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

I'm not a huge fan of Boston but that's largely to do with being from Providence.

Nothing compares to how much I loathe Connecticut, though. SORRY, NUTMEGGERS.

x-post - lol Prov ppl HATE Boston ime. I love Prov though. Might be down there in a couple weeks. If so I will drop you a line - maybe we could meet up for a drink. :)

Yes please, E!

Part of Providence's antipathy towards Boston has to do with RI's inherent parochial character but also resentment of Boston's dominance in New Englands's cultural landscape -- they get all the big touring acts, etc. Personally, I sometimes feel like Boston is kind of expansionist and thinks of Providence as a commuter city, which is kinda bullshit.

providence rules, boston drools, end of story

you drool

jk

max yesterday:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UOSdP89RDOo/SjPoKkl4MkI/AAAAAAAAElY/H9SxuPuivJU/s400/DSC00040.JPG

*skates away holding dels lemonade*

B)

lol

I am a h8er of boston mea culpa

tho I had an amazing weekend there once

also a friend of mine lived in an apartment in somerset that was in an old converted mariner church and that had for real 20ft ceilings and a stained glass window

Why the hate then?

i like boston but ive only been there once

i fucking love the fuck out of fucking somerville

Teens frolic in Medford Square, Medford, 1972

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6821511136/

Part of Providence's antipathy towards Boston has to do with RI's inherent parochial character but also resentment of Boston's dominance in New Englands's cultural landscape -- they get all the big touring acts, etc. Personally, I sometimes feel like Boston is kind of expansionist and thinks of Providence as a commuter city, which is kinda bullshit.

lol ... this reminds me of that infamous NYT story from about 7 years ago when some NYcers who had moved to Philadelphia wrote a quiddities-style article about Philly becoming "the sixth borough." said article was not well-received by real Philadelphians of course.

i fucking love the fuck out of fucking somerville

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:12 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

So do I which is good since i live there. Actually Somerville is heavily represented on ILX considering that me, Spiralli, Call all Destroyer, and DJP are all Somerville residents! :D

I spent a long week in Somerville one night! j/k

(actually I saw the Magnetic Fields at the Somerville Theater in Dec 2000, while the Bush-Gore recount was going on)

heavy frolicking

lol ... this reminds me of that infamous NYT story from about 7 years ago when some NYcers who had moved to Philadelphia wrote a quiddities-style article about Philly becoming "the sixth borough." said article was not well-received by real Philadelphians of course.

― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:27 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

omg this makes me angry and I've only ever lived near Philadelphia, and not in 12 years.

I think they ran similar stories at least two other times.

I said somerset, meant somerville

we know

there is a somerset mass

we still knew, that's how awesome Somerville ppl are

well ill be damned

Ex-Somervillain here, still miss it.

TWU, you ever come back for reunions? We should do Somerville drinks if you do.

Not reunions, but I do like to swing by Inman Square every couple of years. Will drop you a line next time I do.

Ha we're a 5 min walk from there.

http://i.imgur.com/94KwF.png

opinion >>

DO WE HATE
OURSELVES AND
WORRY ABOUT
BULLSHIT
ENOUGH?

Room for Debate asks:
There must be some
way we haven't talked
about this crap some-
how yet.

hah

goole otm

oh god, it's a series of articles and one is titled "Rediscover the Don Draper Within"

gag

hah thats messed up

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/07/12/are-modern-men-manly-enough/men-need-to-rediscover-the-don-draper-within

kind of feel like these article titles need a poll

‘Manly’ Is a Lifestyle, Not a Look
LAWRENCE SCHLOSSMAN, BLOGGER

jesus fn christ

that guy's is the least objectionable

the article, I mean, not the title

the article boils down to "be a decent person," though

ya he clearly didnt write the headline but still its more 'lol hipsters, be a decent person'

i like how the bylines distinguish between 'blogger' and 'author'.

goole otm

― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Friday, July 13, 2012 5:43 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Joel Stein, from linked article:

...without manliness we’re going to die as a species. Because being a nerd will never get you any action.

Does this fellow not realize that this 'problem' can safely be left to solve itself without his guidance and advice?

Joel Stein, I'd like for you to meet Wilmer Valderama and John Mayer

wilmer is pimp, come on!

uh i'd heard of joel stein (fuckstick) and loni love (not that funny iirc?). who the f are the rest of these people.

god just looking at their pictures i want them all to get sucked into a jet engine