This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth

[evenodds]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I have never met anyone from Duke (and I don't think anyone on this board went to Duke, in which case, if I met you and forgot, I could be wrong) that I liked. They all have this kind of special doucheaura they emit.

I have a lot of friends who are Dukies and yeah the doucheaura is high. Plus, as one who is Southern-adjacent, I acknowledge it has its own special Southern douche flavor, which increases the douchiness by a factor of 5.

It certainly should have been #1, but I also agree with the writer's reasoning.

That said, Texas at 24? Way too low.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I have never met anyone from Duke (and I don't think anyone on this board went to Duke, in which case, if I met you and forgot, I could be wrong) that I liked. They all have this kind of special doucheaura they emit.

TM

A couple of SF/SV old skoolers are Duke undergrad or law. I have not found them douchey. They generously pick up checks in wine bars and Chinese restaurants, and they do not prattle on about scotch, which IMHO is the sine qua non of douchiness. OTOH, my undergrad school is on the list, so perhaps I'm too douchey to notice.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

A couple of SF/SV old skoolers are Duke undergrad or law. I have not found them douchey. They generously pick up checks in wine bars and Chinese restaurants, and they do not prattle on about scotch, which IMHO is the sine qua non of douchiness.

Dude. You're hanging out in wine bars and you call scotch drinking douchey??

OTOH, my undergrad school is on the list, so perhaps I'm too douchey to notice.

Ah, well, that explains it then. Doucheiness is in the eye of the beholder, after all.

Neither of my schools are on the list, but I could definitely make a strong case for the university associated with my law school.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

and they do not prattle on about scotch, which IMHO is the sine qua non of douchiness.

Subtle dig at Sebby?

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

TM

PPNYC only wishes she looked this good.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I think most of you are focusing on sports, which does make Duke #1* for a certain type of douche, but that test misses the standard everyday douchiness- to me the "where do you go to college?"

"in Boston." type douche behavior goes a long way versus the Duke arrogance.


*only because ND has sucked so completely in all sports for a long while now.

Domers aren't douches anyway. They're dorks.

[Gattigap]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

OTOH, my undergrad school is on the list, so perhaps I'm too douchey to notice.

Totally. Both of my schools are on this fucking list. I feel so exposed.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

MAD MEN Q.


spoiler- but really not necessary



Okay, Peggy is at the table when her new beau. His friend walks up and says, "Hey, we're leaving, you want to go or you need cab fare?"

The guy says, "I live right around the corner." the friend says, "Oh. yeah."

it seemed to me, at first, that the beau's friend was being honest, and the beau lied about where he lived for some reason. Then we find out he does live there.

The friend was giving the beau a way out of being "stuck" with Peggy, right?

Is she supposed to be a dog? I didn't get that part.

Dude, she's old. Plus, she's not stylish. It is NYC, after all.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

TM

Who is it?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Subtle dig at Sebby?

Glenwhiffach!

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

Who is it?

Thurgreed's momma.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

Glenwhiffach!

Damn. I was distracted by the gunt.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by evenodds

Using the actual caption from Glamour . . . nice.

For anyone interested, Jezebel had a good take on this last week.

I'm somewhat torn on this commentary. On the one hand, I'm all for a media that can recognize beauty in multiple forms, including healthy normal-sized people.

On the other, I worry about what "people who look like me" means to many Americans in a country that is on average rather overweight. As someone who has recently tried to start living a healthier lifestyle (and whose body reflects years of having done otherwise), I'm not sure "you are all great just the way you are" is the right message. In other words, it is good thing to be able to accept yourself, but not necessarily a good thing to give up on self improvement.

That said, as a man I am not well-suited to evaluate (or, probably, comment). I think this sentiment is just completely foreign to a man:

"I've been that girl, flipping through magazines trying to find just one person who looked a little bit like me. And when I didn't find it I would start to think there's something wrong with the way that I looked.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally Posted by Adder

I'm somewhat torn on this commentary. On the one hand, I'm all for a media that can recognize beauty in multiple forms, including healthy normal-sized people.

On the other, I worry about what "people who look like me" means to many Americans in a country that is on average rather overweight. As someone who has recently tried to start living a healthier lifestyle (and whose body reflects years of having done otherwise), I'm not sure "you are all great just the way you are" is the right message. In other words, it is good thing to be able to accept yourself, but not necessarily a good thing to give up on self improvement.

That said, as a man I am not well-suited to evaluate (or, probably, comment). I think this sentiment is just completely foreign to a man:

Broads are funny, huh? Niice.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

Broads are funny, huh? Niice.

If you're going to go this route, it is "broads is funny." Comedy 101, man.