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

I slipped a GPS tracking device into my wife’s car before she headed off to work. I put another tracker in my 2-year-old’s diaper bag and sent him off to the nanny for the day. I still had a few trackers left, and my parents were in town, so I also threw one into their vehicle while they took my son out to the park.

Of course, I had never suspected any wrongdoing and, later on, when I reviewed the trails left by these GPS devices, they turned up nothing untoward.

By FARHAD MANJOO

Yes, why not announce to the world via nytimes article that you are one of the creepiest people alive.

*shakes hand with mailman*
*drops gps tracker in his mailbag*

wait what kind of person tweets photos of his friend's dinner party?

also that whole article (with photos) is just a big stealth brag about his stylish dinner aprty

An update on John McAfee - 3 years ago a rich entrepreneur being teased on ILX, now a crazed and armed paranoid in Belize: Secrets, Schemes, and Lots of Guns: Inside John McAfee’s Heart of Darkness

seriously this whole story is amazing

my best pal lance got awesome quotes in the times! so proud of him. and to think some people would have thought we were wasting our time watching all those horror movies together when we were kids.

“A lot of kids are terrified of Santa Claus when they go to meet him,” said Mr. Vaughan, who watches “Silent Night, Deadly Night” every Christmas. “They’re told all year that there’s this guy judging them. He’s basically a home intruder, and you have no control over that. He comes in while you’re sleeping. Kids are warned about strangers, but then they’re taken to a department store and sit on the lap of someone they don’t know. That would give anyone pause.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/movies/ho-ho-homicide-killer-santa-is-back-in-silent-night.html

not quiddities but i didn't know where to put it.

scott, I love Uncle Lancifer and Kindertrauma. I want to watch every movie he and Aunt John write about!!

you know they just got married for real. i couldn't go. very proud of him though.

Aww.

not sure where else to put this
boy do i hate these people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=2a5pWMZxlIA

hahaha we're shopping IRONICALLY
isn't it SURPRISING that there's a line here
hahahahaha it's okay, they gave some money to the guy who owned the 99 cent store he is a minority it's okay
man SUBVERSIVE i know right right

idk the races of anyone involved but fuck white people

it's really the moment at the start where the guy says "our mission is to create a huge line in front of a dollar store" and the assembled crowd laughs as one
that's the moment they will be judged by

Still hate Improv Everywhere after their "Best Gig Ever" prank on the band. There's also a thread on them: the Improv Everywhere pranksters now do Frozen Grand Central

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323830404578145591134362564.html

i hated it but i feel happy for the dollar store owner who benefited from it $$$$$$

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/realestate/the-ultimate-amenity-grandparents.html?_r=0

I can't really disapprove of this one though -- making sure your kids' grandparents are in their lives is a really good use of money.

Not having the means to actually live around the corner from my in-laws, we chose where to live partly based on ease of train access to them when we had the baby. Best decision we could have made.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/education/poor-students-struggle-as-class-plays-a-greater-role-in-success.html

:(

woof

great article, not sure if this is the right thread.

it probably is the right thread. quiddities people are more interested in the poor than the middle class. unless they've been infected w/ the Ayn Rand virus, when they don't give a shit about anyone else.

no this is probably the right thread: generation limbo: 20-somethings today, debt, unemployment, the questionable value of a college education

good point. was just thinking of this as the NYTimes thread vs the LOL NYTimes thread. not a lot of LOL in there. some seriously good reporting. appreciate the candor of the emory folks even as they let themselves off the hook.

this one is p self-consciously absurd but still makes you want to stab something

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/fashion/ruff-club-brings-exclusivity-to-the-pet-world.html

When I walked into the dog club — with its old-fashion wooden bar, artisanal Brooklyn-made toile wallpaper and leather club chairs — I was gripping Zoloft’s leash, certain that she wouldn’t pass muster. While she is mostly as good as her name, there are times when my Zoloft needs a Xanax.

anyone who names a pet "Zoloft" should be sterilized.

if i had a dog i'd name it 'artisan al'

scanned that clip as repping artisinal toilet paper

in the fashion section no less:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/fashion/unmarried-spouses-have-a-way-with-words.html

HORRIBLE

idiots obviously should have 're-claimed' POSSLQ, it's the best

the fuck is wrong with 'boyfriend'

Anne Tierney, 32, a bodyworker in West Palm Beach, Fla., went for “fusband,” which, she explains, is a catchall for “fake husband, future husband.” (Ms. Tierney’s fusband, Ozzy, calls Ms. Tierney “wifey.”) Technically the two are engaged, but Ms. Tierney said: “The word fiancé makes me cringe. What am I, in France?”

She should relax. They turn people like her away at the gates of France.

i have been with my girlfriend for 8 years and i just call her my girlfriend

don't underestimate "paramour"

in France nobody gives a shit about being married in the first place

btw pretty sure people there say "copain / copine" which just means "friend" but mainly they'll just say the person's name and if you don't know who they are then fuck you

I say "partner" for feminist reasons.

partner just sounds so businesslike

Actually the queer adoption of "partner" seems to have spurred some businesspeople to start saying "business partner" instead of "partner" so you know they are straight businesspeople and not gays.

Notably my shitty landlord from a couple years ago would assiduously allude to his "business partner".

It's business time.

Anne Tierney, 32, a bodyworker in West Palm Beach, Fla., went for “fusband,” which, she explains, is a catchall for “fake husband, future husband.” (Ms. Tierney’s fusband, Ozzy, calls Ms. Tierney “wifey.”) Technically the two are engaged, but Ms. Tierney said: “The word fiancé makes me cringe. What am I, in France?”

this is insane

i bet every time she says it he winces

fuzzband

Since this appears to be the only thread that has mentioned the brant bros:

http://brantwatch.tumblr.com/