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

Creepy plastic surgery face. On HIM, surprisingly.

yea he looks like the abercrombie ceo dude

for extra distress, go to his instagram profile

nope

lol

"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

"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."

http://nypost.com/2014/05/23/moms-hire-professionals-to-pack-kids-bags-for-summer-camp/

SMH.

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

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!!"

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

no cushions

camera can only afford half faces

ok with having three-word name tho, hmm

at least they have each other

I'm pretty sure we've discussed Mr. Minimalist on this thread before, maybe on others too.

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!"

lol

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.

pretty sure it's people who mean well who are sending the world to hell in a handbasket

working in unfulfilling six-figure corporate careers at age 30

awwwww poor babies, feel so fucking sorry for them

the privilege of being able to throw away shit

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

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.

Not sure how writing a book about yourself is a step toward minimalism.

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.

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.

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or just be minimal and chill

sunday routines of the successful & insufferable: a continuing series

Ms. Roney and Mr. Liu and their children, Havana, 16, Cairo, 10, and Dublin, 6, live in Dumbo

i can't even

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!

i wasn't sure just how irate to be until i found the phrase,

'on social'

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.

Cairo is an awesome name fwiw.

hoping these names commemorate the sites of conception

did i tell you guys that i know someone named Dalston?

i also met two siblings in London Fields the other day named Odin and Perseus

shut up

that is great

can you imagine how difficult it must be to raise gods from different theological traditions

perseus was only half god u should know better.

xpost Perseus not even a god, will surely complain about this to therapist for years.

close friend of mine has kids named Indr@ and 0rion; both cool names imo

ah, but I just realized one of those isn't a god

naming your boy odin is on a par with naming your daughter Medusa; prob not a great idea

you'll shoot your eye out, kid!

BREAKFAST NO. 2 I always buy a loaf of bread at Almondine and croissants for the kids, our second breakfast. Then I stand at the kitchen counter and read The New York Times. I read the front page first, and then the Styles section, the Business section and then I read the magazine.

"and croissants for my son, Tubal-cain"

SHIIIIIIIIIVAAAAAA dinner's ready

see, you laugh but

There were a pair of twins (male and female) in my year at school called Thor and Blaize

heeeee