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Eagle Rants: October 26, 2012

• I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.

• lol how is someone telling you to "smile" a sexist remark? I wasn't aware smiling was a gendered activity..

• @forest gump ranters F-OFF. What is your problem? All anyone who rants forest jump quotes wants to do is spread a little joy in the world. If u don't smile to yourself every time you imagine forest gump saying life is like a box of chocolates or stupid is as stupid does, then u have no soul.

• @Fake id ranter. I think the point is that he is really awesome for making it so far, and being so happy and determined. He may have had to break the law to have the same rights as other people, but its not his fault that he was born in a different country, he only remembers america, and is no different than any random person who is allowed to drive and vote just because they were born a few more miles north.

• I think its genuinely pathetic that members of CAUS continue to: 1) keep Eagle Ranting about how cool they are, and 2) pretend you know anything about the University Budget. Stop commenting on articles when all you spread is misinformation about whats happening. You suck and everyone hates you.

• Dear CAUS, it doesn't matter how many pots and pans you bang outside on the Quad today or how much you complain. The university won't respect you and they will still raise your tuition #suckstosuck

• did a ranter really offer to a buy a girl dinner if she ate out his a**hole? #AUkids

• I'm an alum and I don't live in DC. Can someone please explain this "caus" thing?

• i miss sex sfm

• Hey, people who judge others for elevator use. Please try to be understanding :) some of us students have to maintain some pretty exhausting, labor-intensive jobs. When I come back from mine, I sometimes take the elevator to the 2nd floor. Not always. But still, I don't think this should be such a divisive issue.

• @ men can get raped and murdered just as easily as women, we’ve just been conditioned by our society to believe that they’re too “manly and tough” for that and so they’re less likely to report rape or any other kind of abuse because people like you make them feel insecure about it. THANK YOU. in fact, men are just as likely to be raped in the us, when pedophilia and prison statistics are taken into account.

• @ "Liberals R. Tools needs to get laid bad." Subway named the "footlong" after my schlong. Getting action is not an issue...

• @...(either rich or Jewish kids): Just because someone is Jewish does not make them rich or smart. Judaism is a religion. It doesn't change someone's personality, intelligence or someone's socioeconomic level.

• To the person ranting about The Sheep: There was an article in The Eagle about it a few weeks ago.

• THE WONK CAMPAIGN IS A WASTE OF MY TUITION.

• to the attractive male i saw in tdr today; i stalked you on Facebook, and i'd really appreciate it if you married me like now ;)

• I want to go home :(

• rebound sex anyone??

• To the Wicked ranter, please leave now

• Abolish alienation!

• I'm pretty sure I know who "Liberals R. Tools" is...

• the undocumented students at this school are so brave and amazing!

• sometimes, i pretend to lose my key, just so i can go to the anderson desk and ask zooey deschanel for my spare

• there were so many rants i wanted to rant at i cant remember them all oh god. but most importantly, if you feel the need to rant multiple times in a row about the same subject. YES it does look like it was just one person ranting over and over again.YES its that obvious. YES you look like an a**hole. YES you should find something better to do with your life. Like okcupid (yes that was sarcasm).

• @Khal Drogo. I know exactly what kid you're talking about, but has he stopped wearing that ridiculous ponytail yet? He used to be kind of attractive :) im hoping its just a phase and he outgrows it see what i did there. . .badum tss

• I know this is slightly off topic, but in the "i hate jenny" vein: i have no pity for princess buttercup or jenny, both stupid stupid characters that just threw their love away or treated their "loves" like crap until they needed something. poor forrest. poor westley. poor robin wright for making such awful career choices.

• Does anyone else use AshleyMadison?

• @ AP Courses gaming the system: I am neither a rich, nor a jewish kid. I did take all AP courses and came in with more than half of my GenEds done. I did not do it so I can skip a year (which I could have, and which is not something that is a bad thing, or gaming the system, it's merely being resourceful), I did it so I can double major, minor, and go abroad. Most of my friends did the same. Don't make broad judgements with no backing.

• @AP Classes gaming the system: Some of us took all AP classes because we were SMART and needed the additional challenge, not because our parents fast-tracked us.

• just because there are terrible situations in the world doesn't make my complaints any less valid. As much as I love America, it is not perfect and recognizing that is the first step to improving it.

