truth bombs

still way better than posting frogbs in the truth bombs thread tho

don't be bitter because you haven't made the thread in 3 years

i'm sure you've got some good posts out there...somewhere

tb hurtin like consumption

lol @ u making the thread for the first time and big-shotting people xp

self-aware bullshit is still bullshit!

― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Monday, July 16, 2012 12:45 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

still way better than posting frogbs in the truth bombs thread tho

― Misc. Carnivora (Matt P), Monday, July 16, 2012 7:44 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://991.com/NewGallery/George-Michael-Listen-Without-Pr-6770.jpg

Any time I see someone using "Barack Hussein Obama" I immediately tune out.

― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:36 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i was reading this brave article about the new subdermal microchips & internment camps for xtians but as soon as i saw that phrase i had to stop reading

thread? US politics?

they're just making sure it's spelled as it appears on his birth cert

nerdcore rap is literally the worst thing in the history of music

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:50 PM Bookmark

xpost

LOL

concealed carry Jeremiahs are the fucking worst

― tallarico dreams (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, July 20, 2012 2:10 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

one thing we can definitively say re libertarian demographics is they are all white guys

― lag∞n, Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:43 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I have a theory that you can generally tell how far you are from the subway in queens and brooklyn by the number of american flags you see

― iatee, Sunday, July 29, 2012 10:51 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Do people steal the flags, then run down into the subways?

I think it's more that historically, conservative middle/working class neighborhoods fought to keep subways out. Iatee can probably correct me if I'm wrong about that, but he probably can't write a five paragraph explanation because he's on his iphone.

I think you can say that's broadly true, true in some places and more 'would have fought, as similar neighborhoods have, and so it was never a thing to fight' in most. prob a bigger factor is the sorting that happens on its own - new immigrants / young people less interested in moving to those neighborhoods, so they don't de-archiebunkerfy.

Yeah that makes sense. Also if you work at, say, a port, or in an industrial zone, you're more likely to want to live somewhere inexpensive with houses and where you can have a car, and that comports with the whole blue-collar flag-displaying demographic I guess.

so why don't people display american flags near subway stops?

or at subway sandwich shops

Because people steal the flags, then run down into the subways.

there's a joke here about Whiney and flag posts in here somewhere that I'm too lazy to compose right now

One is more likely to encounter the flags of other countries while walking in a neighborhood that is serviced by subway stops. Proven: subway stops are un-American.

post 9/11 a lot of immigrant families took to hanging flags in front of their homes, outside their businesses and mosques as a way of self-identifying as american
at least that was queens. never went away.

we dont need to turn this into a NYC subway thread but the neighborhoods in question are the ones w/o mosques and w/ mostly 2nd/3rd gen ethnic whites

I like to say that you can tell you are close to a subway when you see flags and mosques, but not when you just see flags

thats how i locate subway stations

2nd/3rd gen tumblr whites

another good indicator is when you see korean restaurants near subway stairs, you are near a subway, but if you just see korean restaurants, you are probably in korea

that happened to me once

hurting.....check this out....they have subways in korea....i know dude, i know, we're all pretty excited about it

I have Korean restaurants near me but not subway stairs, I am probably in Korea.

tell klinger to dress like a man!

lol

um, last time I checked, korean subways are accessed by fire pole, not staircase. Nice try.

ahhh dangit those cutups in the swamp replaced all the staircases with fire poles, winchester is gonna be pissed

lol matt

Do people steal the flags, then run down into the subways?

― how's life, Monday, July 30, 2012 5:10 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark

not people...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/groundhogs-stealing-flags-cedar-park-cemetary_n_1662544.html

I think something about the college application/essay-writing process has fucked up a whole generation. Like all these people are out looking for the slightest 'experience' to happen to them so they can blog about it.

― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Monday, July 16, 2012 1:44 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^

did previous generations not write essays and apply to college? idgi

nah they just got in based on legacies, SAT scores, etc.

also nowadays college is super-competitive like never before, kids feel like if they didn't go to china and intern as red cross nurses or master suzuki piano level 99 they're bigass losers.

o ya ok i've heard about these from american friends. i am in college right now but didn't have to write an essay, they still admit people based on legacy here thank god

well i think part of the issue here is that legacies are still in effect for competitive colleges *and* they're gradually de-emphasizing test scores / grades in favor of "well rounded" students

when i was applying to colleges, oh, about 18 years ago they were talking the same nonsense, i pretty much got in cal based on an astronomical SAT score. otherwise everyone i know who got into "good schools" had great grades and some combination of heavy-duty academic internship type experiences, varsity athletics or student leadership activities

the thing is - and i have no idea why this idea hasn't taken root - you really don't even need to go to a prestigious undergraduate school to get a good job. you can go to a combo of community college and state school, get kickass grades there, and then go to a prestigious graduate program. but i dunno, everyone thinks their kids need to go to harvard off the bat or they're just screwed for life.

are you in college or "college"

xp i regularly get my ass kicked at work by smarter people who went to cal state schools instead of UCs and ivy leagues

Maybe we should bring back the draft.

i go to "university" ?!

tbh the whole process was seamless and i am pretty sure a machine accepted me