Comments on: Article about the Baghdad Country Club http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 14:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JohnBerry http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305885 JohnBerry Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305885 I must be going deaf. I must be going deaf.

]]> By: doggo http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305618 doggo Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305618 Oh, I hear you. Yes I do. Oh, I hear you. Yes I do.

]]> By: A. . http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305561 A. . Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305561 in the comments, behind the paywall, there lies a man who actually was BTDT; the writer of this article, by his own admission, had never been to the BCC.  Tales of East Africa and Thailand, of horrible bars in South America await us. in the comments, behind the paywall, there lies a man who actually was BTDT; the writer of this article, by his own admission, had never been to the BCC.  Tales of East Africa and Thailand, of horrible bars in South America await us.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305532 Guest Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305532 I hear something. No... wait... it was the wind. I hear something. No… wait… it was the wind.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305531 Guest Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305531 Grane is another name for Kuwait. Not sure what that has to do with anything but it has Geography on its side. Grane is another name for Kuwait. Not sure what that has to do with anything but it has Geography on its side.

]]> By: Jimmy Jone http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305528 Jimmy Jone Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305528 Reminds me of Club Scud from early 90s Doonesbury! Reminds me of Club Scud from early 90s Doonesbury!

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305495 Petzl Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305495 I hear you. Wait, no I don't ... I hear you.

Wait, no I don’t …

]]> By: LikesTurtles http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305474 LikesTurtles Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305474 Just another kid from the suburbs playing urbanite dress up in their first apartment. Mom and Dad are scared to come down so he feels hardcore. That part of town is infested with that type. Brag about living in the 'hood (now with Chipotle Grill!) but freak out and declare a crime wave the first time someone gets the lawnmower swiped from their yard. It's funny to hear them rail on the police for keeping rich neighborhoods safe while not protecting their kiddiehood while not realizing that the police are actually a couple miles down the road in an actual rough neighborhood they'd pee their pants in dealing with actual crime. When the police point out that crime is actually low where they live, they freak out and say it must be a conspiracy to cover it up because they know at least two people who are missing their fixed gear bikes. Just another kid from the suburbs playing urbanite dress up in their first apartment. Mom and Dad are scared to come down so he feels hardcore. That part of town is infested with that type. Brag about living in the ‘hood (now with Chipotle Grill!) but freak out and declare a crime wave the first time someone gets the lawnmower swiped from their yard. It’s funny to hear them rail on the police for keeping rich neighborhoods safe while not protecting their kiddiehood while not realizing that the police are actually a couple miles down the road in an actual rough neighborhood they’d pee their pants in dealing with actual crime. When the police point out that crime is actually low where they live, they freak out and say it must be a conspiracy to cover it up because they know at least two people who are missing their fixed gear bikes.

]]> By: LikesTurtles http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305472 LikesTurtles Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305472 I go down Boulevard all the time. It's a bit dirty but exotic? No. Call me when you're hanging out at the Bluffs or English Avenue at 3am on foot. Boulevard is a ghetto like theme park for yuppies. Not that there is anything wrong with that but let's be real about what it really is. The Cotton Mill Lofts aren't hardcore, sorry. I go down Boulevard all the time. It’s a bit dirty but exotic? No. Call me when you’re hanging out at the Bluffs or English Avenue at 3am on foot. Boulevard is a ghetto like theme park for yuppies. Not that there is anything wrong with that but let’s be real about what it really is. The Cotton Mill Lofts aren’t hardcore, sorry.

]]> By: Rob Hobson http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305452 Rob Hobson Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305452 I hear you. Wait, no I don't. What the hell are you talking about? I hear you.

Wait, no I don’t. What the hell are you talking about?

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305434 noah django Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305434 yeah, for real though:  who cares? I ride my bike every day down Boulevard in ATL to get to work.  Today, some dudes on the sidewalk tried to test I.  they likely had guns, but they were trying to clown me, not rob me, so I dunno for sure.  I told them "fuck you" and kept it moving.  Yeah, it's a war going on in 200whatever in some place you've never been to.  Go the fuck across town.  It's not very exotic, it's not as politically current, and the technology tops out at machine guns; but whatever the danger fix you live for from warzones our gov't perpetrates worldwide can be found locally all over the US.  "Ooooohhh!  This honky was OVER THERE when rockets were falling!  Oh wow!  Then he capitalized on booze!" This armchair "danger tourism" bullshit white folks are so wrapped up in HAS GOT TO CEASE!  'CAUSE HONKIES GETTIN' HYPED AT THE SOUND OF THE POLICE!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VRZq3J0uz4 yeah, for real though:  who cares?

I ride my bike every day down Boulevard in ATL to get to work.  Today, some dudes on the sidewalk tried to test I.  they likely had guns, but they were trying to clown me, not rob me, so I dunno for sure.  I told them “fuck you” and kept it moving.  Yeah, it’s a war going on in 200whatever in some place you’ve never been to.  Go the fuck across town.  It’s not very exotic, it’s not as politically current, and the technology tops out at machine guns; but whatever the danger fix you live for from warzones our gov’t perpetrates worldwide can be found locally all over the US.  “Ooooohhh!  This honky was OVER THERE when rockets were falling!  Oh wow!  Then he capitalized on booze!”

This armchair “danger tourism” bullshit white folks are so wrapped up in HAS GOT TO CEASE!  ‘CAUSE HONKIES GETTIN’ HYPED AT THE SOUND OF THE POLICE!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VRZq3J0uz4

]]> By: t3kna2007 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305408 t3kna2007 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305408  I was wondering that too.  I guess you're really in the shit when two syllables is one too many.  I was wondering that too.  I guess you’re really in the shit when two syllables is one too many.

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305393 Ian Wood Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305393 Naw, man, it means <b>no granes in the club</b>. I don't want to drink around people packing granes, do you? Naw, man, it means no granes in the club. I don’t want to drink around people packing granes, do you?

]]> By: headcode http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305367 headcode Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305367 Is "GRANES" supposed to mean grenades? Is “GRANES” supposed to mean grenades?

]]> By: technicalogical http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305364 technicalogical Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305364 That's fine, I just don't have any of the devices that they are selling it for. And is there more to the video or is it just an ebook/audio book? That’s fine, I just don’t have any of the devices that they are selling it for. And is there more to the video or is it just an ebook/audio book?

]]> By: bigfatlamer http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305362 bigfatlamer Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305362 Behind a paywall of course. Behind a paywall of course.

]]> By: technicalogical http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305349 technicalogical Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305349 Where's the rest of it? Where’s the rest of it?

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/article-about-the-baghdad-coun.html#comment-1305340 Ian Wood Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136199#comment-1305340 It's like M*A*S*H! It’s like M*A*S*H!

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