Ugh. Duke is the WORST, people.

[cville]

There's a mom of a kid in O's class who has always seemed a little ... precious and imperious. And she has NO sense of humor because I'm fucking hilarious and she never once laughed at my jokes.

So, blah blah chit chat this morning and she mentioned that she misses Colorado this time of year because it's cooler there in summer. I'm like, yeah, but the winters aren't so bad! She then launches into a story about how she didn't have enough winter gear when she first moved thwre after law school because it was such a different climate.

Me: oh?

Her: [smiles bashfully, looks down and to the side, giggles] Yeah, I went to school in North Carolina.

Me: [internal ugh] Where was that?

Her: [bashful look down] At Duke.

Me: [wanted to say OMIGAH who cares and p.s. my law school outranked yours, lol, decided to humor her for my own amusement] Good school.

Her: Yeah. It is.




DIE, DUKE, DIE.

[fryjack2]

Jun 2, 2015 7:51:31 GMT -5 TR said:

OMG people who went to Duke are insufferable.

My h isn't!!

But he does admit that a lot of people he went to school with are.

[fryjack2]

LOL!! TR.

Really, he isn't. He's one of the most humble unpretentious people I've ever met. I actually tell him he needs to be more of an asshole sometimes.

I know that is not convincing to someone who has never met either of us, but my H is not an Douchie Dukie!!

[insominac]

Lol North Carolina isn't Cambridge or New Haven.

[cuddlyevil]

LOL. My big boss went to Duke and he's not a complete jerk. But OMG I have met some assholes from Duke. Is it in the water or something?

[Deleted]

Duke sucks.

(coming from someone who went to BC and wouldn't have gotten into duke if I paid them a million to let me in so theres that)

[shell403b]

Duke SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS.

::true Maryland grad here::

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Jun 2, 2015 8:15:17 GMT -5 insominac said:

Lol North Carolina isn't Cambridge or New Haven.

true

[cville]

Jun 2, 2015 8:15:17 GMT -5 insominac said:

Lol North Carolina isn't Cambridge or New Haven.

P.s. that's obnoxious as fuck too. "I, hee hee, went to school in New Haven." "Oh really? Clearly you didn't major in functional non-condescending life skills."

[rupertpenny]

Jun 2, 2015 8:15:17 GMT -5 insominac said:

Lol North Carolina isn't Cambridge or New Haven.

Yeah, "I went to school in NC" doesn't have quite the same ring to it as "I went to a college in Connecticut."

[alzi]

Fuck Duke!

(I'm a Terp its in my blood)

[erbear]

Jun 2, 2015 7:51:31 GMT -5 TR said:

OMG people who went to Duke are insufferable.

Mmm hmmm.

[insominac]

Jun 2, 2015 8:23:22 GMT -5 cville said:

Jun 2, 2015 8:15:17 GMT -5 insominac said:

Lol North Carolina isn't Cambridge or New Haven.

P.s. that's obnoxious as fuck too. "I, hee hee, went to school in New Haven." "Oh really? Clearly you didn't major in functional non-condescending life skills."

True. But I expect such shenanigans from the Harvard/Yale crew. But Duke? No.

[insominac]

Jun 2, 2015 8:23:22 GMT -5 cville said:

Jun 2, 2015 8:15:17 GMT -5 insominac said:

Lol North Carolina isn't Cambridge or New Haven.

P.s. that's obnoxious as fuck too. "I, hee hee, went to school in New Haven." "Oh really? Clearly you didn't major in functional non-condescending life skills."

True. But I expect such shenanigans from the Harvard/Yale crew. But Duke? No.

[Deleted]

I had someone who was trying to brag about where she went to school once. When she told me where she went to school as though I should bow down, I told her that I had a friend who went to that school as well and that when I visited her I was always so worried about my safety because of the large amounts of reported crime.


There really isn't a way for a person to respond to that. So it effectively ended the conversation.

