by: Tanvi Ambekar

Opinion Editor

Spot the difference: me finding a hair tie in the depths of my backpack versus an archaeologist discovering the subject of their life’s work. Trick question, there is none. I suppose the only difference might be that the archaeologist probably doesn’t spend an outrageous amount of money replenishing their hair ties each week? Still, the high is the same: the burst of triumph, the fleeting sense of superiority, the smug certainty that I’ve finally outsmarted the universe… only to misplace the hair tie once again. Alas, the universe crushes my fleeting hope in a never-ending cycle. At this point, my hair ties have a more active social life than I do.