"Mark Twain is like so racist."

[cantnokdahustle]

Universities may be the site of intellectual conversation according to popular culture, but for every conversation about Determinism, the Duhem-Quine thesis, etc... there are at least 20 like this:

guy: I can't believe our (pronounces it "are," or 'R') teacher is making us read this racist shit. I thought colleges were supposed to all liberal and shit.
chick: I know, Mark Twain is like so racist."
guy 2: (throws his copy of Huck Finn into the trash)...

1) I hate my generation, if you think Mark Twain was a racist, please end your life, now!
2) what sort of student hasn't read Huck Finn until university level?
3) what sort of professor assigns Huck Finn at a university?

[thejetstolehome]

people are stupid.

[Jason Tate]

:-0


Community college?

[cantnokdahustle]

University.

UT: AUSTIN.

[Jason Tate]

University.

UT: AUSTIN.
Texas. Not surprising.

[thejetstolehome]

someone find a picture of Vince Young's Wonderlic Test.

[Dean Wormer]

University of Texas? Really? Should I even be surprised?

[Brianfarg]

People in Texas can read?

[cantnokdahustle]

People in Texas can read?

Fuck Yourself.

[birdman]

:-0


Community college?

You know its funny you say that, my neighbor went to community college and his smarter than most of these yuppie fucks that went to Georgia Tech that I know.

I have always believed that school is what you make of it, I did shitty in high school but that doesnt mean I was stupid, I just didnt care. Once I got to college I found the things I was studying a hell of a lot more interesting and I graduated with a 3.7 GPA as opposed to my 1.2 GPA in high school. Then again, there were kids I graduated from high school with who had 3.7 GPAs then and they are in jail or working at Taco Bell now.

Like I said, school is what you make of it.

[thejetstolehome]

People in Texas can read?

people in Long Island can write?

[Brianfarg]

people in Long Island can write?

Touche.

[IAPAI]

my university has an entire webpage devoted to the stupidest shit heard on campus. it provides endless hours of entertainment.

[cantnokdahustle]

my university has an entire webpage devoted to the stupidest shit heard on campus. it provides endless hours of entertainment.

Link

[gonz]

Mark Twain doesn't care about black people.

[camera switches to Henry Huttleson Rogers, who is speechless]


bad joke? I'd like to think so.

[s.t.e.v.e.n.]

also named the top party school by the princeton review recently

[PDon11]

I'm wearing a Hot Water Music shirt right now that has a Mark Twain quote on it.

[Dean Wormer]

Mark Twain doesn't care about black people.

[camera switches to Henry Huttleson Rogers, who is speechless]


bad joke? I'd like to think so.

I got a chuckle

[cantnokdahustle]

I'm wearing a Hot Water Music shirt right now that has a Mark Twain quote on it.

...and you have a Bill Hicks avatar.

[PDon11]

...and you have a Bill Hicks avatar.


Is that who it is? I thought it was Dennis Leary.

[cantnokdahustle]

Is that who it is? I thought it was Dennis Leary.

Don't be an ass. most people have know idea who Bill Hicks was. I should have been more forthright in blatant in giving you cred.

[icameonherface]

Texas. Not surprising.

that's a stereotype.

Texas education is ranked higher than were you were from, Oregon, correct? And it is around the same as Missouri.

http://www.morganquitno.com/edrank.htm

[a speedo model]

People are idiots.

[thejetstolehome]

that's a stereotype.

Texas education is ranked higher than were you were from, Oregon, correct? And it is around the same as Missouri.

http://www.morganquitno.com/edrank.htm

#3 = CT.

suck it. :-p


EDIT: and if college kids don't understand the reasoning for the use of racial slurs in Huck Finn then they shouldn't be in college.

[icameonherface]

#3 = CT.

suck it. :-p


EDIT: and if college kids don't understand the reasoning for the use of racial slurs in Huck Finn then they shouldn't be in college.

#4 for NJ. hahah.

