18 CommentsBwog really and truly received this email from a curious freshperson.
Dear Bwog,
I’m new here, CC ’15, and I was wondering whether it is normal that there is a stench in Butler’s 4th floor near the elevators so terrible it is as if the books themselves have died and now reek of rottingbook flesh. If this is not normal, then my tip is that the 4th floor of Butler, near the elevators, smells so terrible that it is as if the books themselves have died and now reek of rotting book flesh.
Indeed, dear freshling, ’tis true. The Milstein Reading room persistently reeks. Facilities assured us they have investigated the strange smell to no avail. Conspiracy theories abound. We’ve heard the stench described as vomit-like and sulfuric, but hats off to you for your ingenious graphic account, and for making upperclassmen feel old and weirdly nostalgic.
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@calm down folks I’m Asian, and even I know the 4th floor stench is because it’s freaking Chinatown over there. It’s not racist if it’s the truth.
@Anonymous chemicals to preserve the periodicals
@CC'13 i cannot believe this thread exists. really, columbia?
@Anonymous Wet dog
@Anonymous theyre warm and tasty too!
@hmm I suspect a dead rodent in an air duct.
@Anonymous probs the anti-bedbug fumes
@it's haunted
@Anonymous its the asians.
@Took the words outta my mouth. Er, keyboard.
@wang it’s the durian
@Anonymous its the weird smelly asian food
@Anonymous Kimchi, to be precise. I thought that was common knowledge.
@Anonymous Dammit, someone beat me to this joke! The particular room that smells the most like kimchi, to my knowledge, is Butler 409. Whether this is particularly close to the elevators, and its relation to the function of the sundial and staying late at the heights, I can neither determine nor confirm.
@hmmm Asian Vagina to be precise
@Anonymous why the fuck is this a socially acceptable thing to say? do people seriously not think that’s incredibly shitty?
@Anonymous truth is always incredibly shitty. deal with it.
@Anonymous wow, seriously? how is this comment still here/getting thumbs up? if it said “it’s because of the blacks” it’d have already been deleted. i guess blatant racism doesn’t count when it’s against asians. stay classy bwog & bwog commenters.