quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

Then during dinner, she said, “I would never have dreamed of going home after college. It’s amazing that this is a palatable option for you.” I apologized profusely for not hating her and Dad more.

Fuck that guy, i'm trading him off my team on madden as soon as i get home.

guys guys guys we've got a new winner:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/garden/playhouses-childs-play-grown-up-cash.html

jesus christ that's a long article

I think of it as bling for the yard,” said Ms. Schiller, 40.

Some people might consider it “obnoxious” for a child to have a playhouse that costs more and has more amenities than some real houses, she conceded. But she sees it as an extension of the family home. “My daughter loves it,” she said. “And it’s certainly a conversation piece.”

oh my god those pictures oh my god

“I wanted another reason for the grandkids to come over,” said Mr. Burnham, 64. “Also, I wanted to be able to go up there on Sunday morning and read The New York Times Magazine.”

cant wait until a demon starts living inside that playhouse tbh

also lol tracer otm three pages about luxury tree forts is... something.

how much would you have to change for this to be an onion article

the names?

i am actually going to say that this is a candidate for 'kind of lol but mostly sad'

youd probably have to make the playhouses less expensive tbh. otoh: the Houston home of John Schiller, an oil company executive, and his wife, Kristi, a Playboy model turned blogger is p onion-y already

don't forget the daughter named sinclair, to give it the whiff of truth

I lmao'd at that whole thing

Upstairs is a sitting area with a child-size sofa and chairs for watching DVDs on the 32-inch flat-screen TV.

so I guess in child terms this is a 100" plasma huh

just picturing a fat middle aged guy in a 10 gallon hat and his wife a dozen years younger all like "my little girl needs her own goddamn mini house" before firing a pistol in the air

while typing up a blog post

she's*

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/rich-texan-the-simpsons.jpg

kristi with an i need to tell you about my botox blog

"honey does communist president have one m or two?"

“Childhood is a precious and finite thing,” Ms. Butler said. “And a special playhouse is not the sort of thing you can put off until the economy gets better.”

http://occasionallyfunny.blogspot.com/

just

cannot

be

real

k I'm p ready for a class war now

http://i.imgur.com/zFau7.png

guys i am not going to lie: a little of my bile re. this is motivated by the fact that i will never live in a $248,000 treehouse.

you'd think that a family that could afford a 248k treehouse would be able to upgrade a bit from blogspot

no joke i would love a rad treehouse to sleep in during the summer and to have vision quests in, no stupid kids allowed

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/07/20/garden/20110721-PLAYHOUSE-slide-RBYU/20110721-PLAYHOUSE-slide-RBYU-slide.jpg

so they spent 250000 to get something that looks...like every other public playground in the united states

the contractor is laughing his ass off in a money pit somewhere

well it has ac xp

well most playgrounds dont have a flatscreen and dvd player in them so

what kind of poor-ass playgrounds do you go to, i mean

tbqh i dont really hang around any playgrounds!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/fashion/women-enjoy-the-cool-comfort-of-summer-dresses.html?scp=2&sq=dresses&st=cse

oh god

“Dresses are almost always looser and less constricting than pants or a skirt,” said Ms. May, 27.

Hazel Honeysuckle of Brooklyn

^^even the writer of '500 days of summer' would roll his eyes at this

I myself have noticed that interesting new fad

"DRESSES"

i bet in that article somebody says they're empowering

Periwinkle Pineapple, 23, a student

Charlton Chokeberry, 45, hedge fund manager

bettina and whitney may (no relation)

http://www.hazelhoneysuckle.com/

Sultana Pip, 31, best-selling author

slack sprits

what is this :/

combining it w/ the rockaway hipster trend = masterful

“The Delicate Flower of Burlesque”

Hazel Honeysuckle began her burlesque career at Jo Weldon’s NY School of Burlesque, making her debut on the stage of the Slipper Room. A childhood ballerina, Hazel developed her love for performing in weekend recitals, with tutus and sequined costumes in tow. Later experience in ballroom dancing fueled the desire for elegance and poise. She has now traded up to rhinestoned pasties, and developed a true love for the glamour of the golden age of burlesque, and the women (both then and now) who paved the way for today’s performers.