Yea, its sad people don't understand it is moreso a satire of the times. If only people learned to read between the lines.

[thejetstolehome]

#4 for NJ. hahah.

Yea, its sad people don't understand it is moreso a satire of the times. If only people learned to read between the lines.

right, it's very much satirical but at the same time, he used it to get an authentic feel because, well, in pre-civil war Missouri, that's how people spoke.

[icameonherface]

right, it's very much satirical but at the same time, he used it to get an authentic feel because, well, in pre-civil war Missouri, that's how people spoke.

in post-civil war missouri they spoke the same.

[thejetstolehome]

in post-civil war missouri they spoke the same.

haha, touche.

[love_american_style]

Don't be an ass. most people have know idea who Bill Hicks was. I should have been more forthright in blatant in giving you cred.

Bill Hicks was the man.

[preppyak]

You know its funny you say that, my neighbor went to community college and his smarter than most of these yuppie fucks that went to Georgia Tech that I know.

I have always believed that school is what you make of it, I did shitty in high school but that doesnt mean I was stupid, I just didnt care. Once I got to college I found the things I was studying a hell of a lot more interesting and I graduated with a 3.7 GPA as opposed to my 1.2 GPA in high school. Then again, there were kids I graduated from high school with who had 3.7 GPAs then and they are in jail or working at Taco Bell now.

Like I said, school is what you make of it.
I agree completely...I had a good GPA in high scool, but never felt challenged, and now in college, it is the opposite. I am finally challenging myself to learn things that are beyond what I already know. High school was basically nap time..
right, it's very much satirical but at the same time, he used it to get an authentic feel because, well, in pre-civil war Missouri, that's how people spoke.
in post-civil war missouri they spoke the same.
Haha...yep. I spent about 1/2 a semester studying racism and Huck Finn and the controversy surrounding it. The intricacy of references in the story are surprising...notice that the number 40 is used a LOT in the book, especially towards the end...referencing 40 acres and a mule. I read so much stuff on that that I dont even remember half of it...my brain just overloaded

[Tristan Needler]

Haha awesome, Vermont, where I went to high school, is the smartest state in the Union.

And I was one of the smarter people in my high school, which was by far the number one high school in the state.

[thejetstolehome]

Haha awesome, Vermont, where I went to high school, is the smartest state in the Union.

And I was one of the smarter people in my high school, which was by far the number one high school in the state.

so, basically, you're the smartest person in the US.

[itsmefrankieee]

how could the author be racist? thats what was common back then...you who dont agree should take the text in as a historical document and learn from the mistakes that we as a country had made back in the day. shit black people call each other ******s all the time but you dont see anyone calling them racist do you!?

[Tristan Needler]

so, basically, you're the smartest person in the US.
And that's why I'm in Canada.

[Jason Tate]

how could the author be racist? thats what was common back then...you who dont agree should take the text in as a historical document and learn from the mistakes that we as a country had made back in the day. shit black people call each other ******s all the time but you dont see anyone calling them racist do you!?
Well, actually, you do.

[thejetstolehome]

And that's why I'm in Canada.

ba-zing.

[icameonherface]

how could the author be racist? thats what was common back then...you who dont agree should take the text in as a historical document and learn from the mistakes that we as a country had made back in the day. shit black people call each other ******s all the time but you dont see anyone calling them racist do you!?

Can one be racist against their own race?

[HeyCoffeeEyes]

So Twain is a brilliant satirist and there is definitely some serious sutff in Huck Finn that high school students just aren't going to get. I can understand reading it in college.

[cantnokdahustle]

So Twain is a brilliant satirist and there is definitely some serious sutff in Huck Finn that high school students just aren't going to get. I can understand reading it in college.

I would hope that high school kids would understand it. I rescind number 3, that was uncalled for on my part.

I am increasingly saddened at the number of students I have come across that have not read Huck Finn. How do people get through school not having read the first great satirical work of the Americas? and then those who I have met, think it was terrible because of the last act, or they don't remember the last act.

