Thursday, January 8, 2009
3
Didn't the letter say that the poisons would happen on Saturday?
Wouldn't standing up to it directly be more of a statement than, YA, WE'LL GIVE YOU SERVICE, BUT NO WAY ARE WE GOING OUT ON SATURDAY!!
Wouldn't standing up to it directly be more of a statement than, YA, WE'LL GIVE YOU SERVICE, BUT NO WAY ARE WE GOING OUT ON SATURDAY!!
7
So is this the official pub crawl? Still cannot figure out why we need phone numbers. I agree Saturday would be better. I agree that it is hard for so many people to fit in a club all at once but it makes a bigger impact to actually do a Pub Crawl then some individual randomly walking into a place they normally would never go to. How would the bar even know that they are there to support the bar? Today's Seattle Times says it will start at 7pm at CC's but Madison Pub is not participating for some reason. I am not much of a stand up Ra Ra organizer but I am willing to post any plan that looks sensible.
11
@3 you're right but I think most people who read the letter didn't see the letter sent to the Stranger that mentioned Saturday.
Btw, didn't anyone think of using the spell check feature in Photoshop before printing this?
Btw, didn't anyone think of using the spell check feature in Photoshop before printing this?
13
gays need spell check cuz they're all trigg, but they're so trigg they can't even use spell check
15
who the hell would waste their time being all trigg and walking down to re-bar? that's pretty trigg
16
Worst. poster. ever.
What's with the random capitalization and lack of punctuation?
I also can't help but think that Norm McDonald is going to show up as death in several of these bars.
Also, cover charges at many of these bars = $5 or more. * 5-7 covers = $35 without drinks. Blech. Not to mention, no single organization of a pub group? Do they think hundreds of people will go on this pub crawl?
What's with the random capitalization and lack of punctuation?
I also can't help but think that Norm McDonald is going to show up as death in several of these bars.
Also, cover charges at many of these bars = $5 or more. * 5-7 covers = $35 without drinks. Blech. Not to mention, no single organization of a pub group? Do they think hundreds of people will go on this pub crawl?
23
*-s. but wait then that doesn't make anymore sense. i'm just trying to make it seem like i was purposely adding the extra g, to come off less trig
24
The real tragedy here is that there are 11 swinging discos for the Gay Community, but straight guys nothing but dive bars where the ratio is 100 to 3 females and those are stenciled with tattoos and piercings and mostly want to date guys so they can drop them to get back at their dads for abusing them.
25
Oh. While I admire your attempt to get new slang started linking "so retarded" to "so trigg", this is not the appropriate thread to do it in.
But, by all means go on somewhere else...
But, by all means go on somewhere else...
29
This poster is almost as scary as the letters. Shouldn't it feature the words "support our community" or "we will stand together" or something stirring like that? Instead, it's all doom and gloom. If I wasn't discouraged by the letters, I might be discouraged by this depressing poster.
30
someone mentioned "for some reason the Madison Pub isn't participating".
Quick, name one community cause the Madison Pub financially supports (besides their own wallets)?
IS there one?
It's OK, I'll wait, I got time....
Quick, name one community cause the Madison Pub financially supports (besides their own wallets)?
IS there one?
It's OK, I'll wait, I got time....
31
@24 Actually, no. There are plenty of places were the ratios are perfect and the gals are lovely. We just don't let bitter little men like yourself know were they are.
32
How are other bars "participating"?, 30?
By receiving paying customers handling both a possible cover and all of their drinks?
Although I see your point, the only people who are participating are those who are showing support to the gay community/establishment with their wallets and the presence.
I fail to see how these 11 are participating other than the reciprocal exchange of a gay meeting place for gay bucks
By receiving paying customers handling both a possible cover and all of their drinks?
Although I see your point, the only people who are participating are those who are showing support to the gay community/establishment with their wallets and the presence.
I fail to see how these 11 are participating other than the reciprocal exchange of a gay meeting place for gay bucks
33
Filling up a thread with one line noise comments is technically called "crapflooding", not spam, in case you're wondering. It might or might not be a species of trolling, depending on the content.
