No kidding! How many articles have I read where the subject itemizes their decadent lifestyle (each with a little fig-leaf letting us know they feel it is 'essential'), then concludes by claiming that they are not rich because they don't "feel rich" because they still, somewhere in their mind, have some kind of niggling worry associated with money. bitch so does bill gates
― Dan I., Sunday, 10 September 2017 19:55 (seven years ago) link
Wow, rich people don't want their servants to envy them? Wealth has like so many more complexities than I realized!
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, 11 September 2017 00:35 (seven years ago) link
is this already somewhere else on ILE? i don't even know where to put it. memorably sad though. for all the wrong reasons. this made me think of this thread though. ugh. "And Chicago is an incredible city to do just that: find a way of life that’s comfortable (provided you’re white, of course)."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/goodbye-chicago-what-its-like-to-live-in-a-city-you_us_59ac5f1de4b0bef3378cd9ba
― scott seward, Monday, 11 September 2017 13:22 (seven years ago) link
When I used the word “affluent” in an email to a stay-at-home mom with a $2.5 million household income, a house in the Hamptons and a child in private school, she almost canceled the interview, she told me later. Real affluence, she said, belonged to her friends who traveled on a private plane.
Few things enrage me as much about rich people as this kind of attitude.― silverfish, Friday, September 8, 2017 2:51 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― silverfish, Friday, September 8, 2017 2:51 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it is super common too ime
― marcos, Monday, 11 September 2017 13:51 (seven years ago) link
god that chicago huffpo thing is so bad. i keep seeing it linked elsewhere and it is trash
― marcos, Monday, 11 September 2017 13:53 (seven years ago) link
Xp that attitude is very typical of corporate lawyers who feel they are not the "real" rich because they serve even richer clients.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, 11 September 2017 14:08 (seven years ago) link
The Chicago HuffPo guy has been adequately dispatched: http://www.avclub.com/goodbye-huffpost-guy-who-hates-chicago-and-please-sto-1802762287.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 11 September 2017 16:57 (seven years ago) link
When I used the word “affluent” in an email to a stay-at-home mom with a $2.5 million household income, a house in the Hamptons and a child in private school, she almost canceled the interview, she told me later. Real affluence, she said, belonged to her friends who traveled on a private plane.Few things enrage me as much about rich people as this kind of attitude.― silverfish, Friday, September 8, 2017 11:51 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Few things enrage me as much about rich people as this kind of attitude.
― silverfish, Friday, September 8, 2017 11:51 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
super otm, though its particularly galling with literal multimillionaires. I mean, it annoys me enough when it's people who make 250K+ protesting that they're middle class; it takes a particular obliviousness to be in the 99.9% and insist one isn't affluent.
― intheblanks, Monday, 11 September 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
it's the equivalent of being 6'7" and denying you're tall because of Manute Bol
― intheblanks, Monday, 11 September 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
And yet more on HuffPo bro: https://medium.com/@allyssabujdoso/i-happened-by-chance-on-the-goodbye-chicago-blah-blah-blah-article-b85b08bf7e11.
Now everyone in NYC will be like, oh yeah you're that douche who hated Chicago.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 11 September 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
But being new to the midwest and making friends here can be a struggle. It’s a big city, and more importantly a very spread out one. Its population density is low for a major city.
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New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia are the only incorporated places in the United States that have a population over 1,000,000 and a population density over 10,000 people per square mile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population_density
― chinavision!, Monday, 11 September 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
who needs editors eh
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 September 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
metropolitan diary always a real treasure trove of this shit
Dear Diary:I had the opportunity to attend the Tony Awards and arrived home at midnight, happy but also ready to get out of my gown.I was able to unzip it about three inches by pulling the zipper from above, but when I twisted my arm around to complete the job, I couldn’t reach the zipper.After struggling for a few minutes, I put my shoes back on, walked to the building next door and asked the doorman if he could please unzip me. He kindly assisted me.I thought about how, in their acceptance speeches, a number of the Tony winners had acknowledged their dressers. I returned to my building with a smile.“I have one now, too,” I thought.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:15 (seven years ago) link
i just puked so much that an entirely new me assembled itself in puke on the carpet right next to where i had been standing
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
my new thing is to imagine all of these being voiced by Lucille Bluth
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:48 (seven years ago) link
or i guess more Lindsay really, idk
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
Is that letter like the insane rich smugnut's version of "dear penthouse letters"?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 14 September 2017 05:54 (seven years ago) link
bashō, this ain't
Dear Diary:Airplane wingsCroissants on traysBut when will I sleep?Cobblestone streetsUphill for daysBut when will I sleep?Gaudí and churchesCaught in the rainBut when will I sleep?We fly to SardiniaBurnished in sunlightBut when will I sleep?Rome is impressiveCappuccino is greatBut when will I sleep?The Colosseum is oldThe fountains are wetBut when will I sleep?St. Peter’s a boreWalking a choreBut when will I sleep?Lights over ManhattanThe plane landsMy photo is takenI find my bagA taxi appearsI stare out the windowQueens. La Guardia.The Triborough Bridge.Harlem. Central Park.We turn down BroadwayI see my buildingI see my doorstepI see my home.Now I will sleep.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:52 (seven years ago) link
not nyt but this seemed a good place for this upcoming workshop i just saw.