[TxRepresent]

Texas. Not surprising.

Way to generalize Tate, The University of Texas is actually one of the best public school's in the country it's known for giving Ivy league education at public school pricing.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php

Is your school on this list? Didn't think so, neither is mine so I can not say much. But step the fuck off before you try to make us out to all be ignorant rednecks.

[TheByrus]

apparently, ignorance is idiotic arrogance.

[Jason Tate]

Way to generalize Tate, The University of Texas is actually one of the best public school's in the country it's known for giving Ivy league education at public school pricing.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php

Is your school on this list? Didn't think so, neither is mine so I can not say much. But step the fuck off before you try to make us out to all be ignorant rednecks.
It was a joke.

/Schools I was accepted to are on that list.
//There a whole lot of schools not on that list that should be.
///I like the liberal arts college list better (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1libartco_brief.php).
////My school's on this list (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1univmas_w_brief.php) this year (#9) (it was on other lists in other years; and appears on the Princeton Review list (http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingsBest.asp)).
/////School level rank (or even where you went) has nothing to do with intelligence; Bush went to Yale.
/////SLASHIE ATTTTACCCCKKKKK.

[TxRepresent]

////My school's on this list (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1univmas_w_brief.php) this year (#9) (it was on other lists in other years).


My school is on that list as well (#25), the only reason Bush went to Yale is because his daddy got him into Yale. Money and prestige talk big at those Ivy league schools. Sorry if you were joking, I just get sick and tired of hearing the same old shit from people "Oh you live in the state where Dubya is from you must be an idiot too".

[Jason Tate]

My school is on that list as well (#25), the only reason Bush went to Yale is because his daddy got him into Yale. Money and prestige talk big at those Ivy league schools. Sorry if you were joking, I just get sick and tired of hearing the same old shit from people "Oh you live in the state where Dubya is from you must be an idiot too".
Haha, no. I forget that people don't know my history with the state (my ex-girlfriend's from Texas), and so I need to watch my tongue. I was just dicking around ... I know that as a whole the state's not bad. But I got used to making fun of it for 5 years (our relationship - basically and Bushy) that I still do so reflexively.

[TxRepresent]

Haha, no. I forget that people don't know my history with the state (my ex-girlfriend's from Texas), and so I need to watch my tongue. I was just dicking around ... I know that as a whole the state's not bad. But I got used to making fun of it for 5 years (our relationship - basically and Bushy) that I still do so reflexively.


Good information to have.

[CROMagnon]

Universities may be the site of intellectual conversation according to popular culture, but for every conversation about Determinism, the Duhem-Quine thesis, etc... there are at least 20 like this:

guy: I can't believe our (pronounces it "are," or 'R') teacher is making us read this racist shit. I thought colleges were supposed to all liberal and shit.
chick: I know, Mark Twain is like so racist."
guy 2: (throws his copy of Huck Finn into the trash)...

1) I hate my generation, if you think Mark Twain was a racist, please end your life, now!
2) what sort of student hasn't read Huck Finn until university level?
3) what sort of professor assigns Huck Finn at a university?
we studied huck finn in grad school :shrug:

[Love As Arson]

Can one be racist against their own race?
Yes.

[icameonherface]

Yes.

would that be called racism though? i guess so.

[cantnokdahustle]

we studied huck finn in grad school :shrug:

read back a page, I rescinded my 3rd statement.

[gonz]

I'm a junior and we just started our satire/comedy unit and I believe we're starting Huck Finn in a week or two.

[music3chick]

Texas. Not surprising.

i laughed :shrug:

that's a stereotype.

Texas education is ranked higher than were you were from, Oregon, correct? And it is around the same as Missouri.

http://www.morganquitno.com/edrank.htm

That's surprising. Last time I saw those numbers, Texas was around the 49th state in public education when you count SAT scores and such.

[Jason Tate]

that's a stereotype.

