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10-24-2010, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
You seem to jump into every conversation "Southern" related and speak definitively on it. I have friends and associates all over the country as well. I would never claim to be the most informed person about, say, Towson University just because I know people there.
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Can you point out where I claimed to be the most informed anywhere?
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10-24-2010, 12:50 PM
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Yes. Let me go through all 2,052 of your posts to do that.
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10-24-2010, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
You seem to jump into every conversation "Southern" related and speak definitively on it. I have friends and associates all over the country as well. I would never claim to be the most informed person about, say, Towson University just because I know people there.
But FYI -- misinterpreting EE-BO's post does not happen because of a lack of familiarity with UT. I've been in TX for 12 years, 4.5 of them in the Austin area. It was a poorly worded sentence.
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There's a difference between having friends and associates all over the country and having close relationships where you end up spending a lot of time with those people and even visit those schools regularly. It's a very insular and small world EW talks about. It's not the final word on all things that go on at a particular campus, but if you're part of that scene you've got a pretty good idea of how things are in that little part of the world.
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10-24-2010, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by LadyLonghorn
There's a difference between having friends and associates all over the country and having close relationships where you end up spending a lot of time with those people and even visit those schools regularly. It's a very insular and small world EW talks about. It's not the final word on all things that go on at a particular campus, but if you're part of that scene you've got a pretty good idea of how things are in that little part of the world.
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I live in DFW and frequently travel to Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. I have been to campuses in all of those cities more time than I can remember. That doesn't mean that I should be the go-to guy when it comes to campus culture. EW seems to pop up anytime anything Southern is brought up, and he speaks definitively about the campuses.
And "how things are" in the Greek bubble =/= campus culture. Y'all should know that.
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10-24-2010, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
I live in DFW and frequently travel to Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. I have been to campuses in all of those cities more time than I can remember. That doesn't mean that I should be the go-to guy when it comes to campus culture. EW seems to pop up anytime anything Southern is brought up, and he speaks definitively about the campuses.
And "how things are" in the Greek bubble =/= campus culture. Y'all should know that.
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What he's talking about is traditional NIC/NPC campus culture at these southern schools, and from my experience he's been right about the schools he talks about. I don't think I've seen him claim to be the all knowing oracle of all things having to do with each of those schools. Just experienced with a particular slice of them.
By the way, I do feel particularly dirty having defended EW, but you're kicking at him for something he hasn't claimed to be.
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10-24-2010, 03:55 PM
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Yes. Let me go through all 2,052 of your posts to do that.
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No evidence, then.
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Originally Posted by LadyLonghorn
It's a very insular and small world EW talks about. It's not the final word on all things that go on at a particular campus, but if you're part of that scene you've got a pretty good idea of how things are in that little part of the world.
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Exactly.
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Overall, though, it's the bigness of the car that counts the most. Because when something bad happens in a really big car – accidentally speeding through the middle of a gang of unruly young people who have been taunting you in a drive-in restaurant, for instance – it happens very far away – way out at the end of your fenders. It's like a civil war in Africa; you know, it doesn't really concern you too much. - P.J. O'Rourke
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