Minnesota/Minnesotans C or D

i met a dude at a party who remarked about that phenomenon, he seemed interesting, we had a good chat

next time around at the same place—they had a series of parties all summer—i guess i wasn't ~defrosted~ enough for him, so he was sitting over my shoulder behind me agonizing to the hostess, his neighbor, about how bewildering it was that people could be all friendly and then utterly freeze you out, obviously referring to me and clearly aggrieved at me the whole time but not able to just be at a party like a normal person

is it any wonder minnesotans protect themselves

There's a hell of a lot of narcisism of small differences between upper midwestern states like ppl act like OMG wisconsin minneosota north dakota and iowa and michigan you might as well compare the culture of bangladesh, north carolina, france and south korea!!!!!

also i feel like i've dealt w/ppl from all over the planet due to my former job and i think ppl are passive aggressive and afraid of conflict in lots of places and the ones who aren't are generally raging assholes

also the japanese can be passive aggressive to the point where they make minnesotans look like the owners of an auto body shop in south boston by comparison

or as a friend i used to work with used to say, "there's buses leaving every day buddy"

buddih

like wow I hate all these office drones waiting in line to buy burritos

*munches on burrito*

i feel like it'd be hard to make friends as an adult in a new place in any context. there's no built-in opportunity to pal around with people like there was in school. would probably be bewildering and frustrating but i doubt intrinsic to MN

tbh most cities do have places where people who are new to the area/scene congregate and it's easier to make friends, but the environment is generally insufferable because it's this sphere of hyper-socialization and the thing bonding you is your shared interest in bonding. you dodge in, find your group of friends, and dodge back out.

what

https://twitter.com/WeDoMpls

pronounced whatnow™??

What area could that be talking about?

it was really last minute so I forgot to tell you guys I totally did mpls over the weekend

I did run into Eric though

we have a rap station again

https://twitter.com/Go953mn

Cool!

this is as good a place to ask: local shopping for used/vintage stereo equipment? i'd like to get something but don't really want to deal with schlepping around with craigslist. i've seen some nice looking stuff at the back record room at find furnish in NE; are there any other places i should be looking?

Hi Fi Sound has used/consignment

https://twitter.com/excitedstoat/status/692353111248142336

a map of where people say "should"

cf "shall" https://twitter.com/JWGrieve/status/692079838576910337

haha

never considered this particular feature of the upper midwest

as opposed to what, 'ought'?

constant guilt that we should be doing something

i'm not even sure i get it

should i

I see what you should have done there

http://www.theonion.com/article/report-lake-ice-grows-safer-to-venture-out-on-with-35001

#PEAK

http://minneapolis.eater.com/2016/3/7/11173810/first-us-tap-water-bar-set--minneapolis-minnesota

Currently reading The Replacements bio and um, wondering if um, ...

or rather how many other people in that neck of the woods behave that way.

I got past the headline and started thinking "oh this is interesting" and then I got to the thing where they were looking for "bartenders" and now I want to punch them

I like how the url says "tap-water" meaning the draft hopefully had that title, or someone is clowning them

here's some tap water from different areas of the twin cities, some from bemidji, some from duluth

oh shit that really is what it is, I take it all back

hahahaha

http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7769951-general-mills-helper-lefty-mixtape/

Helper collaborated with McNally Smith College of Music students, along with Twin Cities artists, Dequexatron X000 (DJ Tiiiiiiiiiip & Bobby Raps), and Twitter, Vine and Snapchat rising star, Retro Spectro, to produce rhymes and beats that encapsulate Helper’s cunningly entertaining and relatable brand. The Helper mixtape, titled Watch the Stove, gives up-and-coming artists like the students at McNally Smith a platform to share their original music.

amazing

guys what day is it today

the tracks are real!

It's great lol

http://i.imgur.com/7g6D1CW.png

You godless liberals. It's one thing for California to ban gassy lawnmowers, but to ban the American flag?

Sec. 2. [325E.65] SALE OF AMERICAN FLAGS. 
No person in the business of offering goods at retail may sell or offer for sale in this 
state an American flag unless the flag was manufactured in the United States of America. 
EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2008.

Oh.

I've been in bed with the flu for 4 days and for some reason I started thinking about The Wallets who I saw like 100x in 85-87 and used to dance like crazy to (what a weird band, impossible
to describe on paper without making them sound super lame) -- I wanted to check up on what Steve Kramer has been up to since those days and wtf he died in 2013? Dang.

the early 80s MN scene had a lot of very very idiosyncratic, slightly new wave bar bands

Yeah totally. Wallets definitely a branch of that.

coon rapids, you guys

http://kstp.com/news/coon-rapids-burger-king-smashed-windows/4100167/

A prank caller convinced employees of a Coon Rapids Burger King to smash all of the windows of the restaurant to keep the building from exploding, Coon Rapids police say.

The incident happened Friday evening at the Burger King on the 2000 block of Northdale Boulevard.

According to police, employees received a phone call from someone claiming to be from the Coon Rapids Fire Department. The caller said the restaurant was pressurized and could explode, so the employees needed to break the windows to relieve the pressure.

that is just the best

had to be coon rapids

not positive yet, looks like I might be in the twin cities thursday/friday this week. anyone want a beer?

fuck i'm leaving for iowa at the end of the week! of all the luck

whoa dude where you gonna be

pella