The world must think that college students are a bunch of suckers. And they’re right.

We’ve all been through it. We have these elaborate plans to be productive over breaks. Then we reach our doom: we get online or turn on the television.

Next thing you know, you’re cramming for your test you haven’t studied for or struggling to pump out a 10-page paper due the next day.

It’s not our fault. It’s the media!

There are two things that the average, sane college students are hardcore suckers for: digital cable and high-speed Internet. Actually, basic cable in itself is addictive, but add 100 more channels in there? No chance.

Last fall, I tried to be practical and live without Internet and cable. Then last semester I caved in and got cable Internet. Then my roommate talked me into getting the digital cable package where cable Internet is cheaper, so in the end, I still pay the same price.

And to be honest, I’m a very happy camper now, because I get to see all the great marathons and lists.

You know what I’m talking about. We can’t get enough of ‘em. Lists are online and in magazines, but nothing can compare to television lists.

Last week, Bravo unleashed possibly the greatest lineup of lists: the “great things about being…” list. It included great things about being “queer,” a blonde, 30, fat and living in a red state. All of these things are put in a negative light, and Bravo turned it around and counted down 20 great things about each category.

And Friday, it was a marathon! Even better!

After seeing the 20 great things about being gay (such as “you invented everything”), I told myself I would get off the couch and clean up the apartment.

Then the great things about being 30 came on after that. I thought, “OK, after this it’s time to get up.”

Then the great things about being in a red state came on. I didn’t think another one would follow, but after it went off they advertised the next one.

I came back to see the great things about being fat, which was my personal favorite because they had reasons such as “you’re hilarious,” “you’re everybody’s best friend” and “you have great boobs.”

Seriously, you can’t turn away from such genius ideas. At least, I couldn’t. That’s because I’m a sucker.

The most pathetic example of this occurred last winter break.

BET decided to be brilliant and have a 24-hour marathon of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” and I happened to catch this extravaganza at about 1 in the afternoon.

I was stoked because I haven’t seen the show in a long time. I watch show after show after show until I realized it was almost nighttime. I forgot I hadn’t taken a shower or the fact that I planned on going shopping.

Long story short, I ended up watching the marathon until it ended at 3 a.m.

To this day I still have absolutely no idea how I managed to sit on my butt for 14 straight hours watching the same channel. And to no surprise, my eyes were sore.

My friends advised me to never tell that story again, but hey, I’m not ashamed.

Let’s face it, we young’uns missed out on a lot of the great moments in history.

If it weren’t for VH1 giving us the “I Love the…” series of the last three decades, we wouldn’t know much. So we feel the need to engulf ourselves into learning about the history of our pop culture with these lists.

And they…

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We interrupt your scheduled programming to report that Amber has passed out on her keyboard after watching TV non-stop for 19 days. Yikes.

Amber North is the Herald assistant sports editor and humor columnist. You can reach her at ambanorth@hotmail.com.