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Hardship in the Hamptons

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  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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    Unbelievable!! I thought that this was quite irony:

    "Ms. Fischer, whose company, Sally Fischer Public Relations, ......."

    Being a public relations company owner, how did she not understand how dumb this makes her look?

    Based on her unawareness, I am not sure I would want to hire her. LOL

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    • George KG Offline
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      And the hardship of schooling via Zoom FROM THE BUTLER'S PANTRY.

      fainting couch

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        I stopped reading at one point, but I don't get what's the commenter's problem. What I read of the article lays out how the affluent are handling the changes they are undergoing re the pandemic. They're affluent, so they have second homes; the article goes into how they're adjusting. What, they're supposed to lie down in the gutter and die because they have money?

        The guy's a brat.

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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        • Catseye3C Catseye3

          I stopped reading at one point, but I don't get what's the commenter's problem. What I read of the article lays out how the affluent are handling the changes they are undergoing re the pandemic. They're affluent, so they have second homes; the article goes into how they're adjusting. What, they're supposed to lie down in the gutter and die because they have money?

          The guy's a brat.

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          @Catseye3 I think it is kind of the "ivory tower" thinking.

          Rich people/people in power, etc. try to be "just one of the guys" and their stories and they way they act often just make them look even more out of touch.

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          • Catseye3C Catseye3

            I stopped reading at one point, but I don't get what's the commenter's problem. What I read of the article lays out how the affluent are handling the changes they are undergoing re the pandemic. They're affluent, so they have second homes; the article goes into how they're adjusting. What, they're supposed to lie down in the gutter and die because they have money?

            The guy's a brat.

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            Doctor Phibes
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            @Catseye3 said in Hardship in the Hamptons:