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

i don't set nuthin

Agonies, but without that unique NYT flavor:

Even worse, nannies “from Tibet or Nepal don’t understand the infrastructure of a building. They don’t understand that a doorman will help you with a taxi.” Many can’t use Uber, she said.

http://pagesix.com/2015/04/21/inside-posh-boot-camp-for-clueless-maids-and-nannies/

vom

lesson one in journalism for dickheads - condescension as a stylistic element

Her husband looks like a 75-year-old just waiting to happen, and that pic is from 2008.

“I’ve always pitched this theory of, if a guy comes up to a restaurant in a red Ferrari, you kind of recoil,” he said. “But if you find out that the guy owned 14 of them and he writes a blog on them, then you can appreciate it, because you can trust that there’s a depth to it.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/fashion/mens-style/john-mayer-watches.html?_r=0

“The watch community gets its power from being esoteric,” Mr. Mayer said. “We don’t want everybody to be involved in it.”

“That’s the best koi fish you can find,” he said dismissively, nodding toward the crude fish tattoo he got at 18. “And that,” he said, pulling up his other sleeve to show off a lovely reinterpretation he got at 32, “is the koi fish that you want.”

He lowered the sleeve. “It all represents the trip through knowledge.”

Adam Savage's podcast had an entire episode on watches - even non-bro watch guys are awful as it turns out.

These are real words that came out of a person's mouth, without laughter

“John is something of a watch-nerd icon,” said Benjamin Clymer, the 32-year-old founder of Hodinkee, which features watch news and reviews catering to next-generation aficionados. “I think, in a lot of ways, John made it O.K. to really go deep into watches and not be embarrassed about it. I can’t tell you how many guys have come up to me at events and said, ‘My wife or girlfriend thought I was crazy for caring about watches so much, until I told her John Mayer was the very same way.’ ”

In my world that a) makes it less ok and b) gets you dickpunched

Sometimes consuming goods and displaying status symbols takes real courage.

hey it all represents the trip through knowledge. let's be cool about this.

At 50 you have the koi fish you deserve.

I had never heard about this Hodinkee guy until he wrote a thing about the Apple watch but apparently he's like America's top watch blogger

I always thought that if I won the lottery I'd like to collect Swatches. I love Swatches.

I used to read this site a lot, but he gave up collecting an sold all his Swatches

this site, rather: http://swatch.allsopp.com/index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/fashion/tell-tale-signs-of-the-modern-day-yuppie.html

yuppies v hipsters, part 259458

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/realestate/priced-out-of-brooklyn-try-manhattan.html?WT.mc_id=D-NYT-MKTG-MOD-39892-05-09-PH&WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_c=

Priced Out of Brooklyn? Try Manhattan

looooooooooool

Five years ago, Eric Kabakoff and Christina Lewandowski bought a one-bedroom in a new condominium in Gowanus, Brooklyn, with the idea of moving to a two-bedroom in the same building after a while. But two years ago, when they were outbid on two apartments there, the couple realized their $750,000 budget was not going to be enough.

that article made me annoying to be around on Sunday morning.

lol <3

you can't get a 2BR apartment in Gowanus for 750K? holy guacamole

maybe the faucets SHIT GOLD

you'll be lucky if they don't shit rust tbh

actual shit maybe still a possibility. i would def check that on the tour. i mean, $750,000 is a lot of money.

if you're spending 800K for a Gowanus 2BR in a new apartment complex the faucets should dispense delicious strawberry milkshakes at the very least

Reaching higher by several stories than its neighbors, 548 4th has made
a wonderful bedfellow of that glorious, brilliant ball in the sky. A calm
dawn will accentuate breathtaking panoramas of the Brooklyn and
Manhattan skylines reflected of the surface of the East River and
Brooklyn Harbor. One struggles to adequately describe the sunsets with
just words in a gorgeous living environment where polarized shades are
a must. Roomy layouts and over­sized windows allow views of all this
outdoor splendor, from just over the rim of your coffee cup. Closets
abound to hide all your pers

https://ipg.nyc/property/print_details/160135

http://brooklyn.backpage.com/ApartmentsForRent/2br-affordable-carroll-gardensgowanus/57247619

Must prove 90k/yr with tax docs. Roommates must have one guarantor who makes 180k/yr or more.

But what is the rent?

❤️‍AFFORDABLE❤️‍

everything's affordable if you're rich enough

"that glorious, brilliant ball in the sky" = i am sympathetic to people needing to write copy to fill but come on here

$800k for an apartment with a dedicated strawberry milkshake line already installed seems like a good deal. Sure, you'll save money if you buy a house without a milkshake line and install it yourself but not everybody has time for that.

I just watched a Property Brothers where they were renovating an old home to redo the kitchen to get rid of the outdated granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances and install marble counters and a solid gold stove, and they added a milkshake line while they were at it, but discovered that the wiring for the robot butler had to be completely redone. They had to sacrifice upgrading the servants quarters from a hole in the floor to a flush toilet to make room in the budget. It was a nightmare.

that glorious, brilliant ball in the sky

the fuck is this bonefish grill ad nonsense

for 750k, you get your glorious brilliant balls in the sky

delicious strawberry milkshakes reconstituted from GowCanal 'water'

I knew a girl who actually had a milk faucet in her kitchen. She was from Wisconsin obviously.

“There’s kind of a limitless amount of things I want to do, and when the path seems to open, that’s when I try to do a thing,” Mr. Murphy said, sipping a flat white at Sweatshop

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/dining/for-james-murphy-of-lcd-soundsystem-a-brooklyn-wine-bar-is-a-switch-in-tempo.html?_r=1

daft plonk is playing at my bar

"his meaty frame and stubbled mug"

The Stubbled Mug would have been the perfect name for his place.

oh man middle-aged content producers opening restaurants/bars is such a bugbear of mine

The cleft in James Murphy's upper lip seems misplaced. Too far to the right. Or maybe it's the whole lower part of his face.

Also, ... a cafe and design studio..." called Sweatshop. What's next, a B&B called Slave Quarters?

James Murphy's face is a face you could slap forever and still not have slapped enough.

lol

He bounces back and forth between unbearable and People Who've Figured Out How To Live.