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

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finally i told olga, i don't need the burden of a girl all the time, it's more efficient to rent one when i really need one. do svidaniya.

Hunt3r, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:29 (eleven years ago) link

this guy had it all and he gave it up to live in a hip loft

iatee, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:30 (eleven years ago) link

now its just me and my fleshlight under this bridge starting companies

lag∞n, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:30 (eleven years ago) link

my solar fleshlight

乒乓, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:30 (eleven years ago) link

bragging about not having any CDs comes across pretty weird to anyone under 30

iatee, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link

bragging about solar backpacks comes across as loool

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:32 (eleven years ago) link

I realized I needed to downsize my life

I got rid of my 8-track player, all of my laserdisks, 10,000 floppy disks

iatee, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:33 (eleven years ago) link

I realized that my floppy disks weren't even making me happy anymore

iatee, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:34 (eleven years ago) link

his girlfriend was all 'ugh and he wears a solar backpack' to her friends behind his back

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago) link

"I remember when you used to drive a turbocharged Volvo"

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago) link

I bet his fold-out tables and beds cost more than all the furniture in my house.

schwantz, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:37 (eleven years ago) link

"I remember when you used to drive a turbocharged Volvo"

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, March 11, 2013 7:36 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

now he's stuck with a solar-powered vulva

space phwoar (Hurting 2), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link

its funny how he keeps getting these big places and then filling them w roommates cause they seem too big, maybe you just dont like roommates bruh

lag∞n, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link

he makes it sound like he bought them and had them installed

This is called money bags. (zachlyon), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link

irl lol @ hurting

omg

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:46 (eleven years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/4ak9UAp.jpg

乒乓, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:52 (eleven years ago) link

if i were rich id just go ahead and get whatever size dwelling i felt like i needed so that the furniture didnt have to fold up cause that just seems like a hassle

lag∞n, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:55 (eleven years ago) link

maybe he kept Seven around to fold up his furniture

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:56 (eleven years ago) link

then you need a closet to store seven then youve got to get some roommates the headaches never end

lag∞n, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:57 (eleven years ago) link

put on yr solar backpack and just peace out

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:59 (eleven years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/PIaAoXh.jpg

workin on my tan startin some businesses

乒乓, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link

if i were rich id just go ahead and get whatever size dwelling i felt like i needed so that the furniture didnt have to fold up cause that just seems like a hassle

― lag∞n, Monday, March 11, 2013 7:55 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ain't nobody got time for that

space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:18 (eleven years ago) link

i don't need a bed, i just go to bed hugging a tree koala style.

Hunt3r, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 02:35 (eleven years ago) link

nice article about how great things were with your ex and how inspirational your life is, man

I predict a rebound spending binge any day now

☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 13:45 (eleven years ago) link

lol that this thread still isn't locked in favor of the other thread

my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link

^^ that's a quiddity

乒乓, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 01:48 (eleven years ago) link

two months pass...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324081704578237651740623228.html

Carl McCoy: Dear Grads, Don't 'Do What You Love'
College commencement speakers who routinely urge young people to follow their passions may not be doing them a favor.

i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 13:31 (ten years ago) link

Challopsy hook, but pretty OTM.

Je55e, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link

Yup, OTM. One of the defining moments of my life was when I was around age 25 or 26, and my grandmother's husband had a talk with me, in which he said "I'm concerned that, like a lot of people of your generation, you might still be fantasizing that you're going to just happen onto the perfect career that suits your passion" or somethign along those lines. Gentle but firm, sort of snapped me out of my aimlessness.

THIS IS NOT A BENGHAZI T-SHIRT (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 23:02 (ten years ago) link

Yeh, I could have used that kind of perspective for a long time. I had to figure it out for myself. Starting in around 11th grade teachers, advisors, and other well-meaning grown-ups urged me to pursue my "passion," but I've never had a passion, but rather broad curiosity and adaptability to usually be interested in whatever I had to work on.

I was good at writing, so teachers and professors encouraged me to be a writer, but as satisfying as writing can be, I didn't feel driven or "passionate" to make it my life. I wish I had seen earlier that I didn't have to feel passionate about writing in order to do it as a job or part of a job. So I searched for a "passion" and despaired for lack of one.

It would have been really good for me to follow one of the many options I tested and rejected (counseling, vet medicine, photography/photo lab, floral design) because I didn't feel "passion" for them, even though I was pretty happy at the jobs.

Je55e, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link

let's not overlook the fact that it's easier to make this statement as long as money is a factor and that most famous artistic people come from rich families who can support them financially and within their industry until they succeed, hence the quiddy
nobody tells jaden smith not to do what he loves

i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 May 2013 00:13 (ten years ago) link

in order to do what you love it's important to know what you do and also what you love

steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 30 May 2013 03:42 (ten years ago) link

Look at ROI.

Jeff, Thursday, 30 May 2013 11:27 (ten years ago) link

look at ROL

lag∞n, Thursday, 30 May 2013 12:20 (ten years ago) link

LOL at ROFL

steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 30 May 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link

worst enormous tech company ceo 2013

Operation Gypsy Dildo (silby), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 00:50 (ten years ago) link

three weeks pass...

where's the piece abt those bros going on a catered motorcycle trip

lag∞n, Sunday, 30 June 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link

I kind of like that article actually.

Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Sunday, 30 June 2013 17:44 (ten years ago) link

The WW one, not the catered road trip one.

Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Sunday, 30 June 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link

yeah WW article is good

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 30 June 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link

excellent find

i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 July 2013 00:53 (ten years ago) link

someone in the gawker comments posted a pdf of some PR fluff about the wife's art

I was left wishing they'd been soaked for $100k

mh, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 21:00 (ten years ago) link

google her art it's v bad

i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link

two months pass...

A highly relevant article

Moodles, Friday, 6 September 2013 19:26 (ten years ago) link

ugh, rong thread...

Moodles, Friday, 6 September 2013 19:26 (ten years ago) link


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