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

lol I’m sorry I totally misread your tone

Let us not forget the son named “McKenzie”. (How did that become one of the most popular child names?)

― Slorg is not on the Slerf Team, you idiot, you moron (Boring, Maryland)

It happened . . . one day at a time.

My many bookshelves are covered in dust, as they should be.

Nothing wrong with trying to stay neat. As a bachelor I gave up, now that I’m a married man in a new home I am making a bit of an effort (it helps my spouse is a clean person who tries to declutter).

_Let us not forget the son named “McKenzie”. (How did that become one of the most popular child names?)

― Slorg is not on the Slerf Team, you idiot, you moron (Boring, Maryland)_

It happened . . . one day at a time.

lotta tree names where we live. willow. cedar.

dylan and jaden waning though...

lotta tree names where we live. willow. cedar.

― scott seward, Thursday, April 11, 2024 4:49 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink[

Aww! My family house where we grew up was named "The Cedars" long before we got there. It was sweet. No one called it that, there was just a very picturesque old plaque on the gate to the driveway.

My mum's house in devon has a name. Last time I sent her a package the lady at a midtown USPS rolled her eyes at me when she had to copy out the address.

This Daily ep about Mexican cartels doing timeshare fraud is quite something. I cannot stop thinking about the retired state cop who sent this supposed Mexican businessman a million bucks, his entire retirement savings PLUS money he had to borrow! because he's a retired law enforcement official who "has a pretty good sense about people." Do you though. And of course his wife "had doubts" but the little lady doesn't handle their money.

People who defraud seniors are evil, beneath contempt--no question. But this is a funny case for the NYT to choose to cover.

And by funny I mean it's very NYT of them.

Well it sounds like an entertaining story at least, I want to listen to it now

calling my house* "dunpoastin (i will never be dunpoastin)"

*flat

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLaQqXxWEAAm-yC?format=jpg&name=small

Too on the nose. WSJ?

indeed

It is funny how the WSJ is so much more openly ruling class, whereas the NYT tries to hide it a bit.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, January 8, 2024 4:12 PM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yeah, its a bit obvious when the WSJ weekly real estate section is called "Mansion", no beating around the bush.

― o. nate, Monday, January 8, 2024 4:35 PM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink

I have to admit, it's a really nice house

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/inside-the-sag-harbor-home-of-interior-designer-bryan-graybill

meanwhile, the post is aghast that the CEO of a major media organization spent . . . $2.7m on a 'sprawling' brooklyn townhouse

https://i.imgur.com/1oXP6Wr.jpeg

sorry, i know these aren't precisely NYT quiddities but NYC real estate coverage is so insane

there are brownstones on my block going for twice that

Same people that piss and moan about Bernie "Socialist" Sanders living well.

you're right, she's just like us

I just looked up some currently-for-sale $2.7M NYC townhouses in a real estate database, and their square footage is roughly equivalent to that of my cramped Maryland single-family home.

(which is currently appraised under $300,000)

assessed, not appraised

That's probably completely detached from value, some places wait a really long time to re-assess properties or don't assess at full value

I do find something kind of quid-aggy about the new NPR CEO, like she's this rich white lady from Connecticut who has perfectly memorized the Ibram Kendi/Robin DiAngelo talking points but it rings hollow.

Don’t confuse CEOs with people