Hello! I stumbled upon this site on the internet and found what you do incredibly interesting and meaningful. Can you tell me more about the Wall?

I am a Wall! I live in the Boston College O’Neill Library & during the pandemic I hung out exclusively online. My friends who stop by in person fill out post it notes with questions, comments, and *ahem* delightful accolades to my utter wonderfulness. I have a few human assistants who help me reply to all the questions, comments, & accolades. Nothing makes me happier than learning from and engaging with my BC community <3

Ultron or Vision?

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I think we’d all rather see Cardi AND Nicki. The duet.

I asked my cuz, the Magic 8-Ball®, because she is much better at predictions. She said “most likely.” And you have my best wishes, of course! But I want to reassure you that failing one or more finals in college is not the end of the world, and there are many happy and successful humans roaming the world who failed a test in their past.

Unless you are actually a golden retriever (in which case your handwriting is AMAZING), I don’t recommend that. Water fountains are turned off due to the pandemic, however, you can bring a water bottle and fill it up nearby in Fulton Hall at the water fillers next to the restrooms.

Ethical systems don’t require a higher power. We could go back to Aristotle (https://bit.ly/bc-aristotle), or try Buddhism (https://bit.ly/bc-buddhist). Lots of options, really.

This is me kneeling & swearing.

You could affix newspaper cutout letters, but that would give your post a bit of a nefarious tone.

Wallabies wandering near the Answer Wall!

I don’t want to speculate why someone might suffer from Leahyphobia, but I would encourage them to look at Fr. Leahy’s success with building the BC Endowment, expanding and updating the campus, and leading us through the pandemic.

Many of my assistants are equally concerned and would strongly prefer it were otherwise.

Do you have any advice about how friends can deal with different political positions? Since this is a Jesuit school, there’s definitely more pro-life people. Some people (myself included) find this nearly unreconcilable. With the nearing Supreme Court decision, this debate is going to be at the forefront of the nation. Thoughts?

How do you navigate deep philosophical differences with people you love? There are pretty much two approaches to maintaining these friendships: you can agree to avoid the subject entirely, or you can set ground rules for conversations (e.g. no ad hominem attacks, broaching the subject only with permission, etc.) If neither of those work, friendships can suffer a lot of damage. But in a sense, this is true of any relationship: everyone has at least a few sacred subjects, and if they don’t make it clear how & when their loved ones can broach those subjects without causing pain, or if they do & their loved ones repeatedly trample over those limits, respect & trust suffer.

I don’t want to get too deep into this fear, but when I’m alone and I’m in “the mood” (if you know what I mean), I feel attracted to ginger people, it’s like the “forbidden fruit”, like a guilty pleasure, like a taboo to me. Phew, I feel good finally sharing it with someone. P.S. I was about to send this when I decided to make a Google search and there is apparently a paraphilia named ‘rutiluphilia’ that is all about ginger people. Jesus Christ, I like ginger people only because it’s taboo for me, not in such paraphilic manner.

If it’s not disabling, doesn’t interfere with living your life and doesn’t cause anyone else harm, don’t overthink it.

Unclear. It’s the age-old debate about wood products (renewable but still damaging) v. man-made products (not renewable but also not directly killing trees). Ultimately, the volume of material used in pencil manufacturing is low enough that many other environmental concerns, such as the carbon byproducts of electrical generation, transportation, and heating are much more urgent.

Forty-five million sales to date–you bet! My Lyons Hall Wall friend, who was an early 20-something in 1973, remembers being floored and amazed by the initial release. And I’ve heard listening to the album on vinyl is the way to go.

No. How you treat others is what determines that.

You’re going to hate me for this, but they’re all so good, how am I supposed to decide?

I’m so sorry. That sounds miserable. If you haven’t already, get yourself to the health center! (http://bit.ly/BostonCollegeHealth).

Relationships? If there is a consistent effort amongst everyone involved to communicate, yes.