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

goddamn and she's still bilking her roommate. $1950 to live in the den!

without outright doing the math it looks like the money + benefits she receives from family is more than her total "income."

the benefits she receives from her family are more than I've ever made

We finally sit down at a lovely table outside. Z. and I order two small pizzas and a grilled calamari appetizer to share. I tell her that there's no chance we leave without getting some free stuff. I suggest to the waiter that he brings us some wine on the house, and he does. He also brings us a panna cotta dessert with our check. $36.62

Great, I'm a Maoist now.

let's ask BradN what I'm allowed to call this... comfortable young lady

In general I object to unpaid internships but based on her description of her workday I am comfortable suggesting that this person, at least, should not be getting paid for her internship

I'm sure she goes to a public university that has reasonable tuition, right?

hahaha just kidding

let's ask BradN what I'm allowed to call this... comfortable young lady

― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, July 17, 2018 1:03 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"allowed" jfc

take it to the second thoughts thread imo

She spells parents “payrents”

she must be saving a lot of money by not eating any food

i bet her name is Paisley

or Paysley

Jennifer, her parents were Friends fans.

wait, nvmd, she eats, it's just that it isn't a one-time monthly charge she can pass off to her parents and thus doesn't fit the budget

Can someone explain to me what you possibly get from a $210/mo gym? I pay $60/mo for a NYSC membership and I can go to any club in the area, take a variety of classes if I want, always get the equipment I need, and some locations have nice pools and basketball courts. WTF is worth more than 3x that amount? Do you get a personal masseuse?

why even list out the moviepass? it's $10 a month... you make $25 an hour.... if you're not going to enumerate all other miscellaneous expenses.... >_< i mean obviously this is the least of the problems here but it's just weird

has to be a lot of personal trainer stuff and maybe it's a "gym" that also includes a lot more spa-like luxuries?

Probably doesn’t have a bunch of old dudes glaring at her

https://www.newsgirlabouttowns.com/2013/11/11/i-quit-the-gym/

Apparently you get a lounge at some of them

Equinox is a gym for fancy rich people. They have Kiehl's shampoo in the showers and a fancy lounge and cafe. It has more of a spa feel than a gym feel. I got a membership through a job a few jobs ago. I wouldn't pay for it out of pocket!

The water is rough, and we wish we hadn't taken out the dingy. I would've much rather been on the big boat. All the rosé is gone by the time we raft up.

I’m surprised this passage from the diary of a first class passenger on the titanic made it past the editor

basically, that piece is the move

Equinox is pretty nice but not nice enough over the cost of NYSC or NYHRC.

Actually, I take that back, if I lived close to an Equinox I would shell out for it.

why even list out the moviepass? it's $10 a month... you make $25 an hour.... if you're not going to enumerate all other miscellaneous expenses.... >_< i mean obviously this is the least of the problems here but it's just weird

― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino)

She's trying to show how thrifty she is. I'm surprised she didn't also say "Sometimes I eat beans and rice."

the trick is that if you're affluent enough you don't see going out to eat or even having drinks as part of your "entertainment" budget. that's just your normal food budget

so dinner with your coworker and whatever is the same as eating a packet of ramen

That whole thing reads like a sad parody. Also $25/hr for whatever a marketing intern for HR consulting is, is pretty good.

she seems a bit parasitic at age 21, sure, but think of the valuable contributions she'll soon make to society as a HR marketing consultant

yeah 25/hr is nothing to sneeze at...

xp shit I'm 29 and still use my parents' netflix accounts etc...also I have no income right now

I guess I'm starting to think maybe that piece was made up by someone in order to troll rich interns

Can someone explain to me what you possibly get from a $210/mo gym? I pay $60/mo for a NYSC membership and I can go to any club in the area, take a variety of classes if I want, always get the equipment I need, and some locations have nice pools and basketball courts. WTF is worth more than 3x that amount? Do you get a personal masseuse?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/fashion/weddings/two-unhip-conservative-vegans-in-new-york-marry.html

ohhhh-oh
i'm conservative
vegan and conservative
i'm a whiny shit in new yorrrrrrk

Ms. Porter, who is against abortion rights, was moved.

(cont.) “I couldn’t believe how inconsistent my belief systems were. I opened the refrigerator and saw milk in there, and I was disgusted,” she said.

lol bg

The groom in this couple is not only a conservative vegan, he's a conservative vegan from a sufficiently religious family that his parents wouldn't show up to see him marry a Catholic.

lmao owned

Jeet's threadin' again

1. Let's talk about what a cesspool of corruption the New York Times op-ed page has become under James Bennet.

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) November 22, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/realestate/staging-a-duet-in-a-one-bedroom-apartment.html

The duo arrived late in the summer, with a rent in the low $4,000s and their parents on the lease. The amenity fee was waived.

there it is, saved for very close to the end - the nyt is such a tease

i love that they just have to be walking distance from Juilliard

i think my favourite part is the caption under the picture of their dolls-house-sized living room which reads 'The apartment came with big windows, a kitchen peninsula with seating, and a surprisingly large bathroom'

YES BUT IT COSTS FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH

also the caption omits the kicker from the same line in the story itself, which admits they bisected the living room to make a second bedroom

That reads like such an advertisement for The Max.

In the winter, they brave the wind whipping from the Hudson as they walk to school. “It is not the best scenic route,” Ms. Pineda said. “But we dancers love walking because we love to find any way to work out and warm up.”

(Not the New Yorker but) they're squeezing some real crocodile tears out of me here:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/19/american-airlines-aairpass-golden-ticket

i read the first part of that and i was like 'lol there's no fucking way i'm ever gonna feel sorry for a bear stearns exec who spent a quarter of a million dollars on an infinite amount of an indefensible form of travel and then another $150k to add a second traveller'

“It took away my mobility. It took away my hobby. I thought that I could go to Sweden for the weekend in July and pick up flowers when I was 70.”

“And now?” I ask.

“I can’t do that, can I?”

Ugh I just read that whole thing.

I wonder what % of AirPass purchasers were women. And if they tried to pull any of the entitled shit that guy did.