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Why I hate the 'furd

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So many reasons, so little time. Here are a few of mine, feel free to add your own. 

Leland Stanford 

The namesake and founder of the 'furd made his fortune on the backs of Chinese immigrants, then supported legislation that specifically discriminated against them. What an asshole. 

Herbert Hoover 

It's never a good thing when massive shanty towns are built in your honor. 

Hoover Institute 

The 'farm is home to the Hoover Institute, a horrible collection of neocon "thinkers" such as Victor Davis Hanson, Donald Rumsfeld, Shelby Steele, and Condeleezza Rice just to name a few. These people spend their days finding new wars to start and new social programs to cut. 

The city of Palo Alto 

Berkeley may have a severe homeless problem, but at least we've got some style. Palo Alto is a bland, heartless amalgamation of strip malls and chain stores.  

John Elway 

Sure the man was talented, but he's the charter member of the Whiners Hall of Fame. The man could whine with the best of them. 

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I'm sure I could think of many, many more if given the time. GO BEARS! 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • their campus sucks
  • the Lopez twins
  • they’re the Cardinal. It’s a fucking color!

I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on Nov 17, 2008 10:43 AM PST reply reply   0 recs

Certainly, the nickname the Cardinal is lame. But just to clarify, Stanfurd has no mascot.

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by HydroTech on Nov 17, 2008 12:14 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

regarding the Lopze twins

this mailbag from Bill Simmons Sports Guy cracked me up (link):

"Q: Your comment about the Lopez twins (comparing them to the Hanson Brothers) caused audible office laughter. It is dead on, and I want to add that in addition to the race cars, they could easily deteriorate into a grappling/slap fight in any game against each other and will probably call room service at each hotel and ask for the biggest sundae they have ever made.
— (Name withheld)

SG: Please know that the man who sent me that e-mail spent an extensive amount of time dealing with the Lopez Brothers once upon a time. The point is this: When Phoenix played in New Jersey last week, there’s a chance Brook went over to Robin’s hotel room with a suitcase of tiny race cars and they ordered the biggest sundae ever made. The NBA … where the Lopez Brothers happen! I demand an NBA-TV show featuring them. Like, right now.

by MCM711 on Nov 17, 2008 12:17 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I Love Slapshot.

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by CBKWit on Nov 17, 2008 2:20 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I hate the formality of the Stanford campus

professors routinely wear suits (with no tie)…that’s a big no-no in professor wear.

The Maharg makes me look like an idiot.

by carp on Nov 17, 2008 10:48 AM PST reply reply   0 recs

Those asshats! How dare they!

It's spelled "S-h-u-t-a-b-r-i-c-k".

by JShufelt on Nov 17, 2008 10:53 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

The tree wears an unfurled condom on it’s head.

Wait…thats a good thing right?

by CaliforniaBone on Nov 17, 2008 10:59 AM PST reply reply   0 recs

Practice safe cheering.

It's spelled "S-h-u-t-a-b-r-i-c-k".

by JShufelt on Nov 17, 2008 11:07 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I have an NSFW link for later in the week...

but by and large you are correct.

The Maharg makes me look like an idiot.

by carp on Nov 17, 2008 11:22 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Yeah, I’ve been to Stanford parties and seen their women…

by Rishi on Nov 17, 2008 11:39 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Chelsea wouldn’t make out with me!

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by TwistNHook on Nov 17, 2008 11:09 AM PST reply reply   0 recs

But I’m sure Bill would have, if you had asked.

Go Bears!

by California Pete on Nov 17, 2008 11:16 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Dude, I could do better than Bill.

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by TwistNHook on Nov 17, 2008 11:25 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

You sure about that?

...nuh nuh nuh gone

by Thoroughbred on Nov 17, 2008 11:30 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Hydro?

Go Bears!

by California Pete on Nov 17, 2008 11:43 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Nobody is in Hydro’s league. Nobody!

