NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — Isabelle Rhicter has always dreamed of attending THE Ohio State University (OSU).
When Isabelle was scrolling through her Newsfeed yesterday, the algorithms decided that a recent post by Sally Webster, from AP Government, was relevant enough to be at the top. Sally had decided to write a doctoral thesis about getting an acceptance to OSU on her Wall:
“I would like to thank my mom, my dad, my aunt Jennie, my uncle Rob, my 4th-grade math teacher who doesn’t remember me [pressed “see more,” didn’t actually want to see more, so just skimmed to the bottom]….OSU Class of 2024!”
Isabelle contemplated on how she should react and decided to ultimately give Sally the casual “like” on the Organic-Chemistry-Lecture-On-A-Monday-Morning long post, but nothing more.
There were no half-hearted “congrats!” in the comments section from her because 1) she didn’t think Sally deserved a “congrats’ nor an exclamation mark 2) there would be a million notifications from other people reminding Isabelle of her own inadequacy.
It was the same approach Isabelle had for Sally’s birthday.
Instead of posting “Happy Birthday!” on her classmate’s profile, Isabelle decided to write “birthday” to acknowledge yes, it is your birthday. However, I do not wish your day to be happy.
Director of Undergraduate Admissions at THE Ohio State University, Goa Buckis, commended Sally for making the social media post.
“We want the future Class of 2024 to get hyped about their Freshman year and the chance to spend four years in the great state of Ohio! What else are they gonna get excited about, us winning a national title?” said Director Buckis.
Other classmates of Isabella, like Noat Alegacy, also expressed their dissatisfaction with Sally.
“27 of my schools have ghosted me harder than the Democrat Party’s Iowa Caucus results. But Sally gets to update her IG bio already? And she updated her profile picture looking like she robbed the school store.”
