@NPWhite717 This is going to be our "walking to school uphill both ways"

@NPWhite717 I once shotgunned three term papers in one night (tbf, I had at least done the research/outlines beforehand) in undergrad. Unfortunately for me, I aced them all and thus never learned my lesson about never, ever doing that again

@NPWhite717 You’re supposed to stay up all night chugging caffeinated drinks and arriving to class feeling like an absolute zombie the next day. That’s the college experience.

@NPWhite717 "When I was a boy, I wrote my procrastinated paper on nothing but caffeine and tenuous bullshit. We didn't have none of this fancy AI."

@NPWhite717 Gather round children and I'll tell you the tale of the college "all-nighter"

@NPWhite717 If I were to have the drive and work ethic I had in the final hours before a big paper was due, all of the time. I’m certain there would be cities named after me at this point. The ability to procrastinate I had as an undergrad was a thing of beauty.

@NPWhite717 "vibe writing" but its me at 4 am speed typing for an hour straight to finish a 20 page paper I am about to turn in at 6.

@NPWhite717 This generation is weak and doesn't know how to write a 30 page term paper in 24 hours.

@NPWhite717 I would buy two 2L bottles of Diet Coke and power through. Good times.

@NPWhite717 Through pure adrenaline and suffering, as intended

@NPWhite717 Thank you!

@NPWhite717 😂😂😂

@NPWhite717 Caffeine for the body, Nic Nacs for the soul. Hemingway approved.

@NPWhite717 Honestly, if you’re not sitting crossed legged on your bed frantically organizing 3x5 cards and then typing your paper until 5am, are you even learning?

@NPWhite717 Honestly, caffeine and chaos have produced more A-papers than ChatGPT ever will 😂

@NPWhite717 The healthful AI alternative:

@NPWhite717 During the ‘rona, my classes went online, and one prof recorded videos of himself rather than having live sessions. I didn’t keep up, so the day of the final, I watched 14 hours of lectures on 1.25x, immediately took the final, and aced it. Didn’t cheat.

@NPWhite717 When I was writing my undergraduate honors thesis, I invented a new energy drink. I'd pour a glass of Red Bull and drop a Five Hour Energy into it like a Jagerbomb. I could hear colors and smell sounds for a week, but I finished my paper.

@NPWhite717 Practically every paper I wrote in HS and college (86-94) was done the night before it was due. Most of them got A's and none got less than a B. I would do any research I needed to do well before that, but I simply could not write the paper without a deadline the next day.

@NPWhite717 @JonahDispatch Some of us had to do our plagiarizing longhand, so I really don't want to hear it.

@NPWhite717 Never forget the time I wrote a 20-page paper in one night and got a 97 on it. Went through almost half a gallon of coffee.

@NPWhite717 I used to get up at 4am after a night of drunken debauchery and write 10 page papers due that day. (I did have to go to the library and get source material ahead of time). I literally planned for procrastination.

@NPWhite717 The children will never understand rawdogging a five page book report an hour before it’s due without ever reading the book

@NPWhite717 Forgot about a final research paper for an anthropology class until the night before it was due. Stayed up all night writing it and turned it in at 8 the next morning. ~25 pages in one night (double spaced with some illustrations, to be fair). Got a B!

@NPWhite717 if you don’t know the best ways to abuse caffeine you’re not an academic

@NPWhite717 Right it’s called locking in

@NPWhite717 In 2007 during my freshman year, I attempted to upload my history paper to Blackboard for grading. The internet wasn’t working, of course, and then my computer crashed and never turned on again. That night I borrowed my roommates laptop and re-wrote a 6 page paper. Aced it.

@NPWhite717 And none of them will know the pain of pulling an all nighter and accidentally unplugging the computer with your foot as you lean back with a sigh of relief....then realizing you didn't hit "save" in the last 3or 4 pages of writing.

@NPWhite717 @DBryanRhodes Amen. Cram the knowledge into your brain in the days before, pile up the references. Finally decide it's time to write... Full pot of strong coffee, an all night smoke of Vanilla Cavendish, and away we go. Turabian format, 12 pt. Times New Roman, 1 inch margins, with cover sheet.

@NPWhite717 some of my best work in college was between midnight and 2am fueled by nothing except coffee, relentless perfectionism, & adhd hyperfocus. it’s called being locked in. can’t do that? skill issue

@NPWhite717 AI got big my last few years of undergrad— i started in 2014 and took a break at some point and finished in 2024 but i absolutely refused to use any type of AI and used caffeine and the sheer power of the universe to get through my last two years of class. they’re just pussies

@NPWhite717 At no point in my life have I been as laser focused and capable of genius as I am when I've waited until the night before my test/paper is due to begin studying

@NPWhite717 I once took a 6 hour train to my then-girlfriend’s house only to discover she had half her History MA dissertation unwritten and it was due the next day. A 24-hour Red Bull slog ended with me, an art school grad, writing her conclusion while she passed out.

@NPWhite717 I once wrote a 10-page paper while I was high in the four hours before it was due. THAT'S how it's done, son.

@NPWhite717 I still procrastinate the old fashioned way

@NPWhite717 I always did my best writing on an impossible deadline