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by TwistNHook on Nov 17, 2008 11:47 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Not that he has high standards…

“You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That’s a good-looking mummy” —Bill Clinton, looking at “Juanita,” a newly discovered Incan mummy on display at the National Geographic museum

It's spelled "S-h-u-t-a-b-r-i-c-k".

by JShufelt on Nov 17, 2008 11:38 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

He chose a mummy over me?!?!

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by TwistNHook on Nov 17, 2008 11:47 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

We can make you a mummy if you want.

It's spelled "S-h-u-t-a-b-r-i-c-k".

by JShufelt on Nov 17, 2008 11:50 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Problem solved!

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by TwistNHook on Nov 17, 2008 12:00 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Berkeley may have a severe homeless problem, but at least we’ve got some style. Palo Alto is a bland, heartless amalgamation of strip malls and chain stores.

Have you been there? I was born in Palo Alto…there are no strip malls and very few chain stores compared to surrounding cities. Say what you want about Stanford but don’t knock the city. Or at least, the part south of Oregon expressway.

However the reason I hate the furd: I went to high school in Palo Alto. Here’s how the application went for a good number of my fellow classmates.

Are you a dipshit? Yes.
What was your SAT score? 1250.
Do you drink a lot? Yes.
Did you inherit your parents’ 1993 5 series? Yes.
Do either of your parents work for Stanford in any capacity? Yes.

…Welcome aboard!

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 17, 2008 12:48 PM PST reply reply   0 recs

I’ve been there many times (granted, not in the past 10 years) and for some reason whenever I think of Palo Alto, I think of strip malls. Perhaps I’m unfairly lumping it in with rest of the South Bay.

 But I stand by my comment that it’s a bland and heartless place (sorry to offend your hometown).

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by joshiemac on Nov 17, 2008 12:54 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Just because a city doesn’t have a ton of bars, cheap ethnic food, and crime doesn’t make it “bland” and “heartless.” Can you at least back up why you think this?

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 17, 2008 1:08 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

What about the strip mall right next to Paly? Sure the buildings have shake siding and it looks classier than most strip malls but it still doesn’t have any soul. The mall feels lifeless (expect for their awesome flowers everywhere, their gardeners do a great job).

Downtown does have a lot of strong arm robberies these days and even a murder in front of the police station. I still feel much less safe in PA at night than I do in Berkeley. That said I do like California street, it has some soul.

by CountDuku on Nov 17, 2008 1:19 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

lol how many “malls” in Berkeley have “soul?” Wait, there are none, you have to do all your shopping in Albany. Yuppies buying organic bulgur from Andronico’s in Palo Alto = soulless/lifeless, yuppies buying organic bulgur from Andronico’s in Berkeley = omg so hip, so much soul.

Cody’s certainly had “soul.” In general, Telegraph and Shattuck have so much “soul” that no one can stay in business.

My car got broken into twice in Berkeley, and stolen once, never in Palo Alto. Thanks soul! 3/4 apartments on the ground floor of my 2nd year apartment on Ellsworth were broken into (and one caught on fire). Prior to me living with him, my roommate left his door unlocked, accidentally, and left for class one day (this is one block behind Foothill). He returned to find all his electronics gone (but it’s ok, kids from Berkeley High trying to get street cred lend the neighborhood soul). Where I grew up, a couple of times I accidentally left the door wide open when I left for school. One of my soulless neighbors kindly closed/locked the door and left a soulless note.

Yeah, FUCK Palo Alto.

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 17, 2008 1:42 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Ok, so so far, Fuck Palo Alto and fuck wins.

Anything else I should know to fuck?

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by TwistNHook on Nov 17, 2008 1:50 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Well, there is, but it is not upstanding blog material.

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 17, 2008 1:55 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

FYI

My car got broken into twice in Berkeley, and stolen once, never in Palo Alto. Thanks soul! 3/4 apartments on the ground floor of my 2nd year apartment on Ellsworth were broken into (and one caught on fire). Prior to me living with him, my roommate left his door unlocked, accidentally, and left for class one day (this is one block behind Foothill). He returned to find all his electronics gone (but it’s ok, kids from Berkeley High trying to get street cred lend the neighborhood soul).