In some ways trolling has its own terrible beauty but crapflooding is just crap.
In some ways trolling has its own terrible beauty but crapflooding is just crap.
34
Elenchos, we have not finished our conversation here
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Comme…
or maybe we DID after you got owned.
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Comme…
or maybe we DID after you got owned.
37
Elenchos you are using a tactic of claiming a populous opinion for your own through the use of umbrella terms like "nobody wants" and "Non, nobody agrees"
The linguistic slight is crafty but total bullshit.
The linguistic slight is crafty but total bullshit.
39
Well, all poster snarkiness aside (Yes, we all know how much more important the spelling, grammar, aesthetics are than the message itself...Okay a little more snark.) Good Luck my Seattle gay and lesbian brothers and sisters!!! Have a blast!
40
Wow. Most of you are completely missing the point of this post, and this event.
Your negativity is sad and uninspired.
Support these businesses to fight ignorance. And I think the poster is just fine (as if it matters what it looks like!).
Your negativity is sad and uninspired.
Support these businesses to fight ignorance. And I think the poster is just fine (as if it matters what it looks like!).
41
Sorry, Rob...we're gay. It's what we do. We wouldn't have gotten this far or nearly as rich without our critical eye for design
42
A comment and a question:
Comment: that is a horrible, horrible poster. Hate is not a proper noun.
Question: What does a het guy wear to a gay bar? I don't want to look trig.
Comment: that is a horrible, horrible poster. Hate is not a proper noun.
Question: What does a het guy wear to a gay bar? I don't want to look trig.
43
I don't know what's more embarrassing: the poster or the skein of comments here, especially the ones that use the name of an infant to disparage a disability. Shame on everyone doing that.
Let's hope that the poster gets fixed before it's mass-produced.
Let's hope that the poster gets fixed before it's mass-produced.
46
#3 you're right on, but Friday is not normally as busy a day for drinking as Saturday and this way the bars get TWO days of heavy drinking revenue.
47
#30 fool of fools
Madison Pub supports many sport teams which cost real money
silly queene, always whining from ignorance
Madison Pub supports many sport teams which cost real money
silly queene, always whining from ignorance
48
41, I'm gay too, (I just don't live in Seattle) but I really don't see the need to rip apart a hastily put together poster in this case. The design isn't the point here. (It's the internet, so people are just ruder by nature.)
Maybe people so critical of this poster should create a better one? Put your gay mouth where your gay money is?
Maybe people so critical of this poster should create a better one? Put your gay mouth where your gay money is?
54
i wasn't trigg before i started reading these comments, but now i'm trigged in the trigg trigg, and it triggin' triggs!
(you may replace trigg with smurf, if it makes it any easier to read...)
(you may replace trigg with smurf, if it makes it any easier to read...)
55
when i first heard about the crawl i was excited for it. but this is def not a crawl. you cant just post a list of places and say "go here"
get it together people. you organize it, have neighbors be the first spot and have people sign up and put into groups that will fit into the smaller bars. each group has a different itinerary and times to go to each establishment. way more fun.
get it together people. you organize it, have neighbors be the first spot and have people sign up and put into groups that will fit into the smaller bars. each group has a different itinerary and times to go to each establishment. way more fun.
56
It's not even a poster for an organized pub crawl--it's a "call you friends and go out to these places, eh?" ad.
Stupid, stupid advertisement.
Stupid, stupid advertisement.
58
I'd say the phone numbers are to let you call to see which bars are overcrowded.
What etiquette should straight guys follow in gay bars? Like straight women in clubs? ("I'm just here to dance and have a good time with my friends, not to get laid.")
What etiquette should straight guys follow in gay bars? Like straight women in clubs? ("I'm just here to dance and have a good time with my friends, not to get laid.")
59
Horrible, horrible poster, as has been pointed out. And the last line, doesn't really make me say "yeah, this sounds like fun, I'm going to go out and be totally preoccupied and paranoid about my drink!" ....
60
I have a list of what is happening at each of those bars this weekend:
http://www.seattlegayscene.com/2009/01/c…
http://www.seattlegayscene.com/2009/01/c…
61
So if I go to every bar and have one drink at each bar, that's 11 drinks. That will kill me quicker than a shot of ricin. Or maybe that's the real evil genius behind this threat.
