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kronicfeld		2008-02-18 01:29:55 PM

Ah, yes, the whole "You're not allowed to lament anything that happens to you as long as you have tons and tons of money!" meme.

JerseyTim		2008-02-18 01:36:00 PM

kronicfeld: Ah, yes, the whole "You're not allowed to lament anything that happens to you as long as you have tons and tons of money!" meme.

More the "that's some fine reporting there, New York Times."

darkhorse23		2008-02-18 01:59:56 PM

The richest people I know are also the most miserable.

itazurakko		2008-02-18 02:01:24 PM

They sorta do have a legitimate complaint about the lack of community, I guess. But the building isn't even finished, it's probably early to complain. Give it a year.

Better for snarkage was the article they ran on Valentine's Day about the people who are so obsessed with their fancy designer furniture "pieces" (ultra-modern, of course) that they were loathe to ruin them when they had kids by doing things like, oh, minimally childproofing the house. Railings on the open stairs? Heavens no.

Made me wonder what they'd do with any slightly drunken guests, never mind the kids.

/no kids here
//still found the idea of cherishing the furniture over your own family members a bit odd

BobtheFascist		2008-02-18 02:19:37 PM

Shiat, if I lived in NYC I'd be happy to be left alone.

TedShultz		2008-02-18 04:39:40 PM

Jesus, move somewhere else. Clearly they have the means to live somewhere that isn't so isolated. No sympathy here.

Control_this		2008-02-18 04:42:56 PM

I own a $2 Million condo on the west side and it's ridiculous how empty the building usually is. The problem is they won't let us rent them out when we're not there for a while.

czarangelus		2008-02-18 04:44:07 PM

Haha, super rich people don't want to live in the same cities as us po' folks and now they're complaining about being lonely.

www.seomoz.org

tinyarena		2008-02-18 04:44:45 PM

Dear Super Rich Lonely People,
You're doing it wrong!
Sincerely,
The Rest of Us

HoratioGates		2008-02-18 04:44:46 PM

$6400 a square foot? I wouldn't ever spend more than $4600 a square foot. It would cut into my TotalFark savings plan.

dervish16108		2008-02-18 04:44:47 PM

New York media is great. First they report how nationwide media is being too nice to Barack Obama, now this.

illicit		2008-02-18 04:44:51 PM

No "Stupid" Tag?

No ones forcing them to live in an exclusive, expensive condo. They could get a cheap apartment, have neighbors and be even richer with the savings.

Squirrel Nutkin		2008-02-18 04:45:28 PM

That one calls for a high-class, snooty quartet

Dmala		2008-02-18 04:46:32 PM

I don't understand what the problem is. Having neighbors that I never see or hear is a perk, as far as I'm concerned. If you want "community", buy a place in a low end building. You'll save millions and you'll have neighbors who are more than happy to never get out of your farking hair.

airsupport		2008-02-18 04:46:42 PM

It's true. I am lonely there. You guys should drop by some time.

MadAsshatter		2008-02-18 04:46:44 PM

"In other words, does the Times seriously expect us to feel sorry for these people?"

"Oh, boo-hoo - these people could totally pay their friends to hang out with them there!"

"Uh, it's not a hotel, it's not Melrose Place, it's an expensive apartment building."

What is this jealous winch's Fark handle?

czarangelus		2008-02-18 04:47:06 PM

illicit: No ones forcing them to live in an exclusive, expensive condo. They could get a cheap apartment, have neighbors and be even richer with the savings.

What, and live with working class slobs or thieving minorities?

vernonFL		2008-02-18 04:47:24 PM

How the hell can you be lonely in the middle of Manhattan???

Worst_Login_Ever		2008-02-18 04:49:10 PM

If I had those digs - and that $$$ - I'd never be lonely. Hookers and blow, 24X7.

SaintAwesome		2008-02-18 04:49:33 PM

Well, if you stupid rich farkers would stop releasing the hounds, then maybe you would have some friends.

theoriginalslash		2008-02-18 04:50:02 PM

Have not read the article, but this sounds like more heroism from the low-expectation-having mofos of society. I used to think that people who complained about the pussification of America were nutjob "you kids get off my lawn" types, but I'm beginning to see their point.

/don't have a lawn

MayoBoy		2008-02-18 04:50:44 PM

I have one of those places. I'd tell you about it but I only have 26 minutes to get to the gym.

vernonFL		2008-02-18 04:51:22 PM

Also at those prices my house would cost $12 million dollars.

SaintAwesome		2008-02-18 04:53:34 PM

Ok, very minor thread jack.

Can someone please explain or point me to a resource explaining the new FARK cliche' / meme "I only have 26 minutes to get to the gym" and it's variations?

