Student still working on witty Facebook event description during his party
It was almost 1:30 AM last night before U2 Psychology major Gabriel Isaac gave up on adding last-minute jokes to the “Come Stand On Our Floor” event description on Facebook and started socializing at his own house party.
By the time he shut his laptop screen and joined everyone, Isaac felt like he had done all he could that evening to ensure the party would be packed and successful.
“I just want to throw a kick-ass party, and when it comes down to it, the event description basically is the party,” said Isaac. “I’m a psych major—so I know a lot about how people think—and I’d say about 82 per cent of people make up their minds about how a party was right after reading its description. Photos will do it for probably 16 per cent and things like drinking games and social interactions account for the last two.”
Isaac estimates that at least 15 of the “fringe guests” at his party were there solely because of the description.
“You’re always gonna have your core friend group showing up, but what really counts is being able to get the people on the periphery to come, like those chicks on my intramural water polo team,” explained Isaac. “We had a lot of competition yesterday, I knew there was also an ABC party and one of those stupid ‘It’s October 3rd!!!!’ Mean Girls parties going on, so people had options. But once I processed the data, it looked like the description won over about 15-20 of the guests, which I was pretty happy with. Plus, I think the notifications everyone got when I updated the event definitely helped keep it on peoples’ radars.”
At about midnight, Isaac called over roommate John Bunston to appreciate the hilarious line he had just written about their apartment’s hardwood living room floor, but Bunston was too drunk to have any idea what Isaac was talking about.
“What is this shit, Gabe?” said Bunston. “Stop being a downer and come play some fucking flip cup.”
Isaac declined the offer, preferring instead to start the Wikipedia article on ceramic tile so he could ironically hype up his kitchen floor to more potential guests.
By the time he shut his laptop screen and joined everyone, Isaac felt like he had done all he could that evening to ensure the party would be packed and successful.
“I just want to throw a kick-ass party, and when it comes down to it, the event description basically is the party,” said Isaac. “I’m a psych major—so I know a lot about how people think—and I’d say about 82 per cent of people make up their minds about how a party was right after reading its description. Photos will do it for probably 16 per cent and things like drinking games and social interactions account for the last two.”
Isaac estimates that at least 15 of the “fringe guests” at his party were there solely because of the description.
“You’re always gonna have your core friend group showing up, but what really counts is being able to get the people on the periphery to come, like those chicks on my intramural water polo team,” explained Isaac. “We had a lot of competition yesterday, I knew there was also an ABC party and one of those stupid ‘It’s October 3rd!!!!’ Mean Girls parties going on, so people had options. But once I processed the data, it looked like the description won over about 15-20 of the guests, which I was pretty happy with. Plus, I think the notifications everyone got when I updated the event definitely helped keep it on peoples’ radars.”
At about midnight, Isaac called over roommate John Bunston to appreciate the hilarious line he had just written about their apartment’s hardwood living room floor, but Bunston was too drunk to have any idea what Isaac was talking about.
“What is this shit, Gabe?” said Bunston. “Stop being a downer and come play some fucking flip cup.”
Isaac declined the offer, preferring instead to start the Wikipedia article on ceramic tile so he could ironically hype up his kitchen floor to more potential guests.