= Soul

Look we all get our cars stolen in Berkeley and parked in front of the Bart srtation for three weeks before BPD notices. This stuff is the soul of Berekely, it isn’t always fun and sunshine but it makes for some great stories. No one wants to hear about you leaving your door open and nothing happening, finding that a homeless man has pushed a shopping cart into your fraternity’s living room and set up shop, now that’s a different story.

by CountDuku on Nov 17, 2008 9:08 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

That’s cool, can I have your car and your laptop? You clearly do not value them as much as that awesome feeling you get seeing a junkie screech off in your car to Casino San Pablo for some Pai Gow and hookers…

I’ll even bring you a shopping cart filled with cans.

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 17, 2008 9:45 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Uh, yeah, actually I’m a bit offended. Dumping all over a city for its crime and Berkely High kids, and praising another city for lack of it , that just doesn’t sit right with me. And I really don’t like the bad-mouthing of San Pablo. That’s where I grew up until I was 10 and it’s not a bad place. Being from Palo Alto, I’m sure you don’t know much about it, and just because there are poor people living there doesn’t mean there are automatically hookers there too. It just comes across as sounding classist.

by SonofCalifornia on Nov 18, 2008 3:14 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I deeply apologize. I’ll do my best to love crime from now on.

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 18, 2008 3:31 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

World’s Worst Welcome Team Sheriff.

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by TwistNHook on Nov 18, 2008 3:41 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Dumping all over a city for its crime …. and praising another city for lack of it , that just doesn’t sit right with me.

Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 18, 2008 3:44 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Spazzy, I think he’s trying to say your city is boring and stands in contrast to the excitement of getting mugged at midnight in Berkeley.

by BearsNecessity on Nov 18, 2008 3:49 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Yeah, my fault. I had just forgotten how exciting and hilarious real life crime is. Sorry guys.

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 18, 2008 4:23 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Getting your stuff taken does suck, but in Berkeley you take the good with the bad. I am pointing out that much like in music, art, literature, etc. suffering often leads to greater meaning in your life, is fun no, is it good no, but it does ultimately shape your life and give you a greater appreciation for it (and the things you have).

Also Son was pointing out that much of the crime is derived from a socioeconomic inequality in the East Bay, something that Cal students/alumni should care about .

by CountDuku on Nov 18, 2008 4:39 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I don’t remember annointing him the Welcome Team Sherrif.

Hand in your badge. And your gun. And the other one. And that one in your shoe!

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by TwistNHook on Nov 18, 2008 3:58 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

That’s total BS, you took that lone comment out of context from my entire post. My point is that it sounds like you’re creating a test of a city’s value based on poverty and crime and that sounds classist to me. And yes, growing up in a poor community, I don’t like it. I’m not defending crime, I’m not defending Berkeley. But what I am defending is the VALUE of a city or community DESPITE its crime and poverty.

by SonofCalifornia on Nov 18, 2008 4:54 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Please point out where I put an explicit value on the city of San Pablo. I used the example of Casino San Pablo because that is where (in real life) my stolen car was taken. My insurance covered minor electronic repairs and the removal of “fluid stains” (on the official report) from the upholstery of my 1992 Saturn (jeez look how spoiled I am). Draw your own conclusions, but something tells me whoever stole my car didn’t steal it to go buy groceries and do community service.

And I’m sorry, whether or not your quote was taken “out of context,” I will continue to dump on a city for its crime and praise another for lack thereof. Crime is bad. It wrecks communities, it wrecks businesses, and it wrecks lives.

So call me spoiled, call me a tool, call me sheltered, whatever, but it pisses me off when someone like CountDuku (ThugLyfe4Ever, brah) claims that robberies, beatings, rapes and murders in your neighborhood are the spice of life because “they will make a great story someday.” Something tells me he has never had anything valuable of his taken, material or otherwise.

