# Fuck Emerson College & fuck Ron Burgundy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 18, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191 "2013-11-18T18:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/21 "2013-11-18T21:39:18Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > It’s just one day. Harvard named itself after a guy who gave them a bunch of books, and they’ve kept the name for nearly 400 years. Whores. Clearly. Whores. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/22 "2013-11-18T21:48:45Z")
> [@Jesse\_Pinkman](#): > > I wouldn’t worry about Emerson. I went to college in Boston and their student body consisted of idiot hipsters who thought the reason they got the shit kicked out of them in high school was because “people didn’t understand them” when in reality it was that they’re annoying and pretentious as fuck. Weak. You could at least tell us which college you went to in Boston so we have the opportunity to point and laugh at you as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jesse\_Pinkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jesse\_Pinkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Pinkman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/23 "2013-11-18T21:52:25Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > Weak. > You could at least tell us which college you went to in Boston so we have the opportunity to point and laugh at you as well. Nah, I prefer my post. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/24 "2013-11-18T21:55:56Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > It’s just one day. Harvard named itself after a guy who gave them a bunch of books, and they’ve kept the name for nearly 400 years. He got off cheap. It cost Henry Rutgers $5,000. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/25 "2013-11-18T22:05:14Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Makes me so I angry I should go to a rock cutting place and deposit trash in the vicinity. I just wanted you to know that someone laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/26 "2013-11-18T22:08:30Z")
Why is it that when people post the stupidest of rants they rarely bother to return? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/27 "2013-11-18T22:54:38Z")
> [@Longshanks](#): > > Why is it that when people post the stupidest of rants they rarely bother to return? Because admitting one is an idiot is hard. That’s why I never do it. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/28 "2013-11-18T22:59:39Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Makes me so I angry I should go to a rock cutting place and deposit trash in the vicinity. TWO people laughed, at least. This was great, **Oak**. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/29 "2013-11-18T23:00:58Z")
This is awful news. Now people might not take journalism grads seriously! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/30 "2013-11-19T00:17:55Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I just wanted you to know that someone laughed. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > TWO people laughed, at least. This was great, **Oak**. \ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/31 "2013-11-19T00:20:39Z")
> [@Jesse\_Pinkman](#): > > I wouldn’t worry about Emerson. I went to college in Boston and their student body consisted of idiot hipsters who thought the reason they got the shit kicked out of them in high school was because “people didn’t understand them” when in reality it was that they’re annoying and pretentious as fuck. > [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I am an Emerson alumnus, not at all a fan of Will Ferrell or Ron Burgundy movies, and I think it’s just fine. In fact, mildly cool and fun. Loosen up, nimrod. So, did you get the shit kicked out of you in high school? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/32 "2013-11-19T00:50:50Z")
Well, that escalated quickly. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/33 "2013-11-19T01:15:39Z")
I don’t care about naming it after Ron Burgundy for a day. Even a week might be OK. They’re not doing it permanently. It’s cute. I’m annoyed by you failing to use the proper singular of “alum_nus_.” ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/34 "2013-11-19T01:19:35Z")
I’m hard-pressed to think of anything in the news recently I could give less of a shit about. You need to relax. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/35 "2013-11-19T01:30:29Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > This is awful news. Now people might not take journalism grads seriously! Exactly. Now, once they go to a job interview, and the fact comes out that they have a communications degree, they can at least tell one interesting anecdote, before being shown the door. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/36 "2013-11-19T01:35:38Z")
I think I’ve decided that Bo gets off on the negative attention (see Quarry) and is trolling us with this OP. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/37 "2013-11-19T01:45:17Z")
I tell ya, lad, you need to think before pitting, this was an ill-advised attempt that ended up making a real dumbfuck or two look almost reasonable. You need to start an “I Pit Snowboarder Bo” thread on yourself, because we have no corner for you to stand in. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/38 "2013-11-19T01:46:57Z")
So what I get from the OP is that this collaboration is somehow “beneath” Emerson College. I also get the sense that he thinks that this is going to lead to corporate sponsorship of various college arms, like sports stadiums, until we’re applying for Harvard-FedEx University and Stanford-Forever 21. It makes me wonder if he’s been paying much attention to what colleges do for money in the past hundred years. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/39 "2013-11-19T01:58:55Z")
I don’t know what it means. I’ll be honest: I don’t think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago. (_“Doesn’t it mean Saint Diego?”_ No, no. _“No, that’s – that’s what it means. Really.”_) (Agree to disagree.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/40 "2013-11-19T01:58:57Z")
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