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Dumb Starbucks opens in California

They're going to feel dumb when Starbucks' lawyers bankrupt them in court with legal fees alone. Starbucks won't even need to win.

they did exactly this years ago to a local coffee shop from next to my home town. little town called astoria, OR with a population of around 4-6,000. a woman named Samantha Bucks opens up 400 sq.ft coffee shop and calls it sam bucks. starbucks took her to court and bankrupted her, shutting her shop down with legal fees.
 
There used to be a coffee shop in my area called Moonbucks, I think they got sued or something but they had to change their company name.
 
They even fuck up their example of fair use doctrine.

Weird Al sought and gained Michael Jackson's explicit permission to parody his songs, as he usually does for most of his song parodies.

Gangsta's/Amish Paradise would be a better example.

They aren't Dumb Starbucks for nothing.
 
During my brief visit to the states I went to Starbuck quite a bit and thought it was great.

The staff were very friendly and often gave my friend and I free food because they knew we were struggling to find work for the summer.

Having free wifi was great as we could skype and email home.

I don't get why I always here people bitching about it.
 
Read this thread yesterday, slept on it, and I still can't figure out any upside to doing this.
 
During my brief visit to the states I went to Starbuck quite a bit and thought it was great.

The staff were very friendly and often gave my friend and I free food because they knew we were struggling to find work for the summer.

Having free wifi was great as we could skype and email home.

I don't get why I always here people bitching about it.

because reasons...that's why...seriously i have no idea either their coffee is great
 
Oh, so you're off the Propecia?

Apperently, viewing such an act (the taking of a metaphoric shit upon the world's worst coffee bar franchise) gets my dick really really hard.

Not unlike a Hebrew with the 2-for-1 bagels...
Ehkhh-hahhhkh?
 
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I can't tell if they're sincere in their exploitation or if some rich guys with legal knowledge were so pissed off by this that they set up the store to invite attention to get parody law changed (sort of like the Orchid Hunter in Adaptation).
Man, if in were rich and bored. I'd be all over this
 
because reasons...that's why...seriously i have no idea either their coffee is great

Their coffee is meh and costs twice as much as regular coffee. Also people end up just getting coffee flavored milkshakes there.
 
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