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so_long42 ([info]so_long42) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-03-25 01:58:00


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Wesleyan University Wank
So, there's this group on the campus of Wesleyan University (in CT) called Eclectic. They used to be a fraternity, but went co-ed, and subsequently were forcibly separated from their alumni association when they burned "fuck the alums" into the lawn of their house. They are famous for having sold all of their furniture for cocaine, and also for throwing awesome concerts and large sweaty all-campus dance parties (which themselves are famous for the MDMA present).

Naturally, a place like that is going to cause some problems. Namely, they have been shut down for the semester. The reason this is exciting is because Wesleyan is a very web 2.0 campus, with both an active student run blog (linked above) and a super-active Anonymous Confession Board, the latter of which has a lot to say. A TON. Opinions. Conspiracy theories.
Jokes.

There is of course a segment of campus that is outraged, and a
petition is circulated. Even people who claim to be unassociated have strong pro-Ecletic, anti-student government opinions.
However, people are skeptical that Eclectic is in the right. They remain unconvinced weeks later.

Eventually, outrage dies down and the zeitgeist shifts, so the Sound Co-Op, which provides cheap PA systems and setup for the whole campus (and is populated primarily by Eclectic members), decides that they be boycotting the ENTIRE CAMPUS until Eclectic is served justice (i.e. reopened without consequence). General sentiment is that this is ridiculous and calculated. Meanwhile, there is a lot of very deep-cut Wesleyan handwringing about our reputation as an "activist" status.

ETA: And the petition is now closed due to "spam," ie trolling (no, I'm not concerned that it was anyone here).


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[info]keleri
2009-03-25 05:57 pm UTC (link)
DIE COMIC SANS DIE DIE DIE

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[info]adevyish
2009-03-25 06:10 pm UTC (link)
Have some stickers.

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[info]doomsday
2009-03-26 07:24 am UTC (link)
NOT SO FAST, RANSOM!

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[info]vzg
2009-03-28 01:55 pm UTC (link)
That was awesome.

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[info]hallidae
2009-03-25 06:50 pm UTC (link)
Comic Sans and Helvetica. RAWR.

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[info]ecchaniz0r
2009-03-26 01:07 pm UTC (link)
Helvetica I can stand in small doses.

SMALL doses.

Comic sans, though, never fails to make my eye twitch.

(I used to chat regularly with someone who used it as her default AIM font and once baww'ed to me about how it was mean to make fun of it and people who used it... I was the wrong person to go to for sympathy, being a slight typography dork and etc.)

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[info]hallidae
2009-03-26 06:51 pm UTC (link)
My graphic design profs hated the both of them, and at the beginning of every single assignment, would warn that if anyone used Comic Sans or Helvetica for their projects, that would be an automatic ten points off the assignment grade. And they weren't bluffing.

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[info]felinephoenix
2009-03-28 01:58 am UTC (link)
I actually like Helvetica.

(Well, more like the documentary about it made me appreciate it.)

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[info]vzg
2009-03-28 01:45 pm UTC (link)
But Helvetica is the PERFECT FONT for Lassiter and Juliet's police weaponry presentation!

And you know when Lassiter is really mad because he goes all upper case on you.

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[info]slwatson
2009-03-29 01:07 am UTC (link)
Helvetica's still perfectly acceptable in some contexts. Just really depends on how it's used. For that matter, good ole TNR is too.

/whips off her printer/designer hat

But Comic Sans is the pits.

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[info]athersgeo
2009-04-01 10:21 am UTC (link)
I have no problem with Helvetica (apart from the part where I don't think most people SEE it as Helvetica these days and actually see Arial or Verdana) but I was once paid (thus couldn't really turn it down) to write a site that used Comic Sans as the main font.

I felt deeply unclean for weeks afterward...

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