Thanks.
Please return to the regularly scheduled thread.

jafiwam		2008-02-18 04:54:48 PM

WTF? Home is for being AWAY from other people.

Go hang out at the local watering hole and pay your $8 per PBR in your NYC.

It's amazing, there's like, often other primates there you can talk to. Try biatching about how much your PBR costs for starters. It's common ground you know.

czarangelus		2008-02-18 04:55:31 PM

SaintAwesome: Can someone please explain or point me to a resource explaining the new FARK cliche' / meme "I only have 26 minutes to get to the gym" and it's variations?

From this thread on bad first dates. Apparently, a Farkette was told she only had 26 minutes to impress her date, as he had a very regular gym schedule he had to meet.

PinocchioDeBergerac		2008-02-18 04:56:09 PM

Rapmaster2000		2008-02-18 04:57:28 PM

darkhorse23: The richest people I know are also the most miserable.

Yes, but mooching off them makes me considerably less miserable. That and they usually have tons of coke.

illicit		2008-02-18 04:57:33 PM

SaintAwesome: Ok, very minor thread jack.

Can someone please explain or point me to a resource explaining the new FARK cliche' / meme "I only have 26 minutes to get to the gym" and it's variations?

Thanks.
Please return to the regularly scheduled thread.

It's a relatively new one, where a guy posted his picture in a thread, bragged about his physique, and for some reason felt we needed to know he had to "be at the gym in 26 minutes." He was rewarded with no one caring, then was turned into a cliche.

lohphat		2008-02-18 04:57:58 PM

If you have. $2M condo and "they" won't let you rent it out, you need to review the term "own".

Phaid		2008-02-18 04:57:59 PM

Come by the Plaza Hotel. I got work for you. Ask for Frank White.

illicit		2008-02-18 04:58:23 PM

Nevermind. I was wrong.

robisfunky		2008-02-18 04:58:28 PM

darkhorse23: The richest people I know are also the most miserable.

content.pyzam.com

czarangelus		2008-02-18 04:58:54 PM

Fark Party: Plaza Hotel might liven things up for them a little

Sgian Dubh		2008-02-18 04:58:55 PM

Let's all snark and say bad things about rich people, while wishing we were rich people.

Jesus Christ it's a lion! Get in the car!		2008-02-18 04:58:58 PM

SaintAwesome: Ok, very minor thread jack.

Can someone please explain or point me to a resource explaining the new FARK cliche' / meme "I only have 26 minutes to get to the gym" and it's variations?

Thanks.
Please return to the regularly scheduled thread.

some douchebag kid wrote on some bmw forum about his ~~daddy's~~ super bmw or something, and said in post going to gym in 26 min or something. a day later he wound up dead in same car by driving it off a private runway at like 100mph, and 80 ft up, darwin claimed him and 4 of his douchebag friends. he made it to fark and thus the meme was born.

/oh, and lurk moar
//:3

Spongebob Plaid Pants		2008-02-18 04:59:00 PM

vernonFL: Also at those prices my house would cost $12 million dollars.

Mine, too. Wonder what my 10 acres would bring?

SaintAwesome		2008-02-18 04:59:10 PM

Thanks for all the answers to the 26 minutes to the gym thread.
I shall read them.

xoxoxoxo
SA

mrtoadswildride		2008-02-18 04:59:53 PM

"You know how they say money doesn't buy happiness? Well money buys a wave runner. Yeah. Try to frown on a wave runner."

--Daniel Tosh

Cynical 0		2008-02-18 05:00:44 PM

SaintAwesome: Ok, very minor thread jack.

Can someone please explain or point me to a resource explaining the new FARK cliche' / meme "I only have 26 minutes to get to the gym" and it's variations?

Thanks.
Please return to the regularly scheduled thread.

Yeah, I would like to know that too. I've seen it several times today. *scratches head*

/explain, please
//elaborately
///pictures, graphs, whatevah

ScottMpls		2008-02-18 05:00:56 PM

Was it Patrick Bateman?

/DNRTFA
//used to be a great hotel

satanorsanta		2008-02-18 05:01:51 PM

Did anybody go the the Plaza's condo site? Those places are awesome. Rich and snooty, but nice

Braindeath		2008-02-18 05:02:05 PM

Who the hell talks to their neighbors? I don't even think I've seen the people that live next door to me ever leave their apartment. I tried to say hello to one of them, and she looked like I was offering her crack right there.

/gave up.
//not lonely.

bugmn99		2008-02-18 05:02:06 PM

I guess I could move in with them. I've got an Xbox and some cool dvd's. And Star Wars Trivia that I've never gotten to play. What kind of beer do they like? I'll bring some.