62
OF COURSE... the bar-owning homos will find a way to make a buck off of it in the name of solidarity. how convenient... "let's all drink ourselves better! the meth and booze and pills aren't helping enough..." if any portion of this "crawl's" monies were donated to local gay charities, you'd have my attention.
64
If Rod Blagojevich or his ilk were behind this, everyone would be looking for the hidden motives, not just people like @62. I tend to agree, strongly, that the ones who will benefit from this incident are the bar owners. Think critically, people.
65
You call that critical thinking?
Obviously whoever made these threats knew the bar owners would do this, and that we would figure it out, and that we would therefore not go on the pub crawl. Pow! Bars destroyed.
Or would he? Perhaps the bar owners realized that we would figure out that the bars would be destroyed by a threat like this, since we would see the pub crawl as a cheap exploitation, and therefore we would realize that everyone would stay away, destroying the bars. So they are exploiting that fact to trick us all into going on the pub crawl.
Not that I'm simple enough to belive that. The TRUTH is far more complicated. And sinister. So complicated, and so sinister, that I dare not speak it. Or even think it. Because even our very thoughts --
-- But no! Best not to go there. Everyone should to their best do imagine the most diabolical plot they can, then assume the perpetrator(s) are one step ahead of them. Then act as if they already figured out you would act accordingly. Got it?
Obviously whoever made these threats knew the bar owners would do this, and that we would figure it out, and that we would therefore not go on the pub crawl. Pow! Bars destroyed.
Or would he? Perhaps the bar owners realized that we would figure out that the bars would be destroyed by a threat like this, since we would see the pub crawl as a cheap exploitation, and therefore we would realize that everyone would stay away, destroying the bars. So they are exploiting that fact to trick us all into going on the pub crawl.
Not that I'm simple enough to belive that. The TRUTH is far more complicated. And sinister. So complicated, and so sinister, that I dare not speak it. Or even think it. Because even our very thoughts --
-- But no! Best not to go there. Everyone should to their best do imagine the most diabolical plot they can, then assume the perpetrator(s) are one step ahead of them. Then act as if they already figured out you would act accordingly. Got it?
66
This poster is gettin no love! Y r u all soo wurried bout, gramer n'puctuashun ne ways?;!) huh./, I agree it’s not the most aesthetically pleasing poster in the world, but who gives a fuck! We have bigger things to worry about. Support the cause people!!!
67
What a complete embarrassment I agree with #63
"How do you get a queers attention?...Spell something wrong
"How do you get a queers attention?...Spell something wrong
69
worst. ad. writing. ever.
If you learn to say please in the right place, you will increase the efficiency of your poster a lot. It's like you get a free poster for every 3 you print.
key words to increase response include 'you' 'your' 'free' 'please'. You should try again. Please.
If you learn to say please in the right place, you will increase the efficiency of your poster a lot. It's like you get a free poster for every 3 you print.
key words to increase response include 'you' 'your' 'free' 'please'. You should try again. Please.
70
Due to my undeniable good looks I won't be attending this.
How about, as an alternative, any lesbians that frequent one or more of these places go work out this weekend? All the 'solidarity' in the world doesn't make putting up with the obese or vomit inspiring worth it.
How about, as an alternative, any lesbians that frequent one or more of these places go work out this weekend? All the 'solidarity' in the world doesn't make putting up with the obese or vomit inspiring worth it.
71
I was out at Neighbours tonight and I think the Pub Crawl is a bad idea. Why? Because regulars know each other. Stick to your favourite club; you will have an inherent advantage.
73
Hmm, so some people think this is an "inside" job, perpetrated by a gay bar? Let us examine then: Ricin is made from a type of bean. Beans, of a different kind, are re-fried and served with Mexican food. Mexican food can be served with a Margarita. Margaritas are made with Tequila. Tequila is type of alcohol. And, alcohol is served in Bars. Yep, all one has to do is connect the dots and I can see where one might come to the conclusion of this being an "inside" job.
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