Texas education is ranked higher than were you were from, Oregon, correct? And it is around the same as Missouri.

http://www.morganquitno.com/edrank.htm
Did you even look how those "numbers" are determined? Are you really trying to make this argument?

http://www.morganquitno.com/edfact06.htm

[apoemtothedead]

Way to generalize Tate, The University of Texas is actually one of the best public school's in the country it's known for giving Ivy league education at public school pricing.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php

Is your school on this list? Didn't think so, neither is mine so I can not say much. But step the fuck off before you try to make us out to all be ignorant rednecks.
#31. Texas is stupid.

[icameonherface]

Did you even look how those "numbers" are determined? Are you really trying to make this argument?

http://www.morganquitno.com/edfact06.htm

it's the only measure I could find.

However, don't use stereotypes.

[TxRepresent]

#31. Texas is stupid.

They're #47 if you are going to talk shit at least get it right. Your Jewish school isn't on the list so who are you to talk?

[apoemtothedead]

They're #47 if you are going to talk shit at least get it right. Your Jewish school isn't on the list so who are you to talk?
1) Yes it is. It's number 31, and has been climbing very quickly for the last 5 years.
2) The only reason you say "Jewish school" is try and disgrace my school. As if there is something wrong with being jewish. My school is about half-jewish, and unless you're a judaic studies major, you see no judaic influence of campus besisdes the kid with the occasional yarmulke.

"If you're going to talk shit, at least get it right."

[TxRepresent]

1. 47. University of Texas—Austin (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_3658_brief.php) * Unless I've gone blind i think that says #47.
2. Can you read my mind? Did I ever say because it was Jewish based that it was a bad school? No, I was simply stating a fact that your school is Jewish based university, and I did not come across it on any of those lists. My school happens to be a Catholic and is in the same kind of boat your school is in. If it wasn't for the buildings and religious studies major no one would really know that it's a Catholic school. So no I wasn't making fun of your school because it was Jewish, I was making fun of your school because as far as i can see there is nothing special about it. Unless of course you are a Judaic studies major, then you are in the right place.

[apoemtothedead]

1. 47. University of Texas—Austin (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_3658_brief.php) * Unless I've gone blind i think that says #47.
2. Can you read my mind? Did I ever say because it was Jewish based that it was a bad school? No, I was simply stating a fact that your school is Jewish based university, and I did not come across it on any of those lists. My school happens to be a Catholic and is in the same kind of boat your school is in. If it wasn't for the buildings and religious studies major no one would really know that it's a Catholic school. So no I wasn't making fun of your school because it was Jewish, I was making fun of your school because as far as i can see there is nothing special about it. Unless of course you are a Judaic studies major, then you are in the right place.
Boy, you must really be from Texas. Look at number 31.

[cantnokdahustle]

Boy, you must really be from Texas. Look at number 31.

fuck yourself!

[TxRepresent]

Boy, you must really be from Texas. Look at number 31.

I just looked at it again and noticed there are two number 31's, and yes I can admit my mistake. Touche.

[apoemtothedead]

I just looked at it again and noticed there are two number 31's, and yes I can admit my mistake. Touche.
Now that we've established that I go to a better school than you, you must do everything I say, just like The Stonecutters. I am number 31, you're number 47...and number 31 is the highest possible rank.

[TxRepresent]

Now that we've established that I go to a better school than you, you must do everything I say, just like The Stonecutters. I am number 31, you're number 47...and number 31 is the highest possible rank.


Well that is a problem since I do not attend The University of Texas. I go to a different school that in Austin that isn't on that list, but is on the Masters granting list and it is #25. So if we're going by numbers you are therefore my slave.

[apoemtothedead]

Well that is a problem since I do not attend The University of Texas. I go to a different school that in Austin that isn't on that list, but is on the Masters granting list and it is #25. So if we're going by numbers you are therefore my slave.
Nope. 31 is the highest rank. You can be 125 if you'd like.

[TxRepresent]

I'll take 32 and just be second in charge.