Jesus Christ it's a lion! Get in the car!		2008-02-18 05:02:10 PM

Jesus Christ it's a lion! Get in the car!: SaintAwesome: Ok, very minor thread jack.

Can someone please explain or point me to a resource explaining the new FARK cliche' / meme "I only have 26 minutes to get to the gym" and it's variations?

Thanks.
Please return to the regularly scheduled thread.

some douchebag kid wrote on some bmw forum about his daddy's super bmw or something, and said in post going to gym in 26 min or something. a day later he wound up dead in same car by driving it off a private runway at like 100mph, and 80 ft up, darwin claimed him and 4 of his douchebag friends. he made it to fark and thus the meme was born.

/oh, and lurk moar
//:3

lol i failed at meme recall

got it mixed up with the valentine one

sleep depravation is a helluva drug

BassTurd		2008-02-18 05:02:58 PM

SaintAwesome: Thanks for all the answers to the 26 minutes to the gym thread.
I shall read them.

xoxoxoxo
SA

Too bad that of all the answers you received PinocchioDeBergerac is the only one that appears to have it correct.

itazurakko		2008-02-18 05:03:04 PM

PinocchioDeBergerac: Here you go. (pops)

Oh MAN that's hilarious!

Badafuco		2008-02-18 05:03:47 PM

Yeah, but do they leave the light on for you?

/Homewood suites in downtown Indianapolis rule.

Cynical 0		2008-02-18 05:04:44 PM

Nevermind. My question was already answered. Please return to your regularly scheduled programming.

PinocchioDeBergerac		2008-02-18 05:05:39 PM

itazurakko: Oh MAN that's hilarious!

His headshot makes him look like a middle-aged, bloated Ben Affleck.

Arthur Jumbles		2008-02-18 05:06:19 PM

kronicfeld: Ah, yes, the whole "You're not allowed to lament anything that happens to you as long as you have tons and tons of money!" meme.

No.... it's you get to make fun of the douches for acting like douches. These people can live anywhere they want. They chose to live somewhere that has few people and then complain that they are lonely.

Wulfhardt		2008-02-18 05:06:48 PM

Gosh, that's just too bad. I couldn't possibly think of a way out of a SELF-IMPOSED LIFESTYLE such as that.

SaintAwesome		2008-02-18 05:06:57 PM

PinocchioDeBergerac: SaintAwesome: Ok, very minor thread jack.

Can someone please explain or point me to a resource explaining the new FARK cliche' / meme "I only have 26 minutes to get to the gym" and it's variations?

Thanks.
Please return to the regularly scheduled thread.

Here you go. (pops)

/Trade you for the original thread to that homeschooling chick with the ultrabrite teeth?

Yep, this is the source, Y'all.

TheWizard		2008-02-18 05:07:02 PM

The lack of community isn't limited to upscale condos. In a lot of the 'sprawl' style communities in the suburbs you end up with transient professionals. They come into the neighborhood for a 2 years or so, pickup the next job a few states over and continue the cycle.

Course, in my situation I knew I didn't want neighbors so I bought enough land so that they could develop right up to my property line and I wouldn't notice from my house.

JEEBUS the RUGMUNCHER		2008-02-18 05:07:14 PM

Worst_Login_Ever: If I had those digs - and that $$$ - I'd never be lonely. Hookers and blow, 24X7.

Well done my friend, well done...couldn't have said it any better.

SaintAwesome		2008-02-18 05:08:02 PM

PinocchioDeBergerac: itazurakko: Oh MAN that's hilarious!

His headshot makes him look like a middle-aged, bloated Ben Affleck.

I wonder if that tard realizes he is becoming an intarweb joke...

The Latest in Jellybean Technology		2008-02-18 05:08:31 PM

BassTurd: SaintAwesome: Thanks for all the answers to the 26 minutes to the gym thread.
I shall read them.

xoxoxoxo
SA

Too bad that of all the answers you received PinocchioDeBergerac is the only one that appears to have it correct.

Is falsely explaining a Fark Cliche, the NEW Fark Cliche?

'I have to be at the gym in 26 minutes' is actually from a thread where a guy received a Hot Cocoa Sampler Box while working at the US Mint: He wanted to share more but had to be at the gym in 26 minutes to pick up some vodak

Jument		2008-02-18 05:08:34 PM

darkhorse23: The richest people I know are also the most miserable.

Yeah, right. Maybe they just pretend to be miserable so that when they associate with poor SOBs like you they don't have to feel so guilty about their wealth?

