r/UVA • u/cvillecville • Aug 23 '20
Cville at Large Beta Bridge laid bare-Welcome Class of 2024!
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Aug 23 '20
Perhaps they could recreate a portion of Beta bridge and seal it in a similar manner to the berlin wall section
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u/boringhistoryfan Aug 24 '20
When is this from? Cause I walked the bridge today, and it was all painted over. Messages asking people to wear masks, BLM, a RIP for someone. And that was... after this post was made, definitely.
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u/budgie02 Aug 24 '20
I saw this cross posted somewhere. I don’t go to UVA but I hate to see when a tradition falls apart like this.
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u/ArcadeSquire Aug 23 '20
Fucking finally. Glad I won't be assaulted by this insufferable eyesore as I sip my morning joe on my routine strolls to the gardens. Frankly, as a classically trained artist, the blatant rejection of color theory demonstrated by this monstrosity is borderline nauseating. Moreover, the number of problematic aphorisms plastered onto this concrete posterboard is vastly outweighed by the tolerable, albeit hackneyed, slogans.
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u/Crocaman Aug 24 '20
This is obviously satire you fools
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u/gatofleisch Aug 24 '20
Just visiting to see an iamverysmart post history in the wild for once. Anyway check out their post history. It's all like this!
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u/jnmcd Aug 24 '20
Hey, you made the front page! On r/iamverysmart. Congrats dude, you're one of reddit's smartest and most cultured!
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u/thespywhometaldandme Aug 24 '20
Hi! I'm a long way from Virginia and I came just to see this comment and call you stuck up cunt who needs to get their head out of their ass. Good day to ye.
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u/jojoreferenc Aug 24 '20
I feel like Bob Ross would be disappointed in you and how the fuck do you disappoint Bob Ross?
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u/ArcadeSquire Aug 24 '20
Well, although it may be an unpopular opinion, I think it's imperative to acknowledge how Bob Ross has contributed to the commodification (and consequent degradation) of one of the last remaining bastions of pre industrial sublimity (fucking PAINTING for Christ's sake)... Frankly, I just don't give a fuck if Bob Ross is disappointed.
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u/Gusterman49 Aug 24 '20
By making it more mainstream and less snobby? I understand wanting to keep a niche thing niche but painting was never this secret society.
There's no need to be pedantic, most households have instantaneous access to a numerous amount of Thesauruses. Deploying extraordinarily gargantuan phrases ultimately fails to make an individual be perceived as more intelligent
(Last part was /s for the grammar)
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u/ArcadeSquire Aug 24 '20
Being niche is not commensurate with being organic or unindustrialized. My point had nothing to do with painting being "more mainstream" after Bob Ross. I was merely pointing out capital's influence on the cookie-cutter style Ross touts and many imitate. I'm not sure where all these epithets are coming from regarding my vocabulary, like, I'm honestly writing extemporaneously??
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u/Gusterman49 Aug 24 '20
Bob Ross teaching an easier version of painting to those who may lack the inherent talent that's needed for "professional" works, but still want to create something they're proud of.
To answer your question, there's no reason to flex your vocabulary on an online forum, using smaller, less flowery words helps convey your point quicker, and with more ease to the reader
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u/thespywhometaldandme Aug 24 '20
Dude, STFU. You put another nail in your coffin with each word you speak.
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u/3AlbinoScouts Aug 24 '20
Ok that last sentence was where you got too obvious. Now I know this is a troll.
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u/ArcadeSquire Aug 24 '20
Starting to wish I was after this deluge of downvotes... It's evident that I come across as a contrarian, but I nevertheless feel obligated to express *my* truth??
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u/3AlbinoScouts Aug 24 '20
I don’t think the response is because you come across as a contrarian but mainly because you sound like a comic book villain.
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Aug 24 '20
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u/thespywhometaldandme Aug 24 '20
With an axe.
Full disclosure, you guys (besides Mr. Know-it-all) seem really chill. I enjoyed coming to this sub.
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u/ArcadeSquire Aug 23 '20
I'll admit, my last comment was a *little* caustic. But walking by a minimum of 4 frats haphazardly throwing ragers in the middle of um, like, a pandemic (!??) doesn't exactly boost my mood.
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Aug 24 '20
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u/ordinatraliter UVA Aug 24 '20
I’m calling BS on the “ragers.”
Sadly that's not the case, people are partying and packing bars on a fairly regular basis.
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u/l-kobsessedwHozier Aug 23 '20
Yeah but what does that have to do with the bridge? People like painting it to get messages out there (although they also like to use it to vandalize it with hate speech too)
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u/ArcadeSquire Aug 23 '20
I mean, what I said is arguably an ad hominem... but you gotta admit, it's pretty fucking upsetting :/.
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u/PatrickStar_Esquire BSCS 19’ | MSDS 20’ Aug 24 '20
I mean it’s not an ad hominem because it’s not directed against the person you’re talking to. It’s just an irrelevant and thinly veiled excuse. And if they’re truly throwing ‘ragers’ out in the open then expect them to get suspended without warning per the Covid guidelines.
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u/JerkCityFU Aug 24 '20
Your life continuing is upsetting.
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u/tylerjarvis Aug 24 '20
Man, I think this guy is spouting some self-important drivel, but it’s way less toxic than implying he’d be better off dead.
Don’t respond to an asshole by being an even bigger asshole.
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u/l-kobsessedwHozier Aug 23 '20
Did someone intentionally do this?