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

i've learned to ignore it, too. but that doesn't change the fact that it's still disgusting & that parents shouldn't be enabling their kids to go in public.

Prospect Park is mostly in Park Slope ... which also has its share of yuppie/hipster douchebags who might read an article like this one & decide that this is a good idea.

can somebody confirm for me that williamsburg is in prospect park

tbqh tho when i've had particularly flared crohn's disease i've used what was available and a more lenient cultural approach to elimination would definitely have made my life easier during some rough times

I'm not "cool with it" - it smells terrible! it's just not a public health hazard on the level of HUMAN SHIT EVERYWHERE

probably children should not be allowed outdoors until they are fully potty trained and able to speak in complete sentences, so i think 12 would be a good age to let kids out

in rome all the public toilets have the seat removed - thank god for strong thigh muscles i guess

Rome also has a lot of squat-over-a-hole-in-the-floor public toilets, too.

like this one:

http://onceinalifetimetravel.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/614_o1.jpg

utopeea

buzza!! :O

Do you guys seriously never let your kid pee on a tree in the park in an emergency situation? What about your dog, do you find an open coffeeshop so it can piss in a toilet?

HUMAN SHIT EVERYWHERE

emergencies? sure.

this article was about yuppies who let their kids shit and piss in public and in their sinks in lieu of as part of their potty training, which is totally different.

its not any different than what dogs do

is prospect park even in the same borough as williasmburgs. im very unsure of what the terrain is like on the other side of the bridge

― 乒乓, Friday, 19 April 2013 23:07 (22 minutes ago) Permalink

i can't decide whether I like your new Tuomas of Brooklyn schtick.

reminder that pet owners let their pets shit and pee in public and also at home in the case of cats and these same pet owners let these same pets sit and rub their shit encrusted butts all over the bed, sofa, floor, carpet, rug

pet owners: is it gross that your pet poops and doesn't wipe

What's that in your pants ahhh human feces!
Throw your shitty drawers in the hamper
Next time come strapped with a fuckin Pamper

I have totally taken my kid behind a tree to pee when necessary, that's just standard op procedure in an emergency. but as a matter of habit gtfo

dogs eat their own vomit in public I don't see why you'd have any problem training your kid to do the same

we're the only animal that doesn't eat our own poop, that's not natural

dogs eat their own poop and you peopel still let them into your hous and kiss them on the mouth smh

dogs eat their own poop and you peopel still let them into your hous and kiss them on the mouth smh

this is probably why some cultures consider dogs to be unclean.

i've never kissed a dog -- or any other non-human animal -- on the mouth, and never will.

Tuomas of Brooklyn

Please let this become some sort of bizarro world Tom of Finland

http://memegenerator.net/instance/31108329

I have literally never even been to Brooklyn

brooklyn isn't a place it is a state of mind

never forget

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/7/2006/10/medium_frank%20the%20shitter.jpg

the thing that gets me about that every time is that he really does look like a dude who might shit in your kitchen

Was "peaced" slang for "departed" in October 2006?

course yeah it's like "peaced out"

lol olden timez

I've heard "peace out" said by people departing, obviously, I just never saw "peaced" used as an intransitive verb. My vague memory is that I might at that time have said "and then booked," but who can say what year was the year of booking-as-departing.

"Booked" is pretty old, much older than "peaceful."

*jaymc signal*

PEACED

thanks, obamacorrect

We see a sensible shoe with a $480 price tag or an oatmeal cookie for $4 and sometimes don't register that these are luxury versions of normal items available from Payless or Entenmann's.

http://nyti.ms/Y2G3dS

that pretty much always registers with me tbh

aargh that article, aarrgh it ruined my subway ride this morning

I think they were trying to say something like "those $480 shoes seem expensive but they're totally worth it so if you think about it they're not actually expensive DO YOU SEE?"

You're actually getting a better deal on Gucci shoes than you would in other cities, doesn't that make your $3000 shoebox apartment seem better?

most people don't live in 3000 apartments

or $3000 ones

I think nyc is on the whole a better place to live for poor people

"Yet those higher rents all but ensure that tenants will appreciate an amazing bakery or a fancy shoe store — and that retailers will have to lower prices to compete for their business." what!?

most people don't live in 3000 apartments

― iatee, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:35 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the average Manhattan apartment is now $3000, and the article is pretty clearly talking about Manhattan. I never said that "most people" live in $3000 apartments in New York (I sure as hell do not).

and of course the punchline: "But places like Houston are cheap — and staying cheap, even as they grow — because the local governments have realized their comparative advantage is in deregulation, not in fancy cookies."

something this weird could only be a leadup to some free market nonsense.

more insight from this author
-- the glass ceiling in the u.s. isn't all that bad: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/comparing-the-worlds-glass-ceilings/
-- marrying fellow ivy-leaguers is the now thing: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/women-and-marriage-at-princeton/
-- young college graduates have low unemployment: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/yes-even-young-college-graduates-have-low-unemployment/

there are definitely some advantages of being poor in NYC versus in a suburb or sprawling city. cost of housing is not one of them, and of late that concern is trumping the others, hence fewer poor in NYC.

yeah this guys full of shit

ya I agree w/ all of that xp

anyway the real star of the economix blog is this guy, who is incredibly dumb even for a chicago economist:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/author/casey-b-mulligan/

According to a recent study by Jessie Handbury, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, people in different income classes do indeed have markedly different purchasing habits.

wow, thanks professor science

do i really have to keep reading this?

Real estate is most crushing for all but those lucky enough to get into subsidized housing.

LUCKY DUCKY!!!