This is basically an early stage of a scientology-like cult
― silverfish, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
Why is the sky blue? Why is water wet?Why did Judas rat to Romans while Jesus slept?
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/701449687669350405/NmLLslVi.jpg
― joygoat, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
Next up was “The 10-Minute Facelift with Dr. Julius Few,” a room-clearing demonstration in which Few sliced holes in a volunteer’s face. After explaining that his patient was under a local anesthetic, he pushed a threaded needle through his volunteer’s left cheekbone to her lower jaw, then reversed course while tugging tight.Those who remained groaned and gasped. The doctor was unfazed.“I do think Gwyneth and I are alike, in that we think the best things in life are simplest,” he said, dabbing up the wounds. “This procedure starts at $3,500 and lasts two to three years.” Few’s quick addendum: Blindness is a potential side effect.
Those who remained groaned and gasped. The doctor was unfazed.
“I do think Gwyneth and I are alike, in that we think the best things in life are simplest,” he said, dabbing up the wounds. “This procedure starts at $3,500 and lasts two to three years.” Few’s quick addendum: Blindness is a potential side effect.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
oh my god
the best things in life are simplest,” he said, dabbing up the wounds.
― jmm, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
i actually say that all the time when i'm dabbing up the wounds....
― scott seward, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
http://adequateman.deadspin.com/new-york-citys-parking-rules-have-turned-me-into-a-soci-1796548088
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 July 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
Pissing away money on ZipCars and rentals doesn't sound like it was pissing away money IMO.
― El Tuomasbot (milo z), Thursday, 6 July 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
Objectively, alt-side parking rules are a civic good: The street cleaners sweep up the curbside detritus that is a fact of life in a city of eight million people, and without an ordinance to temporarily assure that parked cars are out of the way, the accumulated filth would be unimaginable
this is bullshit. no other country on earth does this, and lots of them are cleaner than new york. cars in the way isn't the problem.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link
really love the social q's column https://t.co/Ogtf2iOnef pic.twitter.com/pdG7bbKBdt— Sapna Maheshwari (@sapna) July 6, 2017
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Thursday, 6 July 2017 19:25 (six years ago) link
I don't know if this qualifies, but I'm trying to make sense of this:
"Heather Lile, a nurse who makes $180,000 a year, commutes two hours from her home in Manteca to the San Francisco hospital where she works, 80 miles away."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/california-housing-crisis.html
― chinavision!, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
While they do pull down huge salaries, the problem with most of these supernurses is they can't drive above 40mph.
― Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 14:11 (six years ago) link
the housing crisis in the bay area is completely real and has been for years afaict. It all seems stupid and horrible and completely avoidable
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 14:19 (six years ago) link
for sure but, you know, still...
― chinavision!, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
it's insane.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/2017/07/08/the-latest-silicon-valley-housing-idea-on-a-landfill/
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
DC also has its fair share of people who have household incomes in that range and commute 2 hours but that's because they want the big house in the country, not because we have taken completely dumbass stances on density and transit from the 1950s
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
Also didn't San Mateo catch fire when a landfill exploded, like, recently? Or am I getting the facts wrong...
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
that was a gas line right?
― chinavision!, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
pg&e
― chinavision!, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
that wasn't landfill-related; it was a poorly maintained pg&e gas line in san bruno (in san mateo county).
― wmlynch, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 17:45 (six years ago) link
that article notes the median house price is a "staggering" 500k. it's 800k in Melbourne now :( how are we worse than fucking san fran wtf
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
I think the 500k figure is statewide
― chinavision!, Thursday, 20 July 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
looks like it's more like 1.5 mil for sf
― chinavision!, Thursday, 20 July 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
Ty for the corrections
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 20 July 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
happy for my parents and their san jose home anyway
Jesus, as a median, thats insane.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 20 July 2017 00:34 (six years ago) link
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― mookieproof, Friday, 21 July 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
New Harlem Resident Declares War On Jingle-Happy Mister Softee Man
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 July 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
She continued, "I said, 'It’s illegal for you to have your music on anyway, so could you please turn it off?"
His response: "Fuck off."
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― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 21 July 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
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― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
not being on this list with nj.com and dilbert.com has got to hurt
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:15 (six years ago) link
dcurbanmom.comwtop.com
drain the swamp
― mookieproof, Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:18 (six years ago) link
liberation.fr on this list!? jeez
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 22 July 2017 01:47 (six years ago) link
expats presumably?
