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There is a certain je ne sais quoi in epistolary wank
The letters section of my university newspaper is wanktastic. Lately, the neverending flamewar over gay marriage has somewhat cooled down, and has given way to a lively discussion of the recent trend of wearing polo shirts collar-up.

It started on September 30th with a letter (no longer online) that said, apparently, that people who wear their collars up are "immature, absurd, and stupid."

Over a week later, more wank appeared, and it's still going.

Someone disagrees: "Every time I walk past a kid with his collar down, I think 'Damn, he must be poor.'"

Another person is more politic: "Did your mother not teach you everybody in this world is unique and has his own way of expressing himself? Anyway, how dare you judge others for choosing to be different."

The opinion columnist weighs in: "There's a reason why this trend took place in the '80s, it sucks."

A few days later, there is a hysterical attempt at sarcasm. At least, I think it's sarcasm.

"Follow the crowd Chuck, and keep partying with the COOL people. That will save us the atrocity that is your presence."

Bryn comes out as a collar-popper: "Finally, I have admitted that I wear my collar up, but I have never claimed that I am cooler than another guy. Your assumption that popping your collar and drinking beer makes you cool is comic."

The name of Dr. Seuss is invoked.

And today's letter: You are not a unique snowflake!

And there it ends, for now. I'm trying to decide whether to giggle maniacally, or to headdesk.

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	(Anonymous) 2004-10-29 12:15 am UTC (link)
	The phrase "You are not a unique snowflake!" made me giggle insanely. Thank you so, so much for that. I think it'll be my new catchphrase! And I love how Ashton Kutcher isn't just any celebrity. No, he's a celebrity with attention deficit disorder. Yours, The Anonymouse (Reply to this)(Thread)

	krazycat 2004-10-29 12:51 am UTC (link)
	Wait, you never heard that one before? Will someone please step up with the I AM a unique snowflake so stfu icon? The mouse needs to see it nods (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	alpheratz 2004-10-29 01:00 am UTC (link)
	I don't have that one. But I think of it all the time. Naked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	munchkinott 2004-10-29 01:37 am UTC (link)
	Not exactly what you wanted. sighs I tried. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	(Anonymous) 2004-10-29 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	No, I am afraid I have not seen it. Spent too much time searching for cheese, I'm afraid. Yours, The Anonymouse (Reply to this)(Parent)

	selene_avis 2004-10-29 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	"You are not an unique snowflake," is from Fight Club. Tyler uses the phrase when attacking consumer culture. Cool people quote Fight Club, particularly Tyler, while simutaniously failing to understand any of the themes of the books. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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big_bad_wolf
2004-10-31 04:26 pm UTC (link)
Cool people watch Fight Club and think "where can I get me a shirt like that?"

Etc., Etc.
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kookaburra
2004-10-29 12:26 am UTC (link)
The collar-up thing is a fashion?

And here I thought those people had partied the night before and woken up with a hangover 5 minutes before they had to get to class.
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alpheratz
2004-10-29 01:01 am UTC (link)
I guess it's a fashion statement, but I'm just not sure why either side cares so much. Oh well.
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kijikun
2004-10-29 03:35 am UTC (link)
Why is the guy in your icon using a dragon to light his cigar?
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khym_chanur
2004-10-29 04:28 am UTC (link)
That's Vimes from the City Watch sub-series within Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. He was at what was basically a sick-home for swamp-dragons, so he picked up a baby swamp-dragon and tickled it to get it to flame.
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kijikun
2004-10-29 04:38 am UTC (link)
I know have to read that. Just glad he tickled it, and not squeezed it or something. *pets the baby Dragon*
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elkins
2004-10-29 04:33 am UTC (link)
Hey, if being poor is your thing, go for it, but me and all the other cool kids will be hanging out at a party this weekend, drinking.

"Poor" is now the opposite of "cool?"

When did this happen?
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iczer6
2004-10-29 05:13 am UTC (link)
Hey, if being poor is your thing, go for it, but me and all the other cool kids will be hanging out at a party this weekend, drinking.

Because being cool means waking up in your own vomit next to someone you barely remember!
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ashenmote
2004-10-29 10:14 am UTC (link)
Don't know. I'll assume it was said by someone who is not poor.

And not cool.
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kookaburra
2004-10-29 08:48 pm UTC (link)
What really puzzles me is that a fashion that is designed to make one look less classy and neat is being associated with being "rich".

However, I do know that if I showed up at a polo match with my jersey collar like that, my coach would rip me a new one.
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adora_spintriae
2004-10-30 04:01 am UTC (link)
There's a reason why this trend took place in the '80s, it sucks.

Ahhh, so true. You can blame anything on the 80s.
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(Anonymous)
2004-10-30 04:07 am UTC (link)
The 'everyone has a way of expressing himself' letter should win some sort of award for this line: 'Muslims oftentimes wrap towels around their heads as turbans. '
Towels. I cannot believe someone SAID that. Fuck.

I don't like being anon, but I'm not a JF user. (I'm 'carlanime' on LJ).
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(Anonymous)
2004-10-30 04:46 am UTC (link)
Cultural sensitivity? What-ever is that?

Yours,
The Anonymouse
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(Anonymous)
2004-10-30 07:36 pm UTC (link)
wow. Peoplen actually give a shit about this? O.o
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big_bad_wolf
2004-10-31 04:30 pm UTC (link)
Not only do they give a shit about it, they give a long, loud, bitchy shit about it.

I boggle.
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(Anonymous)
2004-11-01 04:03 am UTC (link)
But that would mean using their brains, and I have a feeling that with these people, if they used their brains, Advil sales would go up.

Yours,
The Anonymouse.
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wakkymse
2004-11-01 07:32 am UTC (link)
There's a reason why this trend took place in the '80s, it sucks.

And Prince was the only person who could get away with doing the flipped-collar thing without looking totally strange, anyhow. ~~Of course, being strange in the first place helped there.~~

-lee
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