Amazing pants.
― carl agatha, Monday, 14 April 2014 14:00 (nine years ago) link
My brain is slow, I was thinking "man those are some horrible jeans, and..." my eyes traveled to the right and my brain just glitched
― a strange man (mh), Monday, 14 April 2014 14:02 (nine years ago) link
it looks like someone photoshopped a garter belt and stockings onto him
― ביטקוין (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 April 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
“I’ve never been to Africa, but I feel like I have this deep affinity for it,” “I’ve never been to Africa, but I feel like I have this deep affinity for it,” “I’ve never been to Africa, but I feel like I have this deep affinity for it,”
― a strange man (mh), Monday, 14 April 2014 14:04 (nine years ago) link
THANK YOU
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 14 April 2014 14:06 (nine years ago) link
lol
― marcos, Monday, 14 April 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
also, cross-post from rolling hipster studies, but this needs to have a home in this thread:: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/realestate/new-york-boomers-on-hipster-turf.html?_r=0
A few weeks later, the Berners moved from a two-bedroom apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn, which they were renting for $4,500 a month, to a 39th-floor waterfront rental in Long Island City, Queens — the price tag a more modest $3,850.
barf, new york is gross guys
― marcos, Monday, 14 April 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
The people in that article really great. "I FEEL LIKE MAYBE I'M NOT HIP ENOUGH FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD" stfu.
― ביטקוין (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 April 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
haha I mean really GRATE
Aldo Sampieri, who is in his 50s, ventured even deeper into hipster territory. After 16 years in a loft near New York University, Mr. Sampieri, a painter and graphic artist, moved to Williamsburg in 2010. And last August he paid $760,000 for a renovated century-old townhouse on Moffat Street in Bushwick, a couple of subway stops farther along Brooklyn’s hipster trail. And he has only good things to say about the perks of living in a youth-oriented part of town.
“It helps you be looser, not so uptight,” Mr. Sampieri said. “Your mannerisms change. You feel comfortable wearing more eccentric clothing.
“I’ve always had a very funky life,” he added. “I was married, divorced. I have no family. I can do what I want. And when you’re in a neighborhood filled with people of different ages, you feel like you’re not that old. Seeing young people walking around makes you feel happy, more alive. You find yourself playing bass with some guys in a studio, leading a life that a person my age usually can’t do.”
― ביטקוין (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 April 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
cue sienfeld bass
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Monday, 14 April 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
something about the way the light reflects off Mr Mellon's hair and face in that pic above. he's wearing a mask, right??
― tobo73, Monday, 14 April 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
also those are some weird-ass pants
― marcos, Monday, 14 April 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
all I keep thinking of is Andy's stockings in the Erasure Oh L'Amour video
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 April 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
I used to sew ties in a neck tie factory and we made a lot of woven silk patterned ties, some of which looked a lot like his pants.
I actually really do like those pants. They seem like horrible people, but those pants are fine by me.
― carl agatha, Monday, 14 April 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
the rest of his look is so staid that i literally did not even notice his pants until now. fun pants!
― gbx, Monday, 14 April 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
they look kind of like leggings
I wonder which part of his path in life led him to put that outfit together
― a strange man (mh), Monday, 14 April 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
they're not even sitting on the couch, they sit on top of the couch because fuck rules man fuck your 501s i'm gonna paisley this shit and let god sort it out
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 April 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
I doubt there is any rebellion in their souls, but probably a lot of cocaine use in their pasts
― a strange man (mh), Monday, 14 April 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
Creepy plastic surgery face. On HIM, surprisingly.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 14 April 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
yea he looks like the abercrombie ceo dude
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 April 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
for extra distress, go to his instagram profile
― a strange man (mh), Monday, 14 April 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
nope
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 April 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
― carl agatha, Monday, 14 April 2014 23:02 (nine years ago) link
"4. Going places The stand for my computer is a small, old suitcase, which we bought with a bunch of other suitcases on Etsy.com. We have a stuffed bear I also bought on Etsy. I am also, by the way, the chairwoman of Etsy."
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/business/home-sweet-headquarters-for-an-app-start-up.html?from=business
― calstars, Saturday, 24 May 2014 23:44 (nine years ago) link
"The memory stack
There is a pile of memorabilia and stuff I don’t have the heart to throw out. So I just stack them in the corner.