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Saturday, 22 July 2017 11:07 (six years ago) link
Mookieproof OTM
My wife hatereads dc urban mom so we are presumably part of that 23%
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 22 July 2017 12:52 (six years ago) link
I was momentarily sympathetic to Mackenzie because I thought it said the music played from 7:45AM to 9PM. That might drive me to murder.
― El Tuomasbot (milo z), Saturday, 22 July 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
tbh the mister softee jingle *is* pretty annoying (and must send the drivers completely insane) but . . . maybe mackenzie wasn't meant for city living
― mookieproof, Saturday, 22 July 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
wonder how she'd do with a retro-kitsch infinite blaring loop of some guy with an old-timey new yawk accent proclaiming ICE CREAM! GET YER ICE CREAM! ... ICE CREAM! GET YER etc
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 23 July 2017 00:58 (six years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/realestate/what-to-do-when-youve-picked-the-wrong-suburb.html
thing is, I can imagine a similar article being written like this every decade or so going back to the 50s
― calstars, Sunday, 30 July 2017 00:21 (six years ago) link
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/science/study-happy-save-money-time.amp.html
― DJI, Sunday, 30 July 2017 03:54 (six years ago) link
Sorry for the Amp link. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/science/study-happy-save-money-time.html
― DJI, Sunday, 30 July 2017 03:56 (six years ago) link
I feel that one though - I felt like a horrible yuppie asshole when we hired a housekeeper to come in every other week as it was such a direct violation of my life-long scandinavian midwestern "how dare you think you're better than anyone else" ethos. But not having to spend 2-3 hours every weekend doing cleaning shit was so, so worth the $50 or whatever we paid each time, especially after having a baby.
― joygoat, Sunday, 30 July 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
it's weird isn't it. if you think about it, going to a restaurant is way more decadent, but it's hard to picture anyone feeling guilty about it.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 30 July 2017 14:34 (six years ago) link
Tracer, totally.
There are things that would just go undone if I didn't outsource them. Especially shirt ironing.
And house cleaning to the point where things are actually really clean and tidy. Do you know how good that feels? And after 20 years as an adult I know myself enough to know that I'm not going to achieve that myself.
Wash and fold laundry service is also a source of joy for me.
― Je55e, Sunday, 30 July 2017 14:57 (six years ago) link
I am way more meticulous than our housekeeper about the bathrooms.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 30 July 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
We get a maid service to come in every now and then and I'm grateful, not firstworld-guilty, about it.
HOWEVER, you need to tidy before the maids come. Like, they can't clean surfaces that are covered with toys and books and shoes and dishes, so you do a Big Tidy beforehand.
I sometimes wonder how much of the "Aaaah, things are CLEAN" comes from the actual maid activity and how much is from "Thank the gods that there aren't fifty-seven Matchbox cars on the stairs for once."
I tend to DIY a lot of house/yard/stuff. That said, there are lots of services that I will probably never use, but I won't judge others for using. With some exceptions.
http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/
― okapi paste (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 30 July 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
Wowee.
The need to have keep things clean enough for the cleaners is a huge benefit for me. It keeps me from letting things slide.
― Je55e, Sunday, 30 July 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
Isnt it a bit whats the point of the cleaner, then tho?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 31 July 2017 00:37 (six years ago) link
(basically: I want to hire a cleaner. but I want one who will also do all that stuff y'all j ust said. Put toys away. Throw rubbish out thats been left under couches/beds by kids. Tidy up shelves. Etc. )
IDK. I know that "cleaning for the cleaners" is a thing. I'd bet untold stand-up comedians and sitcom writers have relied on that concept.
I guess to me it's like how, in a hotel room, before housekeeping comes, I put cans, food wrappers, receipts, etc. in the trash can, and put away my dirty clothes. They still have plenty to do -- actual CLEANING, as in washing stuff, vacuuming floors and furniture, mopping, dusting, and more detailed tidying.
― Je55e, Monday, 31 July 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
A previous cleaner I had was very into tidying, which seemed great, but turned out to be a problem b/c she and her helper would put things away in places I couldn't find them. I appreciated the effort, but it made every evening after her visit like an Easter egg hunt. Like, fingernail clipper doesn't go in the drawer with the batteries, IMO.
― Je55e, Monday, 31 July 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link