I'm upper middle class. I'll be retired well before 50. If I wanted to live in a trailer I could retire tomorrow but I'd like to have some reasonable means in my declining years. I'm not what I would call "rich" but I can assure you I'm not miserable in the slightest.

NeuroticRocker		2008-02-18 05:08:41 PM

what, with their $200 sandwiches, $100,000 sundaes, $1 Million 4 slice pizzas, diamond encrusted toys, $50 bottled water, and coats made from fetal buffalo, I thought they'd be happy.

Its almost ironic that I live in a lousy, windowless room, rended from a house (in nyc), and I eat microwaved chicken patties and powdered iced tea for dinner....

and I'm content.

life could be better, but I'm young, living on my own, financially independant, have a stable job....

(no I don't work at the stables...)

like my friend says "in life, two things I'd never want to be are extremely rich and extremely poor"

PinocchioDeBergerac		2008-02-18 05:10:09 PM

SaintAwesome: I wonder if that tard realizes he is becoming an intarweb joke...

One can only hope. Or not. All depends on your schadenfreude-meter's calibration.

But Fark pwns him regularly (p).

SaintAwesome		2008-02-18 05:10:32 PM

The Latest in Jellybean Technology: BassTurd: He wanted to share more but had to be at the gym in 26 minutes to pick up some vodak

I love me some vodak.

fifthhorseman		2008-02-18 05:11:04 PM

Was it Patrick Bateman?

That dweeb?! No way. No, that's Paul Allen's digs. I had lunch with him last Tuesday, you know.

/my card

reyalfonso		2008-02-18 05:11:11 PM

jafiwam: WTF? Home is for being AWAY from other people.

Go hang out at the local watering hole and pay your $8 per PBR in your NYC.

It's amazing, there's like, often other primates there you can talk to. Try biatching about how much your PBR costs for starters. It's common ground you know.

Any bar that would charge $8 for PBR would not serve PBR. If you are being charged $8 for a PBR in NYC then you are most likely pissing off the bartender in some way. Try not to do that next time.

The Latest in Jellybean Technology		2008-02-18 05:11:28 PM

SaintAwesome: PinocchioDeBergerac: itazurakko: Oh MAN that's hilarious!

His headshot makes him look like a middle-aged, bloated Ben Affleck.

I wonder if that tard realizes he is becoming an intarweb joke...

......Are you new to the internet?

ruta		2008-02-18 05:11:55 PM

So is the new meme to not correctly explain a meme or are we not allowed to mention his name anymore?

Eh, google "i am heading to the gym in 26 minutes douchebag".

ruta		2008-02-18 05:12:48 PM

Whoops, I should read the thread more closely AND refresh before posting.

Cynical 0		2008-02-18 05:13:26 PM

PinocchioDeBergerac: SaintAwesome: I wonder if that tard realizes he is becoming an intarweb joke...

One can only hope. Or not. All depends on your schadenfreude-meter's calibration.

But Fark pwns him regularly (p).

BECOMING?!

My friend, that moment has come and gone. Now he has his own place on high, in the Hall of Fark jokes.

/kinda sad
//oh well.

jaymzz		2008-02-18 05:14:02 PM

Interesting to think that 6 square feet of that apartment would buy my parent's house.

jungus		2008-02-18 05:14:08 PM

I do not want to in any way curse someone to a miserable existence no matter how rich they may be.
I do however feel that they make their own choices and spent their own money and won't get any pity from me. Look, it's not like they don't have the choice or the money to go somewhere else.

Then again (as one from the Ozarks) I always thought that New Yorkers spent more time out of their apartments going to Cats or Central Park or something like that. Am I wrong to think that?

Eutamias21		2008-02-18 05:17:38 PM

Sweet Jeebus, those apartments are gorgeous. And the views ...

I figured out pretty early on that the only way I could ever stand to live in NYC is if I were super rich.

/Would live there.
//Fark "community."

SaintAwesome		2008-02-18 05:17:44 PM

The Latest in Jellybean Technology: SaintAwesome: PinocchioDeBergerac: itazurakko: Oh MAN that's hilarious!

His headshot makes him look like a middle-aged, bloated Ben Affleck.

I wonder if that tard realizes he is becoming an intarweb joke...

......Are you new to the internet?

Parts of it...
Hey, it's not as bad as never hearing about realultimatepower until now.

Memes Ate My Balls		2008-02-18 05:20:35 PM

I live in the middle of nowhere and enjoy a greater sense of community than some city folks. What's next? Small government Republicans? Educated West Virginians?

letstakeawalk		2008-02-18 05:20:46 PM

Braindeath: Who the hell talks to their neighbors? I don't even think I've seen the people that live next door to me ever leave their apartment. I tried to say hello to one of them, and she looked like I was offering her crack right there.

