How do you feel about Starbucks? NOt the coffee, the corporation. Allot of people seem sort of indifferent while many wan t to fire bomb them. How do YOU feel ? I workd there for a year and caused much trouble, as I didn't agree with most of their policies!
― Pennysong Hanle y, Saturday, September 8, 2001 2:00 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspect5es.gif
― Eddie Funnie (special guest stars mark bronson), Thursday, 15 January 2009 10:20 (fifteen years ago) link
kind of fucked up that this isn't being reported, ain't it?
― Eddie Funnie (special guest stars mark bronson), Thursday, 15 January 2009 10:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Would it be overly pedantic to point out that you just linked to a report of it?
― Lord Byron Lived Here, Thursday, 15 January 2009 11:36 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, in that widely read tome the east london advertiser.
― Eddie Funnie (special guest stars mark bronson), Thursday, 15 January 2009 11:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23618498-details/Starbucks+is+firebombed+%27in+protest+against+Israel%27/article.do
― Lord Byron Lived Here, Thursday, 15 January 2009 11:51 (fifteen years ago) link
fair nuff. i would have expected the guardian and independent to have covered it, but also possibly to have offered some comment. amid the harry's p-word hysteria it is a bit rich.
― Eddie Funnie (special guest stars mark bronson), Thursday, 15 January 2009 11:57 (fifteen years ago) link
starbucks, they peddle espresso drinks that are a little too expensive, and coffee that has noticeably improved in the last year or so (and which isn't expensive at all), and from what i hear anecdotally their employee sitch is ok, and they're open a lot fucking later than the korean lunch lady's stand down the street even though she has b.l.t.s, which is usually what i'm after, the moral of this is fuck everything without decent bacon lol i love it, especially when it's a ladies' bacon purchase choice vs. microwave costco-style strips, but you have always got to consider the hours.
x-post i'm learning this as it moves along
― matt p (Matt P), Thursday, 15 January 2009 12:02 (fifteen years ago) link
http://queenmaryoccupation.blogspot.com/
^^ fuckin guys. QMU is actually a pretty dece university, or at least i thought it was. what a bunch of plankton.
― A Good Story (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 10:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Skillz.
― Lord Byron Lived Here, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 11:50 (fifteen years ago) link
That Starbucks has always had its doors smashed in ever since it opened.
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 11:58 (fifteen years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hvIDVXLef80/SX-SvhElvuI/AAAAAAAAAAc/j5UNR4ip-bY/s1600-h/IMG_0759.JPG
Also, there's a Starbucks on the QMU campus? How can these poor students with their thousands of pounds worth of fees afford £2.50 for a coffee when they've already spent their pocket money/allowances/trust funds/wages on the Kate Moss @ Topshop collection and Does It Offend You Yeah stickers? We just used to make do with Nescafe.
Truly I care about the important issues.
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
After considerable research into the financial and ideological background of the Starbucks Corporation, we have decided to withdraw our demand that products of the Starbucks franchise should cease to be sold on campus. Despite our misgivings about Howard Schultz the C.E.O. of Starbucks, we feel that there is insufficient evidence that the company is involved in financing the Israeli military.We therefore replace the demand with the aforementioned condemnation of the BBC. We believe that this is a much more pertinent issue for the people of Gaza, as well as the College.
― admin log special guest star (DG), Thursday, 29 January 2009 11:53 (fifteen years ago) link
loooool
― the face of fashion in soho square (special guest stars mark bronson), Thursday, 29 January 2009 12:03 (fifteen years ago) link
This new instant coffee thing -- do they really want us not to patronize their stores? Is it like selling Netflix subscriptions at a movie theater?
― Eazy, Thursday, 26 March 2009 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link
i know it's ILE, but i am consistently amused by the music channel of starbucks. i've been treated to some of the best of dub-reggae for the past hour or so. a little disconcerting, but also awesome.
― my bach penises and their contrapuntal technique (the table is the table), Friday, 28 August 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
and just fyi, i'm waiting on someone for lunch and needed to use the internet-- haven't been in one of these since may. i don't even know where they exist in SF? tourist places, probs.
― my bach penises and their contrapuntal technique (the table is the table), Friday, 28 August 2009 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
is their internet free now?
