Slog - Comments on Hating on Seattle

Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me

You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:07:31 -0800

Wow... They nailed it.

Comment by The Artist Formerly Known As Sigourney Beaver

The Artist Formerly Known As Sigourney Beaver — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:13:59 -0800

Thank god I live in San Francisco, where we never get branded with simplistic stereotypes.

Comment by lusk

lusk — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:19:22 -0800

MySpace and Starbucks? How dare you, sir!

*sniff*

Comment by CW

CW — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:40:27 -0800

Please don't say bad things about Omaha.

Comment by Surfin' Jesus

Surfin' Jesus — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:46:09 -0800

It's true. You're resting on the laurels of 1992's music hype. And now what do you have? Reduced to buying 99-cent Wet 'n' Wild black nail polish and all those tattoos that you can't hock to pay the rent.

Comment by The Insatiable Sulk

The Insatiable Sulk — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:47:52 -0800

Kelly O and Ari Spool give Incredible Hulk can of Rize, Incredible Hulk drink Rize, freak out, get bummed out, INCREDIBLE HULK BECOME DESPONDENT HULK!

DESPONDENT HULK WILL CALL IN SICK, DISCONNECT PHONE, NOT LEAVE APARTMENT ALL WEEKEND!

And no, I don't feel like letting it go.

Comment by Etherite

Etherite — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:00:13 -0800

Does this mean that no one in Denver owns a MySpace page? What's a 'standard-issue haircut'? Only one of my friends actually buys his clothes from thrift stores.

I'll totally admit to the black-rimmed glasses though. They're teh sexy.

Comment by Dougsf

Dougsf — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:15:25 -0800

I wouldn't say Denver is a better place to live than Seattle, but they're still half right. It took me probably at least 3 or 4 years living away before I realized that Seattle, and probably Western Washington, has more than a normal share of insecure assholes.

But, you know, not, like YOU GUYS, of course.

Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay

Catalina Vel-DuRay — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:09:51 -0800

Having been born and raised in the Omaha area, I'm more than prepared to say all manner of terrible things about Omaha. It is a tatty, provincial hellhole, and it's sinister influence pollutes western Iowa: A state that would otherwise be reliably blue. But because of Omaha, they are saddled with Steve King - the most embarrassing thing to bubble up from the GOP sewer in quite some time.

Ha-Rumph!

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:34:07 -0800

Frankly, it sounds spot on except for "Washington State Superiority Complex."

It has nothing to do with superiority -- it's bargain basement social ineptitude, bred of a generally non-cosmopolitan populace.

Comment by Brad

Brad — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:26:44 -0800

It's Starbucks, bitches. Not Starbuck. What a bunch of fucking dumb-ass cowboy wannabes. They should only be so lucky that we're going to grace their hole of a town for a few days.

Comment by Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:30:56 -0800

WARNING: I am going to start doing this every time I come across one of JTC's moronic posts.

FUCK YOU, JUBILATION T. CORNBALL!

That is all.

Comment by mookie

mookie — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:05:46 -0800

Chris, I feel you on D-Town's shortcomings.

If only Westword would ever own up to yesteryear's hipper-than-thou panderings of Muddy's and Paris On The Platte.

Comment by Ed

Ed — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:40:02 -0800

Also being from Omaha - fuck you both. And trying to blame Omaha for Western Iowa is the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard. Did you ever cross the fucking river when you were in Omaha? Those fuckers hardly need Omaha's help to elect Steve King. Omaha, like all places, has its downsides, but shut the fuck up already - throwing out Omaha as a "hick" city and using it as a counter-point for the "hip" cities of the coasts is painfully beyond cliche at this point and is belied by the facts on the ground. Come see the new Omaha - you might like it and you'll get a great meal.

Comment by Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:51:10 -0800

Pfft! I moved out of the Pacific Northwest into the south, and let me tell you, I'd kill for some Washintonian Chill. I'm surrounded by people who never shut the f**k up. Seriously, you sit down at a bus stop and you're hearing all about some stranger's personal shit. I mean their whole f**king life story! I'm not talking about demented/stoned homeless people either, I'm talking about the "normal" ones.