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 18, 2008 5:06 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Ok. You are spoied. And sheleterd.

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by TwistNHook on Nov 18, 2008 5:08 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

And Palo Alto sucks!

by zoonews on Nov 18, 2008 5:13 PM PST to parent up reply reply   1 recs

No, I’m much too old to call names and that’s not productive anyhow. And I’m not saying you’re any of those things. I like this site because things are friendly and I don’t want to change that. But I do take this topic very seriously. And I think that those who haven’t grown up in a impoverished community such as San Pablo must be careful how they view those communities and the people in it (i.e. make a claim to their value). Even though probably unintentional, I do think there was some reinforcement of negative imagery in your statements and some classism. And I agree, crime never was anything of beauty or excitment in my neighborhood, though I don’t think that is what duku was intending, though I could be mistaken. Anyhow, I don’t want beef, but I did find some of your statements offensive and this was all I was saying and I explained why. Thanks.

by SonofCalifornia on Nov 18, 2008 5:17 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Ok, fine. Here is a corollary to the statement you probably didn’t like:

Not all people who grew up in San Pablo like hookers and playing Pai Gow at Casino San Pablo. Just the guy who pilfered my car.

I should have been more clear.

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 18, 2008 6:02 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I like hookers and pai gow. Did I steal your car?

I make carp look like an idiot.

by Maharg on Nov 19, 2008 8:56 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

My car got stolen too, it sucked but I got over it unlike you. By the way the Saturn was a bad idea, it has a master key for all models that is easily copied. I am as far from a thug as you can get. I have lots of shitty things happen to me there but I wouldn’t trade those experiences for anything. You are just a spoiled tool. Enjoy your many positions.

by CountDuku on Nov 19, 2008 10:20 AM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Just wow.

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 19, 2008 12:48 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

My Nissan truck key started a Saturn once. True story!

by zoonews on Nov 19, 2008 2:11 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Looks like I might to steal me a Saturn…or find a friend with a Saturn and ask politely if I can see if my key will start it.

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by Berkelium97 on Nov 19, 2008 6:14 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Don't steal my Saturn!

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Nov 19, 2008 9:30 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

It’s more than a feeling than anything else. To me, Palo Alto lacks character as a city. Again, I’m sorry to offend your hometown but I just don’t like the place. And it’s not just because the ’furd is there.

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by joshiemac on Nov 17, 2008 1:21 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I will say there are a lot of expensive boutiques near campus

The baby boutique on the street neighboring campus doesn’t exactly fight against the entitled rich yuppie stereotype

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by CBKWit on Nov 17, 2008 2:25 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I grew up near Palo Alto and I’ll have to agree – Palo Alto is a yuppie area, but it’s not strip malls and chain stores.

Hell, Telegraph is more chain than University Ave in Palo Alto. What’s so independent and hearful about Quizno’s, Subway, Walgreens, Chipotle, Adidas? And that’s just between Bancroft and Durant.

by Rishi on Nov 17, 2008 1:51 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Hot topic, Na’an n Curry, 7 – Eleven, American Apparel, Jamba Juice are all chains…

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 17, 2008 1:54 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Oh, even better. I knew I was forgetting more stores.

I actually really like University Ave in PA a lot. Some good Italian places there, gelato classico is great, and though the shops are expensive, they’re great.

Stanford Shopping Centre is obviously full of chains. It’s a mall. What do you expect?

by Rishi on Nov 17, 2008 1:59 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Chains!!! It’s a friggin mall!

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 17, 2008 2:10 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs

As originator of this controversy, and in the interest of putting it to rest

I herby state that Palo Alto is the coolest, most unique and distinctive locale in all of northern California. It’s got more soul than Motown.

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by joshiemac on Nov 17, 2008 2:13 PM PST reply reply   0 recs

That's more like it.

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 17, 2008 2:42 PM PST to parent up reply reply   0 recs