Portland is only the fifth most pretentious American city

Discussion in 'Blazers OT Forum' started by santeesioux, Nov 11, 2015.

Moderators: 6

Moderators

  1. BrianFromWA
  2. Chris Craig
  3. Darkwebs
  4. Ed O
  5. PtldPlatypus
  6. SlyPokerDog
  1. santeesioux

    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

    Joined:
    Dec 3, 2008
    Messages:
    10,747
    Likes Received:
    5,327
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Trolling the internet
    Location:
    Southern Oregon
    santeesioux, Nov 11, 2015
    #1
  2. julius

    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    45,327
    Likes Received:
    34,202
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Sales Manager
    Location:
    Cincinnati
    On the one hand, I'm a little miffed that Portland is more pretentious than Shittle is...but on the other hand, it just means Portland is better than Shittle.
     
    julius, Nov 11, 2015
    #2
    magnifier661 and GriLtCheeZ like this.
  3. ripcityboy

    ripcityboy Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2013
    Messages:
    12,934
    Likes Received:
    10,797
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    self employed
    Location:
    pdx, or, usa.
    Only the 5th? We can do better! Where is your civic pride!
     
    ripcityboy, Nov 12, 2015
    #3
  4. oldmangrouch

    oldmangrouch persona non grata

    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2008
    Messages:
    12,403
    Likes Received:
    6,325
    Trophy Points:
    113
    The only thing pretentious here is the author of that drivel.
     
    oldmangrouch, Nov 12, 2015
    #4
    PDXFonz likes this.
  5. PDXFonz

    PDXFonz I’m listening

    Joined:
    Jul 2, 2013
    Messages:
    19,960
    Likes Received:
    16,596
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Lol the criteria.

     
    PDXFonz, Nov 12, 2015
    #5
    BrianFromWA likes this.
  6. BrianFromWA

    BrianFromWA Editor in Chief Staff Member Editor in Chief

    Joined:
    Sep 9, 2008
    Messages:
    26,096
    Likes Received:
    9,073
    Trophy Points:
    113
    ^ I was about to make the same observation. How pretentious are you, if you think that WalMart vs. Whole Foods is the bastion of pretention? And what's wrong with small business? Art galleries, and people talking about poetry and philosophy are the mark of pretention?

    I mean, per-capita high-end restaurants with booked-in-advanced waitlists and snobby maître d's would be a mark of pretention. A high ratio of per-capita spending on sporting team tax breaks vs. education would be a mark that you take yourselves too seriously as a civic institution. Ratio of # of lootings vs. # of peaceful protests would show the opposite: that you don't take your city very seriously. Ratio of private to public university attendance. Stuff like that.
     
    BrianFromWA, Nov 12, 2015
    #6
    Further likes this.
  7. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2009
    Messages:
    30,672
    Likes Received:
    8,852
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    retired, while you work!
    jlprk, Nov 12, 2015
    #7
    UncleCliffy'sDaddy likes this.
  8. BrianFromWA

    BrianFromWA Editor in Chief Staff Member Editor in Chief

    Joined:
    Sep 9, 2008
    Messages:
    26,096
    Likes Received:
    9,073
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Minny only wins b/c the software spellchecker can't find errors on pictures. Especially of genitalia. And that's even counting Zach Harper, who's almost the only writer over there not in the "hot garbage"/"dumpster fire"/"Clorox in the eyes" category.
     
    BrianFromWA, Nov 12, 2015
    #8
    jlprk likes this.
  9. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

    Joined:
    Nov 10, 2008
    Messages:
    34,328
    Likes Received:
    43,693
    Trophy Points:
    113
    In fairness, the definition of pretentious is "attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed." By that definition, I would tend to agree that their criteria is valid.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Nov 12, 2015
    #9
    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 likes this.
  10. UncleCliffy'sDaddy

    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

    Joined:
    Jul 2, 2015
    Messages:
    7,526
    Likes Received:
    15,329
    Trophy Points:
    113
    We're #5!! We're #5!! :blazerwookie:
     
    UncleCliffy'sDaddy, Nov 12, 2015
    #10
  11. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    13,201
    Likes Received:
    6,539
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Gear Finisher
    Location:
    Lebanon, Oregon
    "Developed by a team of data scientists..."

    Oh, the irony...
     
    BlazerWookee, Nov 12, 2015
    #11
  12. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2009
    Messages:
    30,672
    Likes Received:
    8,852
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    retired, while you work!
    jlprk, Nov 12, 2015
    #12
  13. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2009
    Messages:
    30,672
    Likes Received:
    8,852
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    retired, while you work!
    jlprk, Nov 12, 2015
    #13

Share This Page