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| − | '''Boredatcolumbia''', formerly known as '''Bored at Butler''' or '''B@B''' (with various capitalization schemes, a choice of "at" or "@", and various domain name suffixes), is a hangout for bored people. It is "the last resort, when there's no one on aim, no one on fb, nothing new on the net." The most common word is "sex."
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| − | The website was set up by [[Jonathan Pappas]] CC '06, a [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]] brother from West Virginia. He said that the site "illustrates what many college students would say if they weren’t culturally pressured to be socially acceptable. That was the idea to it. Take a college student, strip them of their identity and see what they have to say."
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| − | Originally set up to entertain procrastinating students at [[Butler Library]], the website soon spread to other universities. After Columbia asked Pappas to stop using its [[Columbia crown|crown]] logo due to the controversial language that often appeared on the site, Pappas used it as an opportunity to transform what had become a growing "boredat" empire.
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| − | == Demographic analysis ==
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| − | Anyone accessing the site from a Columbia I.P. address can post comments anonymously.
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| − | * Many B@B visitors happen to be fucking idiots. And some aren't fucking idiots. They're just idiots themselves. Just good old, plain jane idiots. Damn straight.
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| − | * The larger majority of B@B visitors are Columbia gay men, looking to hook up with each other in [[the stacks]] or equally sketchy areas. It has been suggested that, while straight couples nearly never hook up, more than a few gay students have found temporary love thanks to the anonymous message board.
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| − | * B@B access requires a valid columbia email, or being located somewhere on the Columbia network in order to be able to post
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| − | * Like all chat rooms, most women are secretly men.
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| − | == Frequent discussions ==
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| − | * Words like "fuck," "dick," "pussy," and oddly enough "shaving"
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| − | === Life at Columbia ===
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| − | * [[Barnard]] jokes
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| − | * [[GS]] students (they're old, they smell, and they're annoying)
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| − | * Midterms (midterms are a bitch; I don't want to study for midterms; I'm going to fail all of my midterms)
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| − | * What's the average GPA?
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| − | * Is my GPA high or low? (answer: low, ha ha)
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| − | * Manhattanville (Should Columbia buy all of Harlem and build a huge student center + park + new dorms there?)
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| − | * I don't want [[Matthew Fox]], I want George Bush
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| − | * Barnard girls are ugly/fat/lesbians vs. Columbia girls are ugly/fat/lesbians
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| − | === "Self help" ===
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| − | * I have no life! / You have no life!
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| − | * I'm fucked! / You're fucked!
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| − | * I hate my life! (there's a good chance I'll jump under a moving car next week)
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| − | * What's the best way to kill yourself?
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| − | === Sex and relationships ===
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| − | * Sex with ugly people vs. no sex at all
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| − | * Should I ask the girl opposite from me out?
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| − | * Talking to girls (has anyone tried yet?)
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| − | * Who wants to have sex in the stacks (answer: nobody, ever)
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| − | * Relationship advice (why do you guys always go for the boobs first?)
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| − | * Should I shave? How?
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| − | :* Should I trim? Oh shit I accidentally cut off my balls!
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | * [http://www.boredatbutler.com/ Bored@Butler]
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| − | * [http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2007/03/05/070305ta_talk_widdicombe The New Yorker, "The New Bathroom Wall"]
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| − | * [http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2007030501040 The Dartmouth, "Bored at Baker lets students opine on anything, anon."]
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| − | * [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/tools/papertrail/061208/tired_of_writing_stupid_papers.htm U.S.News, "Tired of Writing Stupid Papers? Post Something Stupid to a Website..."]
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| − | * [http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/blogs/index.php?page=post§ion=2&id=619 Daily Pennsylvanian, How BoredatVanPelt Are You?]
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| − | * [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516236 Harvard Crimson, "He Was Pretty Bored, Too"]
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| − | * [http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2006/12/04/News/Sex-In.The.Stacks.Message.Site.Attracts.The.Distracted-2519989.shtml?norewrite200612071510&sourcedomain=www.dailypennsylvanian.com Daily Pennsylvanian, "Sex in the stacks? Message site attracts the distracted"]
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| − | * [http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/12/04/news/16832.shtml Daily Princetonian, "Students alleviate boredom on blog"]
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| − | * [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=515684 Harvard Crimson, "Bored at Lamont"]
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| − | * [http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=5003 Yale Herald, "Around the Ivies"]
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| − | * [http://www.cornellsun.com/node/19733 Cornell Daily Sun, "Blog Fights Library Boredom"]
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| − | * [http://www.ivygateblog.com/blog/2006/10/students_united_by_internet_soul-crippling_boredom.html IvyGateBlog.com, "Students United by Internet, Soul-Crippling Boredom"]
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| − | * [http://www.observer.com/20060306/20060306___thecity_newyorkworld-3.asp The New York Observer, "Ivy League Logs"]
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