http://thebillfold.com/2013/01/setting-the-record-straight-yaffa-fredrick-on-the-nyt-column-about-her-restaurant-spending/
― iatee, Friday, 18 January 2013 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
man, what a dick the new york times was being
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Friday, 18 January 2013 05:42 (eleven years ago) link
but maybe, possibly
― j., Friday, 18 January 2013 05:59 (eleven years ago) link
haha man reading that response at the bottom I just feel all "you're just a writer for the nyt, you're not my real mom!"
― s.clover, Friday, 18 January 2013 06:05 (eleven years ago) link
She has less student loan debt and puts more in her 401k than I do. God speed, lady.
― carl agatha, Friday, 18 January 2013 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
I should say a higher percentage into her 401k.
― carl agatha, Friday, 18 January 2013 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
iirc author has been full of crap fairly regularly, like this was the first nyt occupy article:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/nyregion/protesters-are-gunning-for-wall-street-with-faulty-aim.html
― iatee, Friday, 18 January 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
And yet the middle class stubbornly hangs on, trading economic pain for the emotional gain of hot restaurants, the High Line and the feeling of being in the center of everything.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/realestate/what-is-middle-class-in-manhattan.html
― buzza, Sunday, 20 January 2013 08:33 (eleven years ago) link
the first picture = stubbornly hanging on in gorgeous subsidized apartment. fuck you nyt.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Sunday, 20 January 2013 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
In any case, it's bizarre spin to say that the middle class "stubbornly hangs on" when in fact the middle class has been dwindling for decades as people flee for brooklyn, queens, the suburbs, etc. Most of the non-rich left who don't live in subsidized housing are probably young singles with roommates.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Sunday, 20 January 2013 13:50 (eleven years ago) link
Upper edge of middle class, horrifying. oh geez. Is lower upper class the minimum for a non-horrifying life?
― Jeff, Sunday, 20 January 2013 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
I saved a little money in my 20s by not knowing anyone to hang out with and living in a crappy smalltown, and it turns out that a few years of keeping a little off a crappy smalltown wage each month don't buy you a whole lot in the 30-something world of houses and can-I-afford-kids and how-come-my-friends-go-skiing, so I say go out and eat all the fancy pork bellies of New York City while you're young, I wish I had
one male friend recently told her: "I don't like to take girls out. I like to have them join in on what I'm doing — going to an event, a concert."
thought for a moment this might actually lead to the radical thing of guys going out with women with shared interests and maybe that would be a GOOD thing for actually seeing them as humans with thoughts, but no, I guess it is another chance for the man to curate his experience portfolio while the woman is expected to go "you are so cultured, I would not have thought of any ways to spend my time without joining in on yours!" and be the great plains hunter's trophy until something with a prettier skull comes over the horizon
hi I'm bitter. let me weep w/ Hanna Rosin for the downtrodden 20something males, some of whom may now have to wait until age 30 to have the decisive upper hand in all their relationships for the rest of their lives
(am i trolling? i'm having a bad weekend)
― a panda, Malmö (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 20 January 2013 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
Is lower upper class the minimum for a non-horrifying life?
Once you've taken care of the bare necessities of food, shelter and warmth, a non-horrifying life has much more to do with how you spend your time than how much money you spend.
― Aimless, Sunday, 20 January 2013 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
aps, that is a booming post that I very much enjoyed reading.
― grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Sunday, 20 January 2013 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
Booming indeed. Quite OTM.
― carl agatha, Sunday, 20 January 2013 23:45 (eleven years ago) link
Oh the agonies they must suffer
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/realestate/being-related-to-the-family-firm.html
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 27 January 2013 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
man I am not the scion of anything
― (panda) (gun) (wrapped gift) (silby), Sunday, 27 January 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
Real estate salesperson???? Was real estate agent too gauche?
Also as the child of a real estate salesperson who is not an heir with vast lifestyle options and who lost a whole lot of money in the latter half of the '00s, I would like to personally strangle everybody involved in this article.
― carl agatha, Sunday, 27 January 2013 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://observer.com/2013/01/when-your-townhouse-is-actually-too-big/
― 乒乓, Sunday, 27 January 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
Not sure where else to put this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ketrhWr58wA
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Monday, 28 January 2013 03:27 (eleven years ago) link
class class
― buzza, Monday, 28 January 2013 03:45 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/opinion/sunday/the-quiet-ones.html
― (panda) (gun) (wrapped gift) (silby), Monday, 28 January 2013 07:20 (eleven years ago) link
didn't everyone in masada kill themselves rather than surrender? that's one grim-ass train car.
