tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post115108137213149451..comments2023-08-24T10:38:08.474-04:00Comments on Tales of the Cupcake Mafia: Stand ClearCupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12858264670638519885noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1151361545527610142006-06-26T18:39:00.000-04:002006-06-26T18:39:00.000-04:00Well, Zürich is definitely more polite than New Yo...Well, Zürich is definitely more polite than New York. Also cleaner. And more punctual.<BR/><BR/>I have to say, though, New Yorkers do stick together when the chips are down, so to speak, and I dig that.Sheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11705362063220407666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1151168558676923992006-06-24T13:02:00.000-04:002006-06-24T13:02:00.000-04:00Shout-out for Chicago: I've lived here for three y...Shout-out for Chicago: I've lived here for three years and I still marvel at how polite people are. When I first moved to the city, I was actually taken aback by the number of strangers who offered to help me w/directions and the like when they saw me with a map. Now, when I go back to the East Coast, I notice that people there walk more with their heads down, avoid eye contact, etc. - and it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1151106681614299672006-06-23T19:51:00.000-04:002006-06-23T19:51:00.000-04:00Here's a way to channel that energy. I can only r...<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/arts/television/18trek.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" REL="nofollow"> Here's a way</A> to channel that energy. <BR/><BR/>I can only reference Star Trek in the context of the New York Times. That's how hip and urbane I am.Cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858264670638519885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1151096883534808352006-06-23T17:08:00.000-04:002006-06-23T17:08:00.000-04:00Jeez no - I don't defend any of that subway lewdne...Jeez no - I don't defend any of that subway lewdness/assault/etc in real life. And I have not fully formulated an opinion regarding violent video games, although I can say for certain that my daughter will not be playing anything like that in the house.<BR/><BR/>Maybe what I'm trying to say is that I miss Star Trek the Next Generation.Mukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03946824197350356744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1151095516589310912006-06-23T16:45:00.000-04:002006-06-23T16:45:00.000-04:00Muk, I'm still not following. Perhaps you could us...Muk, I'm still not following. Perhaps you could use a baking analogy?<BR/><BR/>I know I'm going to sound like a whiny liberal here, but no, I don't support violent video games that simulate real life and glamorize organized crime and prostitution. I don't find that entertaining. I believe the propper level of video game violence is throwing turtle shells at monsters who shoot eggs out of their Cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858264670638519885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1151091201480175892006-06-23T15:33:00.000-04:002006-06-23T15:33:00.000-04:00Look, all I'm saying is that I would be doing some...Look, all I'm saying is that I would be doing some nasty stuff in the Holadeck AND I'M NOT ALONE!<BR/><BR/>I guess my question can be likened to playing Grand Theft Auto. Is it ok to wantonly kill people when it isn't real life, but a dangerously close simulacrum?<BR/><BR/>Aren't these the pressing moral hypotheticals that the Cupcake blog was set up to address??Mukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03946824197350356744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1151089438629251962006-06-23T15:03:00.000-04:002006-06-23T15:03:00.000-04:00Muk, you know I hate to miss a chance to tell you ...Muk, you know I hate to miss a chance to tell you what a misogynistic homo you are, but I lost you in the premise. I don't speak nerd. <BR/><BR/>Reader's Digest, go back to doing what you do best, making those sweetened condensed books.Cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858264670638519885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1151085625283065372006-06-23T14:00:00.000-04:002006-06-23T14:00:00.000-04:00I'll give Reader's Digest another shot when the "A...I'll give Reader's Digest another shot when the "Alcohol is the Best Medicine" series kicks off.<BR/><BR/>Ok, I got one for the Seven Sisters crew. If I had access to a Star Trek Holadeck-type device, I would totally get on the "subway" and assualt the shit out of all the women - and possibly some men.<BR/><BR/>Does that make me evil? Or gay??<BR/><BR/>Discuss.Mukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03946824197350356744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1151082888182617762006-06-23T13:14:00.000-04:002006-06-23T13:14:00.000-04:00That is a great idea for a sting.I just kinda shru...That is a great idea for a sting.<BR/><BR/>I just kinda shrugged off the NY is the most polite city in the world thing, but now that you mention it, are they fucking insane?<BR/><BR/>I can think of like twenty more polite cities just in the states, let alone in Europe. Plus the entirety of Canada, every city in Canada is more polite. I'm so mad I'm gonna go out be rude to some tourists right now.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10839812267536911245noreply@blogger.com