She got all excited and then wouldn't leave you alone? In my 'hood, I could buy crack across the street (should go w/o saying I don't). My friend let them deal in her yard, they were the best home security you could imagine. NOBODY messed with her house. We could even leave unlocked bikes on the porch, it was awesome. Of course, every now and then some college kid gets shot trying to do something stupid, like pass a counterfeit bill...

//dealers are more reliable than bankers, and friendlier too!

reggaejunkiejew		2008-02-18 05:21:13 PM

Truly, to love yourself, is the greatest love of all. Isn't that a powerful message? Drink your wine whats your face, it was expensive.

/got no exact quote skills

Eutamias21		2008-02-18 05:25:26 PM

26-minute Douchebag's IMDB Page (pops)

... there were white people in "Madea's Family Reunion" and "Diary of a Mad Black Woman?"

fivenodes		2008-02-18 05:26:17 PM

PinocchioDeBergerac: Trade you for the original thread to that homeschooling chick with the ultrabrite teeth?

Yes! Me too please! I missed that one too!

Skwidd		2008-02-18 05:26:29 PM

Is this the daily, "We hate the rich and should have the right to steal and redistribute their wealth" thread?

rewind2846		2008-02-18 05:27:50 PM

And in the end, when humanity is gone, all of it will crumble and decay and disappear, and eventually there won't even be a trace of that building left. None. Even the $5.8 million two bedroom. It will be as if it never existed.

/doesn't that make these people feel really, really stupid?

ScottMpls		2008-02-18 05:29:05 PM

rewind2846: And in the end, when humanity is gone, all of it will crumble and decay and disappear, and eventually there won't even be a trace of that building left. None. Even the $5.8 million two bedroom. It will be as if it never existed.

/doesn't that make these people feel really, really stupid?

I'm sure it's something they contemplate at The Four Seasons or on the plane to St. Bart's.

phartnocker		2008-02-18 05:31:01 PM

vernonFL: Also at those prices my house would cost $12 million dollars.

Mine=22.4 mil
how sweet that would be...

doupathol		2008-02-18 05:31:49 PM

ScubaDude1960		2008-02-18 05:32:21 PM

Cool... another class envy thread. I'll have my butler make some popcorn.

ScottMpls		2008-02-18 05:34:22 PM

ScubaDude1960: Cool... another class envy thread. I'll have my butler make some popcorn.

And have Jeeves bring some more of those $8 PBRs.

phartnocker		2008-02-18 05:34:51 PM

phartnocker: vernonFL: Also at those prices my house would cost $12 million dollars.

Mine=22.4 mil
how sweet that would be...

Or I could sell mine and buy a 35 sq ft closet there.

imgod2u		2008-02-18 05:37:26 PM

Sgian Dubh: Let's all snark and say bad things about rich people, while wishing we were rich people.

.....I don't understand. Is that wrong? Am I not supposed to do that? Cause I gotta plead ignorance on this.

imgod2u		2008-02-18 05:42:18 PM

How many times have
You heard someone say
If I had his money
I could do things my way

But little they know
That it's so hard to find
One rich man in ten
With a satisfied mind

Once I was waitin'
In fortune and fame
Everything that I dreamed for
To get a start in life's game

Then suddenly it happened
I lost every dime
But I'm richer by far
With a satisfied mind

Money can't buy back
Your youth when you're old
Or a friend when you're lonely
Or a love that's grown cold

The wealthiest person
Is a pauper at times
Compared to the man
With a satisfied mind

When my life has ended
And my time has run out
My friends and my loved ones
I'll leave there's no doubt

But one thing's for certain
When it comes my time
I'll leave this old world
With a satisfied mind

How many times have
You heard someone say
If I had his money
I could do things my way

But little they know
That it's so hard to find
One rich man in ten
With a satisfied mind

-- Johnny Cash.

pjc51		2008-02-18 05:47:38 PM

jungus: Then again (as one from the Ozarks) I always thought that New Yorkers spent more time out of their apartments going to Cats or Central Park or something like that. Am I wrong to think that?

That pretty much sums it up - you don't live in the middle of a huge city to sit in your appartment all day wondering why nobody calls. I'm sure there are all sorts of shops/theatres/restaurants etc. just outside the door where they could meet hundreds of people.

dualplains		2008-02-18 05:49:04 PM

Jesus Christ it's a lion! Get in the car!: SaintAwesome: Ok, very minor thread jack.
Can someone please explain or point me to a resource explaining the new FARK cliche' / meme "I only have 26 minutes to get to the gym" and it's variations?
Thanks.
Please return to the regularly scheduled thread.

some douchebag kid wrote on some bmw forum about his daddy's super bmw or something, and said in post going to gym in 26 min or something. a day later he wound up dead in same car by driving it off a private runway at like 100mph, and 80 ft up, darwin claimed him and 4 of his douchebag friends. he made it to fark and thus the meme was born.

