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

this is basically everything awful about paula deen antebellum larping and hipster the spirit of the 1890s is alive in portland at once right?

nothing more 20-teens than justifying yr personal brand of disgusting savagery as "more mindful". not v victorian imo.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/movies/film-snob-is-that-so-wrong.html

. I like my pleasures slow and difficult. I would rather watch a mediocre film from South America or Eastern Europe about the sufferings of poor people than a mediocre Hollywood comedy about the inconveniences of the affluent. I look up in admiration at models of artistic perfection, sound judgment and noble achievement, and I look down on what I take to be the stupid, cheap and cynical aspects of public discourse. I sit at my cobbler’s bench and hammer away. If the words nerd and geek can be rehabilitated — if legions of misunderstood enthusiasts can march from the margins of respectability to the heart of the mainstream — then why not snob as well?

Who’s with me? Anyone? I’m really not that picky.

I want to check his reviews of Whit Stillman and Noah Baumbach movies against that "comedy about the inconveniences of the affluent" line.

a good ilx thread collectively outthinks and outwrites a piece like that by miles imo

Yeah, in general I think Scott is a pretty knowledgeable and thoughtful film writer. I was a little surprised to see him publish a piece like that.

I would rather watch a mediocre film from South America or Eastern Europe about the sufferings of poor people than a mediocre Hollywood comedy about the inconveniences of the affluent.

Like, his editor should have stopped this line from getting into the piece. I actually think there's a good point to be made about the sheer number of American films (Hollywood and "independent") that are centered around the affluent...but I cringe reading Scott brag about how he gets his authentic enlightenment from watching the suffering of generic impoverished foreigners (from South America…or maybe Eastern Europe, yeah, one of those beautifully bleak places)

- If I'm perfectly honest, this isn't even an American film.
- It's not?
- No. There are no stars. No pat happy endings. No Schwarzenegger, no stickups, no terrorists. This is a tough story, a tragedy in which an innocent woman dies. Why? Because that happens!

everyone otm :(

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oh what a fascinating angle. please do go on.

is that a snowflake I see?

don't like it there? move to texas. Everyone is judgmental if u DON'T have Jesus (or jewish analog; no third option) here

More evidence of the need for Christians to feel persecuted and socially outcast, even if there is no evidence that they are persecuted or socially outcast.

I had a Catholic friend of mine express that opinion recently (we are both NYers). It was hard to know where to start to argue with that, it seems so crazy

about 70% percent of amerikkkans call themselves christians. which ain't what it used to be, but still...

In the expensively educated, ambitiously employed, urban circles of the country the % is much lower. And that's hard. For a Christian.

the right answer to all these people is 'oh, i'm sorry, i couldn't tell you were a christian from the way you're living your life—you just look like everyone else'

To be fair, it was sad how when the Pope just visited the city closeted Christians ignored him in droves and he ended up drinking alone in an Irish bar on 2nd Avenue.

(But I guess the people who did come out were less expensively educated, less ambitiously employed?)

going to church is totally gonna be the next hip fad. mark my words. hipsters invading baptist churches. getting baptized in a scenic river. making ham salad for the church picnic. it will be a competition to see who goes to the more authentic olde-tyme church. the russian orthodox people won't know what hit them.

dude is clearly not running in the "urban circles" of DC in which a significant proportion of actual urban, actual DC residents actually occupy (see: everywhere outside of upper NW).

It's a not dude and she's actually in NYC/LA.

http://www.salon.com/2015/10/03/dont_you_be_my_neighbor_i_despised_the_man_next_door_and_hated_myself_for_hating_him/

It's a not dude

username gold

http://www.salon.com/2015/10/03/dont_you_be_my_neighbor_i_despised_the_man_next_door_and_hated_myself_for_hating_him🔗/

"Maybe my inability to befriend a neighbor I don’t like represents a personal failing, a narcissism that demands everyone I spend time with share my little corner of the world."

MAYBE

Unlike many pop-ups, which can involve taking over an established restaurant for a night or two, the Bride of the Fox will play out like a kind of gastronomic parlor game. Each event will involve a single table, and the meal may be served to as many as 20 people — or as few as two. Prices will fluctuate, depending on the circumstances.

He will choose the diners at random, through requests that come through his website, and he will not reveal the ever-shifting site of the dinner until the customers find out they have been picked. Guests will get the menu upon arrival.

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And then there is the damage the injury has done to Connell’s social life.

“I was at a party recently, and it was difficult to hold my hors d’oeuvre plate,” she said.

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/8-year-old-boy-on-trial-for-exuberance-6566757.php

Amazing.

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Jury-Aunt-who-sued-8-year-old-gets-zero-6568677.php

"The boy, now 12 years old, appeared with his father, Michael Tarala, in the Main Street courtroom. The boy’s mother, Lisa Tarala, died last year."

WTF.

I almost cannot believe this story is real.

The Daily News has branded her "The Auntie Christ" :D :D

(she lost)

Could be an insurance thing.

probably and maybe it got out of control after the family death

If it was an insurance thing wouldn't the insurance company be suing?

What insurance company would be suing? I don't think the woman likely had a policy covering injuries by children.

I guess if this happened in the boy's home maybe it could have been covered by his family's homeowner's policy?

There are definitely auto accident cases where family members sue each other solely for insurance reasons. I'm not well-versed in the fine points, but I think it's along the lines of a driver has liability insurance beyond what he has in injury insurance covering his passengers, so the passengers sue the driver to implicate the liability policy.

That happened to a couple of sisters from my high school - both were in their dad's car, got in a minor accident and dad had one daughter sue the other figuring any rate increase was easily offset by his winnings. Not sure how it turned out but everyone seemed to think he was a horrible sleazeball.

Yeah and it does happen in sleazy ways, but it also happens in situations where someone genuinely needs the excess insurance to cover their medical costs. As a French friend likes to point out, these kinds of lawsuits don't happen when you have socialized medicine.

Yeah homeowner's insurance. Have you ever gotten one of those questionnaires from your insurance company asking you if the injury you saw a doctor for was due to an accident? If you say yes, the insurance company will try to recover the money from the policy that would cover the accident, or just deny the claim and tell you to sue to get coverage under the policy that would cover the accident to pay your medical bills.

Basically if an insurance company can see a way out of paying a claim, it will take that way out because not paying claims is how they make money. Yay capitalism!

http://foxct.com/2015/10/14/aunt-who-sued-nephew-speaks-out-says-she-was-forced-to-go-to-trial/

I learned a lesson about judging people even when the facts seem clearly against them. Also learned that the media stands to gain by keeping the story really simple. I didn't learn anything new about insurance or capitalism.

still makes no sense why she'd be talking about the anguish of holding appetizers in court

if you've had two surgeries and need a third, couldn't you come up with a more sympathetic description of why

good takeaway there, your ability to be critical of any and all human endeavor is impressive

I once saw a guy in court claim that his injury had affected his slapshot. He had been in a brawl with cops while so drunk and high that he had no memory of it. One of the cops was hurt much worse.

for all we know she listed a number of things in her life that were more difficult. appetizer plate is the obvious quote because it makes her seem like a monster or an idiot and can generate outrage. There are like three quotes from her testimony in the piece, my guess is there was quite a bit more that maybe didn't make her look like a fool.

looking forward to this one becoming the new mcdonalds lawsuit among know-somethingish coworkers