# What if they gave an Occupy protest. . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-they-gave-an-occupy-protest/603508>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 20, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-they-gave-an-occupy-protest/603508 "2011-11-20T02:11:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-they-gave-an-occupy-protest/603508/1 "2011-11-20T02:11:13Z")

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. . .and nobody showed up? Somebody set up a “Dog-upy Portland” protest for today, starting in my neighborhood. People were supposed to bring their dogs and then march down to the local BofA branch and. . .do something. We went to see the festivities and take some photos, but it was a complete no-show. I’m sure the cat cartel has something to do with this. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-they-gave-an-occupy-protest/603508/2 "2011-11-20T03:14:37Z")

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Or could be that people have better things to do on a Saturday …

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-they-gave-an-occupy-protest/603508/3 "2011-11-20T04:18:19Z")

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> [@PandaBear77](#):
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> Or could be that people have better things to do on a Saturday …

In Hipsterville? Nah.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-they-gave-an-occupy-protest/603508/4 "2011-11-20T13:10:54Z")

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Well, to be fair, that is a remarkably stupid idea.

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**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-they-gave-an-occupy-protest/603508/5 "2011-11-20T13:46:55Z")

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Well in Toronto. 90% of the tents are empty during the [night.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljQd_pfykV8&feature=related)

Too cold I suppose.

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-they-gave-an-occupy-protest/603508/6 "2011-11-21T08:45:29Z")

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They’re [pepper spraying](http://i.imgur.com/LlQjD.png) people on wall st now.

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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-they-gave-an-occupy-protest/603508/7 "2011-11-21T09:23:24Z")

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n/m