Spoon Carving WorkshopGood Goods, a new collaborative lifestyle store that represents a new generation of makers hosts a special workshop with wood specialist Abby Mechanic. The first portion of the class will revolve around design and development of an object: you'll learn how to plan, mark, and prep material for shaping. Then you'll explore various shaping techniques with the use of hand tools. At the end of the workshop, you'll leave with a spoon of your own. Class is $125 and includes all the materials and toolsGood Goods / SoHo121 Prince St.https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spoon-carving-workshop-with-abby-mechanic-tickets-37960299277
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 15 October 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
omg "Good Goods" die
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Sunday, 15 October 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
and you will own the most expensive spoon
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 15 October 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
veg, we all need a spoon of our own
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 October 2017 21:35 (six years ago) link
> wood specialist Abby Mechanic
― koogs, Sunday, 15 October 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
this NYT comment and the three people who recommended it are giving me life this morning pic.twitter.com/kKYf5uLOK0— bergmanj (@bergmanj) October 26, 2017
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
hahaha what
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
Answered the phone while speech to texting, hit "post" somehow.
― .oO (silby), Thursday, 26 October 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
ahhhhhh right speech-to-text. i was trying to figure how they could have thought they were typing text messages, and yet been getting responses...
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 October 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
okay, amazing
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 26 October 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
Hahah it reads like Paul F. Tompkins's old "Google Phone Voicemail Transcriptions" bit.
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Thursday, 26 October 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
that's fucking amazing, found poetry
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Thursday, 26 October 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
I'm Normans out doing some errands and he knows you're coming so he'll just go down to the cave
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 October 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
start of a neil gaiman story if ever i heard one
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 26 October 2017 21:13 (six years ago) link
You can't boil some eggs without killing a few people.
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Thursday, 26 October 2017 22:27 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/qzuKTrC.jpg
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/your-money/talking-to-children-about-inheritance.html
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
I should change my career to a “how to talk to your kids about their inheritance consultant”. I think it would be pretty easy.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 22:34 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNpKrdWVQAABvwC.jpg:small
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-02/what-life-is-like-inside-wework-s-communal-housing-project
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 November 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
A kibbutz it ain't
― .oO (silby), Thursday, 2 November 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Thursday, October 26, 2017 4:31 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it is!
reminds me of "brownsville girl"
"ah henry ain't here but you can come in, he'll be back in a little while"
― marcos, Thursday, 2 November 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
man that welive place looks so sad
― chinavision!, Thursday, 2 November 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
more from the same crew
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-e2iMVAAASHfT.jpg:small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-fDTgVAAAU-1F.jpg:small
WeWork Is Launching a Grade School for Budding Entrepreneurs
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 November 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
Dear Diary:I accompanied my friend Judy to an auto body shop in the Bronx to help her retrieve her property from her car, which was totaled when she hit a deer upstate.We readily accepted the mechanic’s kind offer to drive us to the subway station with our heavy bags.Before entering the subway, we offered Judy’s long-handled snow-removal brush, which she no longer needed, to a man at a corner fruit stand. He took it happily and offered two apples in return.On the ride back to Manhattan, Judy gave one of the apples to a homeless woman; she too accepted with gratitude.An unfortunate event for a deer resulted in thoughtful deeds that were satisfying to several people.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
ha ha this sounds like someone at their bar mitzvah talking about how much they learned from volunteering at the food bank for two hours
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/11/style/where-are-all-the-nannies-on-instagram.html
tbh, I don't know if this is thread-qualified, my eye started twitching after the third paragraph
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
It's almost like an inverted quid-ag, ostensibly social justice and wealth inequality concerned, but still subtly from the perspective of the wealthy (framed as "why aren't they on rich people's instagrams" as opposed to like "the hidden labor that makes wealthy lifestyles possible." )
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link
One estimate shows wealthy couples in NYC need 90 million to keep their heads above water https://t.co/dlF6y9wlpT pic.twitter.com/RrSn4oS3Sg— Finance Insider (@clusterstock) November 17, 2017
now they're just trolling
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 November 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
for $190 a lot of people would put their heads below water
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 17 November 2017 21:59 (six years ago) link
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/money-diaries-where-millennial-women-go-to-judge-one-anothers-spending-habits
― louise ck (milo z), Saturday, 18 November 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/technology/silicon-valley-esalen-institute.html?_r=0
“There’s a dawning consciousness emerging in Silicon Valley as people recognize that their conventional success isn’t necessarily making the world a better place,” said Mr. Tauber, 34, a former Google product manager and start-up executive coach. “The C.E.O.s, inside they’re hurting. They can’t sleep at night.”
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 05:22 (six years ago) link
The C.E.O.sinside they’re hurting
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 11:40 (six years ago) link
there's an app for that
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link