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

I wonder how much a lowly Forbes writer makes

cabfare home and all the foie gras that falls on the floor that he can eat

I incidentally know exactly how much a staff writer at bloomberg news makes, because the bf of one of my gf's grad school friends is trying to get that position. I think it was 60-70k.

in the meanwhile he is focusing on his 'how to be a man' blog

plz post a link on the 'itt blogs teach you how to be a man' thread

eh I don't want any tracebacks also I forgot what it's called, it has a totally generic name like 'the art of good taste' or something

If only there was a word to express delight at another person's misfortune...

"according to interviews with bankers and their accountants, therapists, advisers and headhunters."

mcardle sheds a tear

Pricey vacations can be cut back. Mortgage payments can't. It's not the luxuries that usually get people into trouble--it's paying too much for "the basics".

hmmmm

that said it's true that the 'keeping up w/ the joneses' and the 'but we need a big house with a yard' stuff obv isn't limited to the upper upper class

Krusty: No offense, kid, but your mom's a dingbat! There's no silver
lining here. I was a big cheese. A _huge_ cheese! And now
look at me!
I got to ride the bus like a schnook.
I got to live in an apartment like an idiot!
I have to wait in line with a bunch of nobodies to buy
groceries from a failure!

if you have 3 kids in private school and can no longer afford tuition, just figure out a way to cut back to 2 children. we all have to make sacrifices!

^^^ "When I think of how Santorum might approach government, I think of the story of King Solomon," he said. "You need to be ready to split the baby."

neglect two children, care for the other child three times as much

Instead of sending your kids to a decent private school every year, send them to an amazing private school once every five years.

sell two children and use the profits to set up a trust fund for the third

turn your three children into a human centipede - you only need to feed one

i wonder if these people know that you can compel your own children to perform tasks you would otherwise pay for, and not even pay them, if you call these tasks "chores"

"Likewise, when middle class people take out a mortgage that's perfectly affordable on the income they've been enjoying for years, and then lose the house because they suddenly saw that income cut in half, we don't feel a delicious sense of joy because they finally got what was coming to them."

seriously megan you need to read the people on your side more often

http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/the-epic-live-tweeting-of-last-nights-park-slope-coop-meeting

also another running example of all the CEOs who have given quotes or penned articles over the last 4 years about how underappreciated to persecuted to scared they all feel

they have everything in the world but still can't get enough... love

― goole, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:14 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbf they were v much loved and lauded for a while there and are felling p disoriented after a life time of doing everything 'right'

Patty 17 minutes ago
What a bunch of wusses. Maybe we should drop these whiners on a island (Surviver style) and see how long they last without their comforts. These clowns wouldnt last a week with us in the Middle Class. Wimps.

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Tai Miller in reply to Patty 6 minutes ago
And I can't help but wonder how you are going to survive joining us down here in the world of POOR.

How is private school a basic good to these people? It's not like the neighborhoods they live in are going to have bad public schools, right? Is there some New York public school truth bomb that is gonna get dropped on me here?

if your kid goes to a public school then he won't get into wherever and won't get a job doing whatever, and then with all your lousy money and all your soul-eradicating work you won't even have made your kids' lives at least as good as yours!

public school is kinda horrible imho, if i had the money and the children id send them to private for sure

what would their names be

pikachu and voteronpaul

beautiful names

Voteronpaul spoke in class today
Voteronpaul spoke in class today
clearly I remember
picking on the boy

thank you, weve decided gang education will be best for them

speaking of names I came across the apparently 100% real name "Winthrop Cashdollar" today

I think public school in nyc can be a lot of different things, there are def some fine schools and elite magnet schools even and there are some v. overcrowded schools. in any case the value of going to a private hs isn't limited to 'the education' or class sizes.

as w/ 'we need a house big enough that every kid gets 3 rooms', 'I want the best education for my children' is a cool way to 'care about your kids' and pimp your social status at the same time.

http://por-img.cimcontent.net/api/assets/bin-200909/2d3501ba43eead18b55ce8a026727d81.jpg

l-r lag∞n, voteronpaul wood

idk i went to 3rd-8th grade in supposedly 'one of the best' public school systems and by whatever standards im sure it was super but it was just kinda imo an uncool scene

tho i visited my niece n nephews school and they had an organic garden and other cool shit and it seemed alright so im sure things have changed over the years

I mean of course many public school systems have trouble serving many kinds of kids.

but then there's the QuidAgs acting like sending their kids to public school (in rich neighborhoods in NYC!) would be like tossing them into an alligator pit. Full of poor alligators.

many rich neighborhoods in nyc are like 2 blocks from very poor neighborhoods

rich people do it on purpose so they can feel even more rich, I think

tbf isn't there an "open enrollment" type of thing in NYC where you can send your kids to another school in the city by applying? I'd imagine that they'd have to be really picky, though

the idea of using kids as part of your status-chasing makes me kinda ill

also don't get why they don't let the gov't provide their kids with a free education and use the money saved to buy a golden statue of themselves or something if they're so concerned with status

more durable investment, u know those kids are just gonna end up doing coke and flunking out at Vandy or whatever

well that's the thing, you don't get to make the rules of this social game, buying a golden status of yourself is v. uncool at the moment, but spending money in equally absurd ways isn't always

the idea of using kids as part of your status-chasing makes me kinda ill

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:41 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

you've never seen a baby in baby gucci shoes?

http://i.imgur.com/865HF.jpg

some people have kids just so they can relate to other people with kids and have shit to do post age 30

"oh, I got a stable job and a house and a car and spouse and it's boring and my friends have kids!"

I used to find it weird that every single luxury brand sold luggage, then it made sense, you want to show all the hoi polloi at the airport that you are going to the bahamas, they will stare enviously at you and your LV luggage as you traipse down the first class express line

wish we could have av's here

some people have kids just so they can relate to other people with kids and have shit to do post age 30

no one does this