Alumni in the pros - March 2014

[KeithK]

If you want to hate Duke TA at Duke for a year.  My best friend from HS was in the Duke doctoral program and he had to deal with those little monsters.  I've never heard him say anything mean about anybody except those kids, who he was ready to drop into a crevasse.

I had exactly the same reaction at Stanford.  Perfect teeth, nice clothes, well-spoken, and not an inkling of an original thought or a spark of sincere curiosity -- or sincere anything -- among any of the little bastids.

I have a hard time believing the culture at any of these schools is substantially different from any of the others. Maybe Cornell is an exception because it has a much broader base (given that most of these other elite schools are at most Arts + Engineering), but I knew plenty of well-spoken, self-important, utterly oblivious douchebags with perfect teeth and hair during my time on the hill.

The difference is that such douchebags are sometimes harder to see when you're mixed in among them and trying to hook up with half of them.

[Trotsky]

I have a hard time believing the culture at any of these schools is substantially different from any of the others

There are differences.  Stanford specifically attracts the sort of Randian fucktard who ten seconds' exposure to actual humans renders moot.  Their problem is they never meet useful people, which explains their conveyerbelt to biz school.  1 in 10 might amount to something if they got outside their bubble.  These tots aren't stupid; they're just hot-house flowers.

DOOK has its own ridiculousness, but it's the regional stupidity of entitled children who have never had to reconcile that there are other people in the world who don't just despise their worldview, but have left it as a dead letter since adolescence (very similar in that regard to NYC Cornellians).  Having dealt with lots of Dookies, it's actually easier for them to break their programming than it is the Ivy princess who has read one book.

[Trotsky]

If you want to hate Duke TA at Duke for a year.  My best friend from HS was in the Duke doctoral program and he had to deal with those little monsters.  I've never heard him say anything mean about anybody except those kids, who he was ready to drop into a crevasse.

I had exactly the same reaction at Stanford.  Perfect teeth, nice clothes, well-spoken, and not an inkling of an original thought or a spark of sincere curiosity -- or sincere anything -- among any of the little bastids.

I have a hard time believing the culture at any of these schools is substantially different from any of the others. Maybe Cornell is an exception because it has a much broader base (given that most of these other elite schools are at most Arts + Engineering), but I knew plenty of well-spoken, self-important, utterly oblivious douchebags with perfect teeth and hair during my time on the hill.

The difference is that such douchebags are sometimes harder to see when you're mixed in among them and trying to hook up with half of them.

There's nothing wrong with fucking your way through the Five Towns.  A few of them might actually be fun.   Just don't marry them.  Leave them for the You Be Mom set.  You'll both be a lot happier.

[ugarte]

oh good more sociology from your drunk uncle who is just brimmin' with opinions

[Josh '99]

I have a hard time believing the culture at any of these schools is substantially different from any of the others

There are differences.  Stanford specifically attracts the sort of Randian fucktard who ten seconds' exposure to actual humans renders moot.  Their problem is they never meet useful people, which explains their conveyerbelt to biz school.  1 in 10 might amount to something if they got outside their bubble.  These tots aren't stupid; they're just hot-house flowers.

DOOK has its own ridiculousness, but it's the regional stupidity of entitled children who have never had to reconcile that there are other people in the world who don't just despise their worldview, but have left it as a dead letter since adolescence (very similar in that regard to NYC Cornellians).  Having dealt with lots of Dookies, it's actually easier for them to break their programming than it is the Ivy princess who has read one book.

Do you ever get tired of making sweeping generalizations?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I have a hard time believing the culture at any of these schools is substantially different from any of the others

There are differences.  Stanford specifically attracts the sort of Randian fucktard who ten seconds' exposure to actual humans renders moot.  Their problem is they never meet useful people, which explains their conveyerbelt to biz school.  1 in 10 might amount to something if they got outside their bubble.  These tots aren't stupid; they're just hot-house flowers.

DOOK has its own ridiculousness, but it's the regional stupidity of entitled children who have never had to reconcile that there are other people in the world who don't just despise their worldview, but have left it as a dead letter since adolescence (very similar in that regard to NYC Cornellians).  Having dealt with lots of Dookies, it's actually easier for them to break their programming than it is the Ivy princess who has read one book.

Wow, Trots.  Who shit in your cornflakes?

[Rosey]

I have a hard time believing the culture at any of these schools is substantially different from any of the others

There are differences.  Stanford specifically attracts the sort of Randian fucktard who ten seconds' exposure to actual humans renders moot.  Their problem is they never meet useful people, which explains their conveyerbelt to biz school.  1 in 10 might amount to something if they got outside their bubble.  These tots aren't stupid; they're just hot-house flowers.

DOOK has its own ridiculousness, but it's the regional stupidity of entitled children who have never had to reconcile that there are other people in the world who don't just despise their worldview, but have left it as a dead letter since adolescence (very similar in that regard to NYC Cornellians).  Having dealt with lots of Dookies, it's actually easier for them to break their programming than it is the Ivy princess who has read one book.

[KeithK]

oh good more sociology from your drunk uncle who is just brimmin' with opinions

Whether or not I agree with him (and it's rare when we get off onto tangents) at least Greg is entertaining.

Which is important since he's got twice as many posts as anyone else here.

[Trotsky]

Whether or not I agree with him (and it's rare when we get off onto tangents) at least Greg is entertaining.

Which is important since he's got twice as many posts as anyone else here.

"That passed the time."

"It would have passed anyway."

"But not as quickly."

[billhoward]

Cornflakes? He thought it was a jigsaw puzzle.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Whether or not I agree with him (and it's rare when we get off onto tangents) at least Greg is entertaining.

Which is important since he's got twice as many posts as anyone else here.

"That passed the time."

"It would have passed anyway."

"But not as quickly."

Had to look that one up  ::blush::

"Waiting for Godot" huh?  You really are a man for all seasons.

[sah67]

Riley Nash has been getting some big minutes in Carolina's last few games and has replaced Alex Semin on the #1 PP unit with the Staal brothers. He's had a couple good scoring chances so far against Buffalo tonight.

[RatushnyFan]

Edmonton beats Carolina 2-1 this afternoon; 29 saves for Scriven, Nash was -1 with 13 mins TOI.

[jeff '84]

Ben Scrivens takes second star in Oilers 2-1 win over Hurricanes (29 saves).

[jeff '84]

Moulson gets his 19th tonight ...... Vs. his former Islander teammates.