Student numbers almost back down to where they should be

THE number of young people going to university could soon be the same as the number of young people who should be going to university, the government has confirmed.

Fewer students than ever are heading off for their first term, as school-leavers realise the obvious truth that three years studying history will not help in any area of their lives.

Education secretary Brigitte Phillipson said: “Bloody fees, but they do seem to have hastened the realisation than university is quite a big thing to do so you should probably mean it.

“A degree in a beautiful university town as the state’s treat was always a middle-class jolly. When it was degraded to studying surfing science at the University of Rutland it became a sick parody.”

Graduate Ryan Whittaker of Abergavenny said: “It does seem, looking back, I paid a large sum of money to drink and quote Succession memes for three years.

“I am not remotely interested in any of the things that are taught at university and neither are employers. I paid 27 grand for a bonged-up nonce with a doctorate to teach me how to watch television.”

Phillipson added: “If this trend continues, we may see the number of universities drop to below a million.”

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Gen Z threaten to step up production of bullshit slang

THE younger generation has warned it will increase its production of ridiculous slang unless its demands are met.

Gen Z have cautioned that words like ‘rizz’, ‘slay’ and ‘demure’ are merely an opening salvo, and they are capable of churning out much larger quantities of irritating nonsense if older people insist on ridiculing them.

15-year-old Josh Hudson said: “You think our vocabulary is infuriating at the moment? Big yikes. We’re going easy on you by using pronounceable words you can infer the meaning of from their context.

“Unless you start treating us like grown-ups, stop destroying the planet, and deactivate the parental controls on all of our devices, we’ll be forced to launch rafts of gibberish phrases every hour. No cap.

“We’ve got legions of volunteers riddled with brain rot on standby to unleash our new slang on TikTok. Each word will be more stupid than the last, with a lifespan of a few minutes so you’ll never know what’s bussin or what’s cringe.

“You might think you’re safe at work, but there’ll be a Gen Z operative in your company’s marketing team who will force you to say our silly words on social media like a terrorist hostage. As a final indignity we might even make you do a silly dance for our sick enjoyment.”

He added: “Skibidi Toilet is our final warning, pray we don’t decide to escalate things further.”