Diary of a Gen Z Student: Embrace the squalor - student living is not for the faint of heart

"This is a godless existence. Where someone drinks wine from a cereal bowl. And no one questions it. Of course, they use a straw. They still have their dignity."

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The door hangs halfway off its hinges. Seagulls attack the binbag just outside the door — full of old pizza boxes and empty beer bottles. The post, once again, has landed outside Johnny Sexton’s house.

The Sextons might have moved to another suburb if they had known that half of the post from Trinity Hall (where most first year Trinity students live) would end up on their doorstep.