And guess what? In the South (or parts of) the first thing they ask when they meet you is "what church do you go to?" like it's any of their f**king business! And Flying Spaghetti Monster forbid you tell them you don't go to church, because they'll try their damnedest to "save" you. They won't take polite "no thanks" you have to be really, really vicious to get rid of them.

And nosey, don't even get me started! I've never seen anybody more concerned with what the neighbors were doing in my life. I've never heard so much gossip about total strangers in my life! Why would I give a shit about who's screwing who? I don't know them! They can f**k like minks on the front lawn for all I care.

Suck it, Denver.

Comment by Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:04:42 -0800

Oh, yeah and everyone's a Republican and George Dubbya is a great president! Possibly the greatest we've ever had! Damn Homosexualist-loving, dumb left-wing Liberals!

Suck it HARD, Denver.

Comment by ...GREAT MEAL

...GREAT MEAL — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:38:57 -0800

I just lost my...

Comment by Greg

Greg — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:15:02 -0800

No, this is good. The more shit people talk about Seattle, the more they'll stay the fuck away. As a lifelong resident, I'm fine with this.

Comment by Luke Baggins

Luke Baggins — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:52:40 -0800

Sorry lifelong residents. More and more immigrants will continue to flock here and I will continue to laugh at you.

Comment by maxsolomon@home

maxsolomon@home — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:22:20 -0800

which standard-issue haircut are they talking about? the Caesar? its all an old fuck like me can wear & not look balding!

"as warm as a washington winter" is spot on.

Comment by Mike in MO

Mike in MO — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:47:50 -0800

LMAO @ Pink Floyd. I'm sure it will come to no one's surprise that MO is a lot like PF's description of the south.

I wish people were more aloof around here. But as far as superiority comples, EVERYONE on the fucking planet thinks they are better than everyone else.

Seattle-ites definitely think they are cooler than everyone else, though.

Comment by RonK, Seattle

RonK, Seattle — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:53:00 -0800

Has Seattle become so pathetic it thinks the patheticness of Denver (or *shudder* Omaha) constitutes an adequate rejoinder?

Comment by Nick

Nick — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:20:51 -0800

Kissel, I came out of Aurora too, so I feel you on this completely. I'll never forget reading Westword's declaration that their city had finally become "a bona fide music town", as if that weren't the most disgusting "Farmer John thinks he made it to the big time, ha-yuck" declaration ever printed.

Denver's BEST contribution to music broke up last year (Planes Mistaken For Stars), The Fray fucking blows, and DeVotchKa is good but not nearly enough to give them this sort of entitlement. Fuck you, Denver.

And don't even get me started on Boulder.

Comment by pretentious

pretentious — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:33:17 -0800

#21: i'm from seattle and i think i'm much UNcooler than everyone else. in fact, i know it.

Comment by UnoriginalAndrew

UnoriginalAndrew — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:03:57 -0800

Denver is Seattle with better weather and light rail, and Seattle is Denver with a little more shit to do and drivers who aren't total assholes.

Comment by Kill 'em all and let Goawd sort 'em out!

Kill 'em all and let Goawd sort 'em out! — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:33:43 -0800

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Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay

Catalina Vel-DuRay — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:47:55 -0800

Oh Ed, just because you were unfortunate enough to come from Omaha doesn't mean you have to defend it. Unless you are one of those poor souls who didn't have the presence of mind to get the hell out of there as soon as you got your diploma, like all of the rest of the non mouth breathing kids.

Face it: it's a nasty, racist, provincial nowhere that aspires to be Factoria, and fails miserably at even that. The whole state is moronic - their one claim to fame is a football team with a university attached to it.

And yes, Omaha is responsible for the Nebraska-esque state of western Iowa, as it is the media market that those people are exposed to. But at least Iowa allows porn, and keeps the bars open until 2am.

Now go back to Omaha.com, or listening to KFAB, or whatever it is you yokels are doing for fun these days.