Awesome. Well done. Can't wait to see this show up on Snopes!

Tommy Moo		2008-02-18 05:54:18 PM

Believe it or not, even rich people want to have friends.

And no, the answer isn't "Move into the ghetto." They want friends who have similar interests and aren't going to blast rap music at 2:30 in the morning.

I don't begin to "feel sorry for" these people, but what they have there is a legitimate issue that a savvy person could cater to. It sounds like there is a market for high-end community living and nothing out there currently filling the niche.

DulceEtDecorumEst		2008-02-18 05:54:24 PM

I really never understood wealthy people like the ones they quote in the article. My mother's family is a very wealthy new york family, and the message from them was always about discretion. They would never in a million years flaunt or publicize their wealth in such a way. Sure, they all live very well, but they work, they contribute to charity anonymously, and in general maintain a low profile.
/the people in the articles are complete douchebags, much like the "eco-moms" from yesterday's article about ridiculous orange county prozac princesses that drive their SUVs to green meetings where they get half cocked on wine and drink perrier.

barneyfifesbullet		2008-02-18 05:57:07 PM

The Plaza sounds like a great place to live.

Nice and quiet. No riff raff. Just you and the ghosts.

Kinda like that place in The Shining.

rewind2846		2008-02-18 05:59:24 PM

kronicfeld: Ah, yes, the whole "You're not allowed to lament anything that happens to you as long as you have tons and tons of money!" meme.

No, it's the "look, you are fortunate enough that in this life you have more material goods than you will ever be able to use while millions on this planet starve to death, die from preventable illness, and sleep outdoors in the cold, so STFU and enjoy it. Quityerbiatchin." meme.

NeilNeilOrangePeel		2008-02-18 06:00:31 PM

This is terrible news!

Clearly a government program to help these unfortunate individuals is needed! It is simply irresponsible to let it go on any longer! Obviously what is needed is a hefty tax to unburden these people of there tragic situation. Obviously if they were placed in a position of having to contribute to society and work to meet the basics of living they would be much happier and it is our responsibility as fellow humans to deny them this opportunity no more!

rewind2846		2008-02-18 06:06:27 PM

ruta
So is the new meme to not correctly explain a meme or are we not allowed to mention his name anymore?

You mean we can't use the name of Voldemo

discospinster		2008-02-18 06:06:47 PM

People who choose to live in rarefied communities are often lonely. Full story in 26 minutes.

Tillmaster		2008-02-18 06:11:32 PM

Seems to be the unfortunate side-effect of converting the Plaza to apartments. When it was a hotel, it was a pleasant place to visit.

I understand that the current owners plan to reopen the public rooms. Maybe that will change the ambience. I might just drop by for tea and crumpets.

sic transit gloria mundae....

iaazathot		2008-02-18 06:12:14 PM

darkhorse23: The richest people I know are also the most miserable.

The majority of the incredibly wealthy people I know, i.e. assets in excess of 25 million dollars (lots of money in Wyoming hidden away), are some of the most evil and twisted people I have ever known.

They would sink to the same depths as any crack addict to get ahead, but of course unlike the crack addict, they have the system to help them out.

/they might not suck dick, but they would pay someone else to do it for them...

jafiwam		2008-02-18 06:13:06 PM

reyalfonso: jafiwam: WTF? Home is for being AWAY from other people.

Go hang out at the local watering hole and pay your $8 per PBR in your NYC.

It's amazing, there's like, often other primates there you can talk to. Try biatching about how much your PBR costs for starters. It's common ground you know.

Any bar that would charge $8 for PBR would not serve PBR. If you are being charged $8 for a PBR in NYC then you are most likely pissing off the bartender in some way. Try not to do that next time.

Lol. I was trying to get someone to say "what's PBR". It's usually a buck fifty here in good ol WI. I wouldn't go near that shiathole NYC if it was populated only by horny women that only did anal. That place needs to be nuked.

okiemule		2008-02-18 06:13:43 PM

Spongebob Plaid Pants: vernonFL: Also at those prices my house would cost $12 million dollars.

Mine, too. Wonder what my 10 acres would bring?

Given that 10 acres equals 435,600 square feet, it would go for $2,787,840,000.

/Just for you, I'll only charge half of my "finder's fee".
//5% please.

danceswithcrows		2008-02-18 06:18:12 PM

I believe there's a business opportunity here. A while back, I read about a company in Japan that organizes "family reunions" for old people whose kids have all died. They have actors who pretend to be the old people's kids, brothers/sisters, nephews, whatever. So for a few hours, these actors act, the old people pretend like they've still got a family, and the company and actors get paid.

