# Goddamn dirty hippies (Starbucks-related) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 9, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697 "2006-11-09T14:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/1 "2006-11-09T14:12:51Z")
So, I’ve got a new job, been here 6 weeks and still getting to know my cow-orkers. I made a rare trip to Starbucks this morninig before work, and learned that Starbucks Company did something kind of shitty regarding our soldiers and the war in Iraq. A cow-orker was delpoyed outside Baghdad about 18 months ago, and his squad wrote a letter to Starbucks saying they missed the coffee, couldn’t buy it “over there” and would Starbucks send them some? Starbucks wrote back and said (and I’m paraphrasing here) “Starbucks does not support the war in Iraq, and so we will not send you the coffee you’ve asked for”. So, now I’ve got to boycott Starbucks. :dubious: I mean, the story is hearsay, for one thing. But on the other hand, my cow-orker seems pretty adamant about his boycott of Starbucks and looked incensed when he saw my paper cup. Anyone care to join me in a half-hearted boycott of Starbucks? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/2 "2006-11-09T14:16:09Z")
Point your cow-orker [here](http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp), and get yourself to Starbuck’s for some caffeinated goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/3 "2006-11-09T14:18:08Z")
A quick google of “starbucks iraq” brings me [this link](http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/starbucks-iraq.htm), which claims “Fiction.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/4 "2006-11-09T14:18:44Z")
[Obligatory Snopes link](http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp)’ > [@](#): > > \*\*Status: False. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/5 "2006-11-09T14:23:55Z")
> [@](#): > > …and his squad wrote a letter to Starbucks saying they missed the coffee… I’d bet that if pressed it wasn’t “his squad”, but “someone a friend of his knew in another division” or some such. Of course, even when presented with the evidence, most UL fans will insist that it _happened to them goddammit!_ so you may have an uphill struggle. I’ve really never understood these emails along the lines of “Company X doesn’t support Y so you must boycott it!” What? Starbucks has closed is operations in Israel? Oh well, I must buy my coffee elsewhere :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/6 "2006-11-09T14:35:16Z")
I can’t believe I got _snoped_. My cow-orker related the story first-hand. :rolleyes: What a ballbag. Good job fighting ignorance here, fellow Dopers. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/7 "2006-11-09T15:26:28Z")
Yeah, don’t skip your Starbucks fix because they’re damn dirty hippies. Skip them because their _coffee is not fucking potable._ ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/8 "2006-11-09T15:34:44Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] I can’t believe I got _snoped_. My cow-orker related the story first-hand. :rolleyes: What a ballbag. Good job fighting ignorance here, fellow Dopers. Thank you. [/QUOTE] Don’t call him a “ballbag”, instead, call him a “nugget pouch”. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/9 "2006-11-09T15:48:25Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] Yeah, don’t skip your Starbucks fix because they’re damn dirty hippies. Skip them because their _coffee is not fucking potable._ [/QUOTE] I was going to say the same thing. Second Cup or Timothy’s are better. Tim Horton’s is better still, but there are very few in the US. Most of the rest (Coffee Time, Country Style, et al) serve roasted sewer effluvium. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/10 "2006-11-09T16:08:49Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Anyone care to join me in a half-hearted boycott of Starbucks? [/QUOTE] No, but please consider yourself lucky for the chlice of forum you started this thread in. There could very well be more comments about you somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/11 "2006-11-09T16:10:59Z")
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer] No, but please consider yourself lucky for the chlice of forum you started this thread in. There could very well be more comments about you somewhere else. [/QUOTE] What the hell is _that_ supposed to mean? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/12 "2006-11-09T16:12:43Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] Yeah, don’t skip your Starbucks fix because they’re damn dirty hippies. Skip them because their _coffee is not fucking potable._ [/QUOTE] Indeed. I prefer _Chock Full O’ Nuts_, but the missus forgot to buy it last trip to the grocery store. Good, bad or indifferent, Starbucks coffee will put lead in your pencil. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/13 "2006-11-09T16:30:46Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] What the hell is _that_ supposed to mean? [/QUOTE] Um. It means that people…talk..about you? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/14 "2006-11-09T16:35:31Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] What the hell is _that_ supposed to mean? [/QUOTE] If you had posted this in The Pit, you might have been one that got pitted? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/15 "2006-11-09T16:36:28Z")
Boycott Starbucks anyway. They’re doing too well so we should take them down a few notches. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/16 "2006-11-09T16:38:13Z")
Mmmm…soy vanilla latte. It’s not bad for $4.00 a cup. The key is to think of it as dessert, not as a coffee. That doesn’t really help when you’re craving for one at 11:30 in the morning. I must resist. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/17 "2006-11-09T16:58:24Z")
I’m still trying to figure out how the OP equates Starbucks with “dirty hippies.” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/18 "2006-11-09T17:03:24Z")
[QUOTE=Ethilrist] I’m still trying to figure out how the OP equates Starbucks with “dirty hippies.” [/QUOTE] I assume because he was under the impression that Starbucks didn’t support the war, and only damn dirty hippies don’t support wars. ---
**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 9, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/19 "2006-11-09T17:07:07Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] I assume because he was under the impression that Starbucks didn’t support the war, and only damn dirty hippies don’t support wars. [/QUOTE] Damn, dirty apes, however, have committed frequent crimes against humanity. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697/20 "2006-11-09T17:07:16Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Boycott Starbucks anyway. They’re doing too well so we should take them down a few notches. [/QUOTE] Yes, by all means. We should do everything possible to punish the successful. :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-dirty-hippies-starbucks-related/379697.md?page=2)