No matter how much Kant we read, no matter how much we learn about osmosis, no matter how many exams we take, college students still like a lot of stupid stuff. Maybe, like the process of osmosis, our brains seek equilibrium and so we like stupid things to balance out the excesses of academic life. Or maybe we just can’t help being a bit inane. In any case, let’s review some Stupid Stuff That College Students Like.

1) Sure it’s predictable. Sure the entire cast’s IQ points equal that of one person of average intelligence. But we love The Hills. There’s just something about the tans, the scandals, the fair-weather friends.

2) We don’t give two shits if it’s a Photoshop job; we love the Palin bikini pics. Maybe it’s because that’s how we visualize Palin in our own minds. Maybe it’s because caricatures get us all warm and fuzzy. Maybe it’s because on some level, we believe there is truly a photo out there which is similar but closely guarded.

3) Despite the fact that we know that some forty-year-old dude who needed a break from obituaries writes our horoscopes, we are all over them. Sometimes we just need to believe that after we forgot to study, its our destiny to get an A anyway. And most of the time when we eff up, we can blame the stars or our astrological signs for our bad decisions.

4) There may not be a whole lot of artistry involved in many drug movies, you know, the ones where weed is essentially its own character, but somehow, they make us laugh. Somehow, when Dave Chappelle (before he went nuts) touched his girlfriend’s hair in Half Baked and said “Bouncy Body,” it seemed amusing. And it still does.

5) Okay, the jokes are corny. And yeah, the clothes are ridiculous. But we love Sex and the City. It’s better than a handjob from a tranny in the Meatpacking District and a cosmopolitan combined.