We all know what the worst and most unavoidable time of the year is: textbook season.

You know what I'm talking about: that time of year where you have to decide whether you'd rather be able to study and do your homework or be able to afford food for the next three weeks. Overpriced college textbooks are in abundance this season, but the ones that you specifically need are on back order. As a result, the price is going to be even higher!

We all get it. Here's what this joyous experience is like, as told by Chris Pratt:

1. When you get the email from your college bookstore saying it's time to buy textbooks for the new semester.

2. You put off buying your textbooks for as long as possible, but you know that you need to buy them before school starts so that you can avoid the physical line.

3. You open up a new tab and start searching for your classes and the required textbooks... and of course, they're the most expensive ones.

4. You want to rent your books so that you can save money, but there are no rentals and you have to buy them all.

5. And then you check your bank account, but the cost of the textbooks far surpasses the amount of money in said bank account.

6. When the subtotal is in the triple digits, but the final total plus tax and shipping is four digits.

7. So, you start taking off textbooks that might not be that important, like writing manuals or books that you can totally find in a second-hand store somewhere.

8. You decide to just close the entire tab and start fresh on Amazon or Chegg.

9. But you only manage to save a few measly dollars, the books are in terrible condition and the ship date is a month after school starts.

10. So, you start all over again on the bookstore website, but the price somehow ends up higher than it was before.

11. And you realize it's because the last used copy of each book was sold while you were searching on other websites.

12. You accept the fact that you're going to have to take out a second loan to pay for these books.

13. You come back at the end of the semester to sell back your textbooks, but the only ones they'll take back are worth ten cents and a lifesaver mint.

Regardless of whether or not you end up getting a good price for your textbooks, we're all slaves to the system. Textbooks are some of the most unaffordable school expenses and it is frustrating to have to buy them when you're already spending an arm and a leg on college as it is. Chris Pratt knows, though. Chris Pratt understands the college textbook dilemma, and we thank him.