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

hanle y mellon

Fun fact: It's actually pronounced Mey-on

http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/04/13/fashion/13MELLONS/13MELLONS-master675.jpg

Amazing pants.

My brain is slow, I was thinking "man those are some horrible jeans, and..." my eyes traveled to the right and my brain just glitched

it looks like someone photoshopped a garter belt and stockings onto him

“I’ve never been to Africa, but I feel like I have this deep affinity for it,”
“I’ve never been to Africa, but I feel like I have this deep affinity for it,”
“I’ve never been to Africa, but I feel like I have this deep affinity for it,”

THANK YOU

lol

also, cross-post from rolling hipster studies, but this needs to have a home in this thread:: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/realestate/new-york-boomers-on-hipster-turf.html?_r=0

A few weeks later, the Berners moved from a two-bedroom apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn, which they were renting for $4,500 a month, to a 39th-floor waterfront rental in Long Island City, Queens — the price tag a more modest $3,850.

barf, new york is gross guys

The people in that article really great. "I FEEL LIKE MAYBE I'M NOT HIP ENOUGH FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD" stfu.

haha I mean really GRATE

Aldo Sampieri, who is in his 50s, ventured even deeper into hipster territory. After 16 years in a loft near New York University, Mr. Sampieri, a painter and graphic artist, moved to Williamsburg in 2010. And last August he paid $760,000 for a renovated century-old townhouse on Moffat Street in Bushwick, a couple of subway stops farther along Brooklyn’s hipster trail. And he has only good things to say about the perks of living in a youth-oriented part of town.

“It helps you be looser, not so uptight,” Mr. Sampieri said. “Your mannerisms change. You feel comfortable wearing more eccentric clothing.

“I’ve always had a very funky life,” he added. “I was married, divorced. I have no family. I can do what I want. And when you’re in a neighborhood filled with people of different ages, you feel like you’re not that old. Seeing young people walking around makes you feel happy, more alive. You find yourself playing bass with some guys in a studio, leading a life that a person my age usually can’t do.”

cue sienfeld bass

something about the way the light reflects off Mr Mellon's hair and face in that pic above. he's wearing a mask, right??

also those are some weird-ass pants

all I keep thinking of is Andy's stockings in the Erasure Oh L'Amour video

I used to sew ties in a neck tie factory and we made a lot of woven silk patterned ties, some of which looked a lot like his pants.

I actually really do like those pants. They seem like horrible people, but those pants are fine by me.

the rest of his look is so staid that i literally did not even notice his pants until now. fun pants!

they look kind of like leggings

I wonder which part of his path in life led him to put that outfit together

they're not even sitting on the couch, they sit on top of the couch because fuck rules man fuck your 501s i'm gonna paisley this shit and let god sort it out

I doubt there is any rebellion in their souls, but probably a lot of cocaine use in their pasts

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.

― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, May 28, 2014 5:02 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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