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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #825 on: October 19, 2020, 03:45:04 PM »
Take that nonsense over to Hunters Ridge kid.  Petro Deli is an institution.

No place takes me immediately back to my childhood the way Petro Deli does.  Unchanged in the last 30 years.  I can smell the gizzards now.

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #826 on: October 19, 2020, 04:44:13 PM »
Teenagers these days have no respect.
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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #827 on: October 19, 2020, 09:23:04 PM »
Take that nonsense over to Hunters Ridge kid.  Petro Deli is an institution.

No place takes me immediately back to my childhood the way Petro Deli does.  Unchanged in the last 30 years.  I can smell the gizzards now.

I'll never forget the sweet naked dancing girls... or was it those delicious potato logs and wings.  :drool:
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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #828 on: October 20, 2020, 08:47:02 AM »
Teenagers these days have no respect.

Agreed.  If we wanted to pull some crap like this back in the day we took it to North Topeka BLVD like responsible citizens.

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #829 on: October 20, 2020, 09:13:54 AM »
Topeka fun fact:
It is the grayest capital city in America. They did an analysis of all of the buildings for all of the capitals and Topeka is least colorful city.

It's the real life version of black and white movies.

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #830 on: October 20, 2020, 09:30:09 AM »
Why is the real estate market in Topeka booming?? Who is moving or wanting to live there?

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #831 on: October 24, 2020, 03:59:13 AM »
Corrupt democratic politicians probably!

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #832 on: November 07, 2020, 07:27:44 PM »
https://twitter.com/wsteaks/status/1325238370340130818

Petrodeli unified school district has a nice ring to it
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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #833 on: November 09, 2020, 04:36:37 PM »
What's the connection to Topeka?

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #835 on: November 09, 2020, 04:55:02 PM »

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #836 on: November 09, 2020, 04:58:39 PM »
I honestly had never heard of this before, neither had the other two people from my class who I still talk to.
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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #837 on: November 09, 2020, 06:18:24 PM »
I honestly had never heard of this before, neither had the other two people from my class who I still talk to.

It would periodically fire up, and few students would insist on a change and the district would ignore them.  I know some people who graduated in the 80's who knew about it.  Everyone within a couple years of me knew about it for sure.

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #838 on: November 09, 2020, 08:56:54 PM »
Topeka just doesn't want to erase its proud racist history.

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #839 on: November 09, 2020, 09:00:44 PM »
Topeka just doesn't want to erase its proud racist history.

Do you even Brown V Board bro?

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #840 on: November 09, 2020, 10:43:35 PM »
Topeka just doesn't want to erase its proud racist history.

Do you even Brown V Board bro?

this definitely qualifies as racist history. you can't have a great un-racisting victory without a racist side to battle against.

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #841 on: November 10, 2020, 09:51:01 AM »
Topeka just doesn't want to erase its proud racist history.

Do you even Brown V Board bro?

this definitely qualifies as racist history. you can't have a great un-racisting victory without a racist side to battle against.

Northern Topeka, specifically north of the river, was alleged to have had "sunset" customs in place as well.  It's a terrible history. 

What is especially hilarious to me is that a school district would even want to retain the name of "Seaman." I mean, it's god damn punchline name even without it being one-in-the-same with the KKK.  "LOL, you are named after [bodily fluid]!" "No we aren't, we are named after the KKK!" 

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #842 on: November 10, 2020, 10:09:40 AM »
 :lol:

Yeah, I have absolutely no connection to the name, who gives a crap.

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #843 on: November 10, 2020, 10:36:45 AM »
What does “sunset customs” mean?
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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #844 on: November 10, 2020, 10:39:57 AM »
They should change their name to Semen High. That way everyone talking about them doesn't have to change anything and being named after semen is a whole lot less embarrassing than being named after a klansman.

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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #845 on: November 10, 2020, 10:52:36 AM »
What does “sunset customs” mean?

A sunset county or town is one where non-white people are arrested or lynched if caught in the area after sunset. Usually enforced by the police.
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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #846 on: November 10, 2020, 10:53:28 AM »
I figured it was something like that :(
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Re: Facts about Topeka
« Reply #848 on: June 17, 2021, 02:22:45 PM »
i was afraid they were going to be swastikas. good job, topekans  :thumbs:

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