All you'd really have to do is modify this plan so it caters to lonely rich Americans instead of lonely old rich Japanese people. Not sure how you'd do it though.

rewind2846		2008-02-18 06:25:08 PM

danceswithcrows
A while back, I read about a company in Japan that organizes "family reunions" for old people whose kids have all died. They have actors who pretend to be the old people's kids, brothers/sisters, nephews, whatever. So for a few hours, these actors act, the old people pretend like they've still got a family, and the company and actors get paid.

I can't even begin to comment on how sad this is...

wookie_x		2008-02-18 06:41:58 PM

I have exactly zero sympathy for the 17 year old kid who, in the middle of New York City, couldn't find entertainment of some sort.

jruland		2008-02-18 06:44:16 PM

kronicfeld: Ah, yes, the whole "You're not allowed to lament anything that happens to you as long as you have tons and tons of money!" meme.

that was stupid. read closer next time so you don't look like a dumbass.

itazurakko		2008-02-18 06:46:48 PM

Tommy Moo: And no, the answer isn't "Move into the ghetto." They want friends who have similar interests and aren't going to blast rap music at 2:30 in the morning.

So, surely a city as large as NYC can have a few uber-restrictive private clubs they can join, where they hang out in bathrobes and smoke cigars?

Okay maybe not the cigar part, anymore, but you get the drift?

Barring that, don't they have friends they can invite over?

If the point is that they want someone to say hello to and chat with while taking the garbage out, I can understand that. But TFA says the building isn't even all the way finished yet, surely more people will move in within the year...?

/my house at those prices? 6.4 mil
//yeah my house is small
///but it's paid for

trollus_and_cressida		2008-02-18 07:05:03 PM

I can't figure out why the people in the article consented to being in an article like that. A great way to get shunned by the rest of the building's occupants (if there were any) is 1.) make the building look somehow inferior, 2.) get mentioned in the press.

Getting publicity is gauche. Getting publicity for complaints about one's multi-million apartment is very gauche.

The only reason I can think the people had this article about them written was they wanted everyone to know they lived in the Plaza and had lots of money. How gauche. Clearly new money.

gulag		2008-02-18 07:06:52 PM

EVERYONE is a victim.

StillH2O		2008-02-18 07:10:15 PM

kronicfeld: Ah, yes, the whole "You're not allowed to lament anything that happens to you as long as you have tons and tons of money!" meme.

It's not that they can't lament anything. They probably won't get much sympathy lamenting something that their money could easily fix, though. These are people who could literally afford to live just about anywhere, and they chose a mostly empty building. I'm sure they could afford a second residence in a building full of immigrants in Queens if they want "community".

Cardinal Carnage		2008-02-18 07:10:47 PM

kronicfeld: Ah, yes, the whole "You're not allowed to lament anything that happens to you as long as you have tons and tons of money!" meme.

Oh, I see. It's the old "I cannot make a coherent comment, so I'll try a smarmy remark" routine.

FAIL

The Dynamite Monkey		2008-02-18 07:11:04 PM

jafiwam: Lol. I was trying to get someone to say "what's PBR". It's usually a buck fifty here in good ol WI. I wouldn't go near that shiathole NYC if it was populated only by horny women that only did anal. That place needs to be nuked.

If you get to say NYC "needs to be nuked", I get to say you're a stupid douchebag failure jerkman.

One good douche deserves another. Fair is fair.

BMFPitt		2008-02-18 07:14:52 PM

itazurakko: Better for snarkage was the article they ran on Valentine's Day about the people who are so obsessed with their fancy designer furniture "pieces" (ultra-modern, of course) that they were loathe to ruin them when they had kids by doing things like, oh, minimally childproofing the house. Railings on the open stairs? Heavens no.

Darwin smiles.

lelio		2008-02-18 07:26:19 PM

I could give them some Oreo cookie action.

/ only girls please

asmodeus224		2008-02-18 07:28:25 PM

Spongebob Plaid Pants: vernonFL: Also at those prices my house would cost $12 million dollars.

Mine, too. Wonder what my 10 acres would bring?

Are your 10 acres in Manhattan or in Nowherevile, KC? If the former then you should be worth your weight in gold about 100x's over...if it is the latter you are worth your weight in corn.

cefm		2008-02-18 07:33:58 PM

Hey Ritchie Rich, you feeling lonely? Want lots of neighbors that you'll see all the time? Try Manila!

pureobscure		2008-02-18 07:34:09 PM

Ms. Ruland said meeting people is hard simply because it's hard to tell the residents from the help. One neighbor cast his eyes away from her one day when she walked through the lobby with a mop and bucket. She said she felt like telling him her family owns two apartments in the Plaza.