[erbear]

Jun 2, 2015 8:27:19 GMT -5 insominac said:

Jun 2, 2015 8:23:22 GMT -5 cville said:

P.s. that's obnoxious as fuck too. "I, hee hee, went to school in New Haven." "Oh really? Clearly you didn't major in functional non-condescending life skills."

True. But I expect such shenanigans from the Harvard/Yale crew. But Duke? No.

Hey now. I am not insufferable! 

[pagas]

I feel the same about people who went to Tufts.

[toepick]

The absolute worst is people who say they went to school at Cambridge or New Haven. Just say you went to Harvard or Yale - it's pretentious as fuck to make someone guess.

And the only reason Princeton people don't do this is because they can't.  

[ECB]

OMG - that fake modesty.  LOL.

[erbear]

I went to Yale. I have no problems telling people that - I loved college and wouldn't do it differently if I could. It is rather annoying to hear over and over again "Oh, you went to Yale. You must be smart" (um, yes? I guess?) or as an adult "Oh, you went to Yale. Why the hell are you a teacher??" (as though I should be a banker or a lawyer or a doctor) but I imagine people get similar reactions about everything. 

[rupertpenny]

erbear does anyone ever ask you if you were part of that whole Yale thing? The last time I met someone who went there I had a hard time controlling myself.

[cville]

Jun 2, 2015 8:27:19 GMT -5 insominac said:

Jun 2, 2015 8:23:22 GMT -5 cville said:

P.s. that's obnoxious as fuck too. "I, hee hee, went to school in New Haven." "Oh really? Clearly you didn't major in functional non-condescending life skills."

True. But I expect such shenanigans from the Harvard/Yale crew. But Duke? No.

I expect it from no one! No one should be a jerk!

[erbear]

Jun 2, 2015 8:42:47 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

erbear does anyone ever ask you if you were part of that whole Yale thing? The last time I met someone who went there I had a hard time controlling myself.

LOLOL. No. I think that's usually more directed to men?

[cville]

Jun 2, 2015 8:32:06 GMT -5 toepick said:

And the only reason Princeton people don't do this is because they can't.  

Ha ha ha. Truth.

They have the best mascot, though.

[LeggsBenedict]

Jun 2, 2015 8:29:43 GMT -5 @lazerus24 said:

I had someone who was trying to brag about where she went to school once. When she told me where she went to school as though I should bow down, I told her that I had a friend who went to that school as well and that when I visited her I was always so worried about my safety because of the large amounts of reported crime.


There really isn't a way for a person to respond to that. So it effectively ended the conversation.

yale? lol

[pagas]

Jun 2, 2015 8:45:34 GMT -5 cville said:

Jun 2, 2015 8:32:06 GMT -5 toepick said:

And the only reason Princeton people don't do this is because they can't.  

Ha ha ha. Truth.

They have the best mascot, though.

Best mascot goes to Testudo.  Hands down.  Or maybe the Stanford Tree (does that still exist?)

[fryjack2]

Jun 2, 2015 8:27:19 GMT -5 insominac said:

Jun 2, 2015 8:23:22 GMT -5 cville said:

P.s. that's obnoxious as fuck too. "I, hee hee, went to school in New Haven." "Oh really? Clearly you didn't major in functional non-condescending life skills."

True. But I expect such shenanigans from the Harvard/Yale crew. But Duke? No.

The people I know who went to Duke and then Harvard or another Ivy for grad school, are more obnoxious about their affiliation with Duke. 

Not that they should ever be obnoxious.

[alzi]

Jun 2, 2015 8:48:01 GMT -5 pagas said:

Jun 2, 2015 8:45:34 GMT -5 cville said:

Ha ha ha. Truth.

They have the best mascot, though.

Best mascot goes to Testudo.  Hands down.  Or maybe the Stanford Tree (does that still exist?)

Fear The Turtle still makes me laugh.

[happyholiday]

I would have worked in where I went to school, if it was ranked higher, but I'm petty like that.*

*Only in my head, I could never actually do that irl.

[Deleted]

I went to an open house at Duke in high school and I immediately knew I wouldn't fit in there. My parents and I pretty much sprinted out of the auditorium after it was over to get away from those people lol.