• Literally heard an Asian girl do that "NYAAAAAAHHHH" thing. I wanted to punch a tree to space then ride it down from the atmosphere while killing some polar bears.

• @"What other shows are as good as Downton Abbey?" Bright Young Things Godsford Park Upstairs, Downstairs (The modern version) Brideshead Revisited Jane Eyre (any version) Any Human Heart Any Merchant-Ivory production Look up any classic 20th century English novel and you are bound to find an adaptation of it. That should keep you busy for the next year.

• "@ Guy who writes about racism for the Eagle op-eds. You go to AU for free with a C average in course work, and have literally only gained in every way possible from this school and you write about being persecuted. Have you no shame?" OH MAN I WONDER WHY HE'S WRITING ABOUT RACISM

• @ @billy joel ranter: nice singing with you...You too! :)

• This dumb Life Remote doesn't have a pause button. OR a rewind button?? What a crock.

• To the two cute, blonde girls walking on Massachusetts Ave this morning, would either of you like to get dinner next week?

• You keep looking at me across the room and I don't know why... You should just talk to me. (:

• Tumblr is down? Eh, might as well go protest.

• Even though people complain about the CAUS, at least they're showing that they care about something. Keep it up, guys!

• Who do I have to pay a s**t load of money to so that we can have some more federal holidays off?

• There is no safe space anywhere for anyone, because at any moment a flaming toilet seat from the International Space Station could hit you in the head and kill you. Didn't see that coming, did you?

• I could go for the concept of a menstruation tent right now (providing it had all of the amenities I want.) I just wanna be alone and watch movies with my heating pad, hot chocolate, chips, and tylenol. That's all I want.

• Just kidding, I also want mac and cheese.

• Ouch, please don't classify all AP-credit owners as rich kids. I'm certainly not rich, but came in with a semester's worth of credit (nor am I Jewish, slightly uncertain why that's in the rant??). $86 a test is expensive, but that's also $86 for 3 credits--well worth saving up for.

• At 21 years of age i can finally buy and consume alcohol legally (woo!) but i still cant figure out how to use a tampon (boo!)

• @"One of the guys who works at the desk at the gym looks like Khal Drogo from Game of Thrones. I don't know if he knows it or not, but he is already set for a perfect Halloween costume" LOLOLOLOLLOLLOOLOOLLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOLOLOLOLOOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• You know life's hard out here for a pimp

• STOP INVITING ME TO YOUR PARTIES! I DONT LIKE YOU, BUT I DONT WANT TO HURT YOUR FEELINGS! WHY do YOU think i didn't come to the last one? GAH

• thank the lord jesus on high tumblr came back on line, it was a tense few hours there guys. i was going into reblog withdrawl :(

• Yo, Editorial about merit-based financial aid... I was Valedictorian of my high school class, had community service and extra-curriculars out the roof, and yet the merit scholarship AU gave me was far from 'terrific'. Many other universities offered me MUCH better scholarships. I'm only here because of a GI Bill that covered my costs; think how many others with great grades can't come to AU because of the outrageous costs? And really, AU’s tuition IS outrageous. PS: your class bias was disgusting.

• Fun fact: it is NEVER my "duty" to vote. Never. My state is not allowing third-parties to run and I refuse to break my moral codes just to vote for the major parties. Romney: obvious social and economic issues/reasons/whatever. Obama: drone warfare, we're STILL at war, NDAA, healthcare that benefits insurance companies the most, ect. F**k you, f**k your "change"; I won't have that on my conscience. If you want to vote, fine, but don't try and guilt me into it.

• Synth pop? -facepalm- I need to know more about how to classify the music I listen to. Especially when it's a cute barista asking me about it.

• People who hate "gingers" are anti-American. First, the American word is "redhead". By using the British term you out yourselves as Euro-wannabees, or you have allowed the vocabulary of Harry Potter to influence you unduly (I am not sure which is worse). Second, both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington had red hair. By dissing redheads you are attacking the Founding Fathers of the nation.

• @ "Alea iacta est": I knew Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was a friend of mine. You, sir, are no Julius Caesar. Sincerely, Gnaeus Pompey

• @America, you don't deserve America I totally agree, I really hate the American mentality. I thought this school would be better about that but apparently not. #AnnoyedInternational


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