"Social inequality is always felt more acutely than economic inequality."
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 14:45 (eight years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/opinion/i-miss-barack-obama.html
― the late great, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 06:51 (eight years ago) link
I can't exactly disagree with much in that column, but I can point out that you reap what you sow.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 15:14 (eight years ago) link
no one linked the "Donald Trump Is Not Real" column eh
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 16:03 (eight years ago) link
it was linked on the *other* David Brooks thread
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 16:19 (eight years ago) link
Personally, I don’t think there is one correct answer to whether we want a dog or a cat as leader. Depends on the situation; there are successful examples of both types. But I’m struck by how catlike Obama is. And it’s striking how many Americans have responded by going for Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, who are bad versions of the bounding in/we-can-change-everything doggy type.
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Friday, 11 March 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
writing's a bitch
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 March 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
"I was surprised by Trump’s success because I’ve slipped into a bad pattern, spending large chunks of my life in the bourgeois strata — in professional circles with people with similar status and demographics to my own. It takes an act of will to rip yourself out of that and go where you feel least comfortable. But this column is going to try to do that over the next months and years. We all have some responsibility to do one activity that leaps across the chasms of segmentation that afflict this country."
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/726061722642034689
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
"Poor Like Me"
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 April 2016 16:26 (eight years ago) link
need a rewrite of Simon & Garfunkel's "Dangling Conversation" as "Chasms of Segmentation"
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:27 (eight years ago) link
and beside all this, between us and david brooks there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to him cannot; neither can he pass to us, if he would come from thence.
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:30 (eight years ago) link
I wonder where davids gonna hang out
― Treeship, Friday, 29 April 2016 16:32 (eight years ago) link
@CafeFilthmuck He might even ask his caddy what iron to use from this lie.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
But this column is going to try to do that over the next months and years.
can't wait!!
― ejemplo (crĂĽt), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
We’ll need a communitarianism.
he starts to say it, but it gives him a stroke
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:38 (eight years ago) link
I had so much fun reading it
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
"The little loves..."
https://twitter.com/monfrat/status/737642983802179590
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:38 (eight years ago) link
The larger culture itself needs to be revived in four distinct ways: We need to be more communal in an age that’s overly individualistic; we need to be more morally minded in an age that’s overly utilitarian; we need to be more spiritually literate in an age that’s overly materialistic; and we need to be more emotionally intelligent in an age that is overly cognitive.
A tradition, whether it’s Thanksgiving dinner, an annual family reunion or a burial ceremony, takes a physical activity and infuses it with enchantment.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:45 (eight years ago) link
We need to be more communal in an age that’s overly individualistic
this fucking guy never met a republican he couldn't front for until trump came along
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:48 (eight years ago) link
every time this thread is revived I am disappointed
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:50 (eight years ago) link
How can a man who is wealthy from writing write so poorly?
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
what's this, the voiceover from triumph of the will
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 00:14 (eight years ago) link
it sounds like he's been talking to his rabbi a lot
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 00:20 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsesuuZXgAA6hL0.jpg:small
oh good
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 September 2016 13:54 (eight years ago) link
YES
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 September 2016 13:56 (eight years ago) link
When Europeans first settled this continent they had two big thoughts. The first was that black people were not human beings. The second was that it was acceptable, therefore, to treat them like cattle.
― Cumstaun (Phil D.), Friday, 16 September 2016 14:02 (eight years ago) link
http://verysmartbrothas.com/the-10-worst-sentences-in-david-brookss-the-uses-of-patriotism-ranked-from-this-is-fucking-stupid-to-this-dude-is-on-crack/
― Sentient animated cat gif (kingfish), Friday, 16 September 2016 22:35 (eight years ago) link
i personally rested in peace after reading this garbage
― assawoman bay (harbl), Saturday, 17 September 2016 01:14 (eight years ago) link
Who the fuck is reading Brooks and nodding and agreeing with him, I want to slap those people
― SOMEONE'S got to program the propaganda simulacra (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 17 September 2016 03:49 (eight years ago) link
i mean he's no maureen dowd
― Mordy, Saturday, 17 September 2016 03:57 (eight years ago) link
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/opinion/donald-trumps-sad-lonely-life.html
The funniest part is the gorilla bit
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 13:58 (seven years ago) link
But maybe i just find anthropomorphism funnier than most ppl idk
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 13:59 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C28eXmVUoAAZnu9.jpg
http://bavatuesdays.com/files/2013/03/socialism-big-lebowski-ethos.gif
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
Lickspittle
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
Ugh I really hoped he was dead this time
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
Hope springs eternal
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2017/01/24/you-will-never-be-good-enough-for-david-brooks/
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 00:55 (seven years ago) link
^^^ I read it this afternoon. Wonderful.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 00:57 (seven years ago) link
Why do people, who know how to read and write, spend so much time doing both to the NYT pundits? Please shout that at the top of your lungs to get the effect of how I feel about the question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lba_yQHzZCo
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:41 (seven years ago) link
why attach that video though
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 02:04 (seven years ago) link
I forgot the caption where I think writing about david brooks instead of doing anything else is probably like that guy going YO instead of calling 911? as I write about people writing about david brooks because I'm procrastinating on some work that I really need to do tonight because the idea that I'll have time to do it tomorrow is laughable.
I think really the metaphor I believe in is that the gas tanker flipping over and exploding is the NYT editorial page, America is all the other vehicles, and we are the guy with the phone, and nothing we do matters.
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 02:30 (seven years ago) link
@dick_nixonThe much-younger woman who played no part in David Brooks' divorce, the "research assistant," I wonder how she feels.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 02:34 (seven years ago) link
Why do people, who know how to read and write, spend so much time doing both to the NYT pundits?
I know there are several blogger who feel it is their duty to analyze every word Brooks (& other NYT columnists) writes because this is the ruling class talking to itself.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
After this sad attempt at a Presidency implodes, there will be several takes on how it was the fault of our era and social media in particular that Trump could not succeed, followed by immediate and yet extremely well-thought-out ripostes from all of these intelligent bloggers, and it will be yet another drop in the opportunity cost bucket of idle smart people, and Bobo will keep his job.
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Thursday, 26 January 2017 00:50 (seven years ago) link
I can discuss Brooks and overthrow Trump and chew gum at the same time.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 January 2017 00:51 (seven years ago) link
try not to swallow the gum
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 January 2017 00:56 (seven years ago) link
my throat can only swallow gin
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 January 2017 01:01 (seven years ago) link
Healthy approach.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 January 2017 02:45 (seven years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/the-politics-of-cowardice.html
dayummm
― j., Friday, 27 January 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
he looked for the good news in others and saw the arc of history bending toward progress.
god stfu Reagan hated MLK
― Οὖτις, Friday, 27 January 2017 18:15 (seven years ago) link