― j., Monday, 28 January 2013 09:05 (eleven years ago) link
And yes, I said “devotee.”
dear reader, she bit him.
― s.clover, Monday, 28 January 2013 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
Today, online, NYT front page:
Article title: "In Kansas City, Learning the Butcher’s Art"
Below that, the summary:
Rather than attracting hipsters in search of one-off adventure, a class in butchering caters to people interested in actually applying the lessons in life.
I'm not even sure what to say anymore...
― collardio gelatinous, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
class takes novel approach of appealing to people actually interested in learning the subject being taught
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 01:51 (eleven years ago) link
small but growing number of people outside of New York City sincerely pursuing their interests
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
^fake trend
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
Also in today's NYTimes:
In Nashville, One Order of Bluegrass Please, Hold the KitschMexican-Born Los Angeles Man Finds New Career: Selling Tacos to Other Mexican PeopleAlabama Man Eats Bacon Every Morning "Because It Tastes Good"
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
Kitchen Cabinetry a Lucrative Niche for Carpenter Who Actually Trained As Carpenter
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
An Affordable, Not Particularly Attractive Axe With a Purpose: Chopping Wood
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
hahahah
Amtrak "Quiet Car" article is full of gems, especially:
People practice rap lyrics on the bus or the subway, barking doggerel along with their iPods as though they were alone in the shower. Respecting shared public space is becoming as quaintly archaic as tipping your hat to a lady, now that the concept of public space is as nearly extinct as hats, and ladies.
The gutter, I tell you! The gutter!
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.businessinsider.com/american-airlines-international-economy-class-2013-1?op=1
― iatee, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
"hats, and ladies"
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
business insider piece is sorta like 'what would the "I was otherwise very normal before I became 4 years old" guy be like if he were a millionaire?'
― iatee, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
rip hats, rip ladies
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
barking doggerel
― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
As we approached our destination a professorial-looking man who’d spoken to them twice got up, walked back and stood over them. He turned out to be quite tall. He told them that they’d been extremely inconsiderate, and he’d had a much harder time getting his work done because of them.“Sir,” the girl said, “I really don’t think we were bothering anyone else.”“No,” I said, “you were really annoying.”“Yes,” said the woman behind them.“See,” the man explained gently, “this is how it works. I’m the one person who says something. But for everyone like me, there’s a whole car full of people who feel the same way.”
“Sir,” the girl said, “I really don’t think we were bothering anyone else.”
“No,” I said, “you were really annoying.”
“Yes,” said the woman behind them.
“See,” the man explained gently, “this is how it works. I’m the one person who says something. But for everyone like me, there’s a whole car full of people who feel the same way.”
i love this fantasy
― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
then the couple who had been talking realized the error of their ways and became law professors
society needs more quite tall men
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
xxp Oh me too, that shit is better than any other, more illicit kind of fantasy. I'm working seriously on turning from that kind of person to one who is entertained by human variety/expression in public and let me say it is HARD FUCKING WORK.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
Although the woman yelling this morning about how we were all bound for hell and God would judge us on not having taken her advice and the opportunity to get saved had a strangely compelling delivery style.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
"barking doggerel" has been a phrase that's haunted me ever since I read it
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
is that the official NYT term for rapping?
― Moodles, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
i love eavesdropping on other peoples weird conversations on the streetcar
― future crimes (Lamp), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
often times theyre not even that weird, just poorly expressed or disjointed so they are easier to spin into something weirder than they actually are, also if the book you're reading is any good its p easy to tune most of the ambient noise of public transit out and kinda just focus on that although im not doing anything as creative as calling all modern woman sluts in the times or w/e so
― future crimes (Lamp), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
Once on the C train a man was drumming loudly on the shared bench seat (and they're hollow so basically big drums) and I asked him to stop, clumsily because I was nervous to say anything, so I stupidly said something about how everyone would probably appreciate it if he stopped and he was like, you bitch, if you want me to stop have the guts to say so. Man, those were a rough few years on the C.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
C train is a bad scene, no joke.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
people who make noise / make a scene on the subway are just attempting to get reactions, so reacting never really solves the problem
― iatee, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
C train is less rough these days, or maybe I just notice less or get targeted less than when I was so wide-eyed. Still happens, though.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 18:23 (eleven years ago) link