― the kid is crying because did sharks died? (Hurting 2), Saturday, 29 August 2009 03:19 (fifteen years ago) link
they are on every single corner of every block of the financial district in SF
I'm pretty sure I saw one starbucks that claimed to have free wifi. before it was only for t-mobile customers. I don't know a single person who has t-mobile.
― akm, Saturday, 29 August 2009 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
You know me! I have T-Mobile!
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 29 August 2009 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
ritual roasters on valencia has free wifi and hipsters
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 29 August 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Seems to be coming to Belgium. Urgh
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 29 August 2009 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't even know where they exist in SF?
???? crazy talk
― iatee, Saturday, 29 August 2009 23:03 (fifteen years ago) link
not an exaggeration
― iatee, Saturday, 29 August 2009 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
does anyone remember the stealth Starbucks at 18th? and Bryant ... it was called something like "circadia" and then it showed its true identity?
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Saturday, 29 August 2009 23:06 (fifteen years ago) link
http://money.msn.com/investment-advice/now.aspx?post=d42eccbf-d572-4513-9656-a28ce12e30a4>1=33002
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Monday, 10 February 2014 21:39 (ten years ago) link
So is this a real business?Yes it is. Although we are a fully functioning coffee shop, for legal reasons Dumb Starbucks needs to be categorized as a work of parody art. So, in the eyes of the law, our "coffee shop" is actually an "art gallery" and the "coffee" you're buying is considered the art. But that's for our lawyers to worry about. All you need to do is enjoy our delicious coffee!
Are you saying Starbucks is dumb?Not at all. In fact, we love Starbucks and look up to them as role models. Unfortunately, the only way to use their intellectual property under fair use is if we are making fun of them. So the word "dumb" comes out of necessity, not enmity.
Wow, this person is monumentally stupid.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 February 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I guess it was just some barista. Still, don't tell your baristas to say shit like that! "We're using fair use as an excuse" is not a very good way to set up your fair use defense.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 February 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
I walked by this yesterday. Kinda funny, but only a little bit. Predictably the line was down the block, about a hundred people.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 10 February 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, can't say I think it's that funny. It's gonna get so shut down, and the people who did it are going to be out a lot of money.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 February 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
The FAQ is hilarious, has to be a "Nathan For You" bit, as some have suspected.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Monday, 10 February 2014 22:33 (ten years ago) link
aaaand confirmed as such.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:53 (ten years ago) link
In three days a Twitter feed for Dumb Starbucks has amassed over 8K followers. Even Universal got in on the mania on their Dumb & Dumber To Facebook page.
wow
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:09 (ten years ago) link
oh, turns out this is something a friend of mine did -- haha
― sarahell, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
you're friends with nathan fielder?
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 03:33 (ten years ago) link
no, but a friend of mine is apparently claiming credit?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 03:34 (ten years ago) link
makes sense.
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 03:51 (ten years ago) link
I just threw away http://books.google.com/books/about/Pour_your_heart_into_it.html?id=V_MjPzynsRcC in honor of this mishap
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link
Some great viral marketing from not-so-dumb Starbucks imo
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
Nah, I doubt this means much to Starbucks
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
I can't watch Nathan for You bc it makes me too uncomfortable but this is hilarious.
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link
hes a huge asshole fwiw
― Lamp, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
There seems something endemic to LA that things like this instantly attract huge lines. I can't imagine that kind of reaction in NYC for instance.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
http://splitsider.com/2014/02/nathan-fielder-reveals-himself-as-the-mastermind-behind-dumb-starbucks/#more-48423
Thankfully, in the press conference Fielder said he plans to open a Dumb Starbucks in Brooklyn in the coming weeks, so east coast lovers of parody coffee shops will get their chance to wait in line for four hours for a free cup of dumb coffee too.
― waterbabies (waterface), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 17:12 (ten years ago) link
^but that'll provoke a different reaction, now that everyone knows what's going on.
will still be interesting to see what type of reaction he gets.
― ∞, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 18:23 (ten years ago) link
No it won't.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
dumb cronuts
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
Cronuts craze was different though since the payoff to waiting in the cronut line was a cronut whereas the payoff to waiting in the Dumb Starbucks line is, what exactly? Something much more conceptual.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 19:32 (ten years ago) link
i thought you got a cronut once you got to the front of the cronut line
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 20:00 (ten years ago) link
oh wait nm i misread yr post
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/02/dumb-starbucks-and-the-art-of-the-hoax.html
― sarahell, Sunday, 16 February 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link