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Old 10-14-2010, 08:56 PM
 
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Top 40 OMG Moments in Recent Chicago History - Chicago magazine
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Old 10-14-2010, 09:04 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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No offense to you, but I think I am going to make a 40 IDGAF "moments" in recent Chicago history.

Most of the ones on the list are decent (although there are quite a few that are not quite recent.) I also dislike the usage of childish language like OMG used by a mature classy magazine.
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Old 10-14-2010, 09:38 PM
 
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Number 40 (the first one listed) fails to mention that the Aon Center is actually the third tallest building in Chicago, not the Hancock. Many people assume the Hancock is taller, but they are wrong. Viewed from the west (like in the featured video), the Hancock certainly appears taller because it is several hundred feet closer than the Aon Center.
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Old 10-14-2010, 11:30 PM
 
Location: Skokiewood
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Number 40 (the first one listed) fails to mention that the Aon Center is actually the third tallest building in Chicago, not the Hancock. Many people assume the Hancock is taller, but they are wrong. Viewed from the west (like in the featured video), the Hancock certainly appears taller because it is several hundred feet closer than the Aon Center.
This is based on roof height, of course. Aon (346m) is taller than the Hancock (344m) in that respect, but with the antennas, the Hancock goes to 457m, so I can understand the goof-up. Note that the picture caption says "three of the tallest buildings in Chicago", which is correct.
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Old 10-15-2010, 08:41 AM
 
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Damn, lots of that happened almost 35 years ago!
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Old 10-15-2010, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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No offense to you, but I think I am going to make a 40 IDGAF "moments" in recent Chicago history.

Most of the ones on the list are decent (although there are quite a few that are not quite recent.) I also dislike the usage of childish language like OMG used by a mature classy magazine.
It's overused as hell, I'll give you that, but Chicago Magazine really isn't all that classy to begin with.
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Old 10-15-2010, 10:40 AM
 
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It's overused as hell, I'll give you that, but Chicago Magazine really isn't all that classy to begin with.
IDK, IMHO Chi Mag is classy enough, FWIW. LoL. ROFLMAO!

YMMV. ChiMag FTW.

WYSIWYG. OPP. ELO.

G2G! LYLAS!
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Old 10-15-2010, 11:18 AM
 
Location: "Chicago"
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Damn, lots of that happened almost 35 years ago!
I'd consider that to be recent. We're not talking, say, the Al Capone years.
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Old 10-15-2010, 12:59 PM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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What do these three mean?: WYSIWYG. OPP. ELO.

Guess I'm getting old. My sister, who's ten years my junior is a friend on Facebook, and I truly don't understand at least 25% of what she says on there.
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Old 10-15-2010, 01:06 PM
 
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What do these three mean?: WYSIWYG. OPP. ELO.

Guess I'm getting old. My sister, who's ten years my junior is a friend on Facebook, and I truly don't understand at least 25% of what she says on there.
I promise that those are in NO WAY relics of the current texting age.

The second one, for example....

How can I 'splain it? I'll take you frame by frame it. To have y'all jumpin' shall we singin' it.
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