Yes, why on earth would people not want to associate with the uptight super rich?

andywinn		2008-02-18 07:59:43 PM

http://files.5min.com/Thumbnails/203/10127_11.jpg
"They say money can't buy happiness? Look at the fing smile on my face. Ear to ear, baby."

/sorry...no pops

Alan_Metcalfe		2008-02-18 08:10:25 PM

suziequzie		2008-02-18 08:22:58 PM

mrtoadswildride: "You know how they say money doesn't buy happiness? Well money buys a wave runner. Yeah. Try to frown on a wave runner."

--Daniel Tosh

"I'll tell you what I HAVE learned: -poverty- doesn't buy happiness."

--also Daniel Tosh

/man is he ever cute
//rowr...
///funny too

suziequzie		2008-02-18 08:34:04 PM

satanorsanta: Did anybody go the the Plaza's condo site? Those places are awesome. Rich and snooty, but nice

Their site crashed my browser. It's like they know I'm too poor to even afford looking at their suites.

FarkingUpTheWrongTree		2008-02-18 09:12:25 PM

SaintAwesome
Well, if you stupid rich farkers would stop releasing the hounds, then maybe you would have some friends.

Hounds with bees in their mouths, and when they bark they shoot bees at you?

FarkingUpTheWrongTree		2008-02-18 09:15:07 PM

Arthur Jumbles: No.... it's you get to make fun of the douches for acting like douches. These people can live anywhere they want. They chose to live somewhere that has few people and then complain that they are lonely.

QFT
You want to spend way too much money on your housing and still be in close proximity to lots of people? Book a permanent suite on a cruise ship. Problem solved.

FarkingUpTheWrongTree		2008-02-18 09:17:52 PM

wookie_x: I have exactly zero sympathy for the 17 year old kid who, in the middle of New York City, couldn't find entertainment of some sort.

Little Lord Fauntleroy's parents probably don't let him leave the building.

/there are ethnics out there
//with razors!

I can see feeling sorry for him, as it wasn't his bright idea to live there.

Little Johnny Jewel		2008-02-18 10:22:13 PM

In every dream home a heartache

HideAndGoFarkYourself		2008-02-18 10:54:31 PM

...Remember fondly his time at the Plaza Hotel.

birkin		2008-02-19 12:43:03 AM

the endless fascination with running down the rich.

/doesn't get that

fontcase		2008-02-19 01:56:56 AM

So ronery, so arone.

(LGT NSFW video)

poot_rootbeer		2008-02-19 10:10:32 AM

itazurakko: They sorta do have a legitimate complaint about the lack of community, I guess.

Maybe they shouldn't have decided to live in a place that was intentionally designed to exclude all but 1% of the city's population from being there.

poot_rootbeer		2008-02-19 10:12:39 AM

Spongebob Plaid Pants: Wonder what my 10 acres would bring?

Does it come with 1/4 of a mule?

/hehe... mule

poot_rootbeer		2008-02-19 10:15:38 AM

NeuroticRocker: I'm young, living on my own, financially independant, have a stable job....

(no I don't work at the stables...)

Coincidentally, the area around the Plaza Hotel stinks like horse manure, due to its proximity to Central Park South's staging area for horse-drawn carriages.

okiemule		2008-02-19 10:33:42 AM

poot_rootbeer: Spongebob Plaid Pants: Wonder what my 10 acres would bring?

Does it come with 1/4 of a mule?

/hehe... mule

Nope. I'm not divisible.

/Sorry.

poot_rootbeer		2008-02-19 10:48:59 AM

Tommy Moo: And no, the answer isn't "Move into the ghetto." They want friends who have similar interests and aren't going to blast rap music at 2:30 in the morning.

How about "Move into a comfortably upper-middle-class area."?

$6 million will get you a 2-bedroom condo in the Plaza, or a whole 3-family brownstone building in a safe, pre-gentrified Brooklyn NEIGHBORHOOD. Which one do you think people are going to be more NEIGHBORLY in?

rewind2846		2008-02-19 11:47:17 AM

poot_rootbeer

$6 million will get you a 2-bedroom condo in the Plaza, or a whole 3-family brownstone building in a safe, pre-gentrified Brooklyn NEIGHBORHOOD. Which one do you think people are going to be more NEIGHBORLY in?

Probably not to the person who bought three families out (or threw out, if they rented) just so they could have one huge place to themselves... real estate in NYC is cutthroat...

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