Entries Tagged as 'a little insensitive'

the silverware segregationist

November 13th, 2008 · 165 Comments

i’d say this whiteboard notice — from a student at northwestern university in evanston, illinois — is neck-and-neck with this for “most unnecessary and inappropriate analogy ever.”

‘plex, by the way, refers to (in the words of our anonymous submitter, the note’s recipient) a northwestern residence hall, foster walker complex, “that’s full of disinterested seniors and [...]

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Tags: a little insensitive · chicago · illinois · roommates · university · whiteboard

eau dear

February 11th, 2008 · 95 Comments

This oh-so-subtle note was posted by Mary’s former boss, “a pathetic professor in a backwater institution” where 90% of the graduate students happened to be Korean, Japanese, or Chinese.
“Nevermind that he doused himself with great lashings of Brut in an attempt to jazz up the bald-up-top-ponytail-in-back look he had going on,” Mary says. “There were [...]

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