To and fro
I walk to work every day. I leave the house around 9:15 a.m. I live near enough to walk, because time spent commuting could best be used for other things. Most of us live within walking or biking distance. I am at the office most of the day. I have an alarm on my phone that goes off at 5:30 p.m. and says, “Go home.”
A free spirit
The point of all of this is to bring out a sense of creativity, inventiveness, curiosity, adventure and exploration, and that is what Findery is trying to be about."
― calstars, Saturday, 24 May 2014 23:45 (nine years ago) link
http://nypost.com/2014/05/23/moms-hire-professionals-to-pack-kids-bags-for-summer-camp/
― Je55e, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
SMH.
― schwantz, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
what happens when it's time to come home, do they just throw all the stuff in a lake and buy new stuff when they get home
or do they fly the packer pro in by helijet for an emergency repack
or when they're at camp do the kids learn packing instead of lanyard making so that they can repack their shabby unprofessional depacks
― j., Wednesday, 28 May 2014 17:44 (nine years ago) link
big sympathy hugs to the kids whose moms pack scented candles for them to take to camp
"but mooooooooooom I don't need throw pillows!!"
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 17:54 (nine years ago) link
is there a thread for these rich dudes who got rid of stuff?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/05/26/the_minimalists_everything_that_remains_is_a_new_memoir_about_living_with.html
― scott seward, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 17:56 (nine years ago) link
no cushions
camera can only afford half faces
ok with having three-word name tho, hmm
― j., Wednesday, 28 May 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
at least they have each other
― a strange man (mh), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
I'm pretty sure we've discussed Mr. Minimalist on this thread before, maybe on others too.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
It's only the loosest free-association, but for some reason his bragging about his "minimal" living reminds me of a girl I dated once in college who bragged that, of all of her family's accountant's clients' children, she was making the most money while in school (she had some summer job or some shit). I said, "You know, that might be because the people who actually have to earn real money while they're in college are not the kind of people whose families have accountants." And she responded "Come on! Everyone has an accountant!"
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
― a strange man (mh), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
She meant well though. Involved in lots of left causes, labor activism, etc. I remember once she was making some point about health and exercise and the poor and she *explained* to me that the poor can't all afford to work out like me on my "cardio-elite machine" at the gym. She looked very proud of herself when she uttered those words. I still think of that phrase all the time when I go to the gym.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
pretty sure it's people who mean well who are sending the world to hell in a handbasket
― a strange man (mh), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
working in unfulfilling six-figure corporate careers at age 30
awwwww poor babies, feel so fucking sorry for them
― marcos, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
the privilege of being able to throw away shit
― marcos, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
sorry that was a little harsh, i don't know anything about these guys apart from skimming a slate article. those two posts could easily be in the some hellhole comments section. i kind of dig living a simpler life but i found it a little obnoxious the way it was presented, like thse two rich gurus who bought everything and then start telling people not to buy everytyhing
― marcos, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
Maybe they should shed their ego a bit and instead of touring the country as self-aggrandising self help hype men they could actually help the poor or something.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
Not sure how writing a book about yourself is a step toward minimalism.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
so they're making a self-help career out of advocating for what is basically an eating disorder for straight white rich males. this world is fukd up and god is the crul ringmaster.
― mattresslessness, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, May 28, 2014 5:02 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
or just be minimal and chill
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
sunday routines of the successful & insufferable: a continuing series
― zombie formalist (m coleman), Sunday, 22 June 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
Ms. Roney and Mr. Liu and their children, Havana, 16, Cairo, 10, and Dublin, 6, live in Dumbo
i can't even
― zombie formalist (m coleman), Sunday, 22 June 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
I’m a parent with three kids, and a big job — always I’m supposed to be somewhere, and always I’m late for something
don't worry, the people you keep waiting understand. they feel lucky to be squeezed in!
― zombie formalist (m coleman), Sunday, 22 June 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
i wasn't sure just how irate to be until i found the phrase,
'on social'
― j., Sunday, 22 June 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link
this selective voyeurism combined with humblebrags about busy lives, jobs, anxieties, is like a city-diary-ized version of nymag's old sex diaries with all the good bits cut out.
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Sunday, 22 June 2014 15:51 (nine years ago) link