashion (I really flipped out today), but me and others agree that he’s a really strong-willed guy and will just continue his general negativity towards me. I know we’ll probably never be friends, but I just can’t stand how it seems like he’s out to get me, and I want that to stop.</p>
<p>Has something like this happened to you guys? What should I do?</p>
<p>Wu,
You are giving off the vibes of a passive-aggressive, self-righteous person and i don’t think you really mean to come off that way.</p>
<p>Sometimes in life it is better to compromise and meet people half way. For example, you know that dirty dishes really bother your roommate. He doesn’t want to attract bugs; he doesn’t like the smell of the leftover food on the dishes; maybe he just doesn’t like the sight of the dirty dishes–whatever, it’s his room too and it is reasonable for you try a little harder in this area. </p>
<p>Do you have a really good reason to like to keep dirty dishes in your room? or do you refuse to clean up because you are too lazy or because you know it bugs him? </p>
<p>If you don’t want him to touch your laptop, take it with you. Or leave it in sleep mode so it’s not running hot–no one is under such time pressure that they don’t have a few seconds for things to come back up.</p>
<p>Negotiate with your roommate about how late you will work in the room/how early he can go to sleep. For example, you should be able to work in your room until midnight; after that he should be able to expect to sleep. It’s not asking a lot for you to carry your laptop and a few books down to a study lounge or the library. Or is there a way you can rearrange the furniture in your room so that the light from your computer does not shine in the direction of his bed?</p>
<p>Or would you be happier in a single, if that is possible?</p>
<p>I do leave it sleep mode. But what my roommate does is unplug my accessories (which are quiet or mostly turned off), waking the computer up.</p>
<p>There’s a solution to every problem like this. Beat the **** out of him. Teach him who is boss.</p>
<p>I see no reason for him to be upset about the fans; he has no place in unplugging your stuff if it potentially will harm your computer.</p>
<p>As for the lights, suggest to him that he buys one of those eye-masks; they sell them inexpensive at places like Target and they work well.</p>
<p>And for the dishes… wash your dishes at the very least every night. There’s no reason to have dirty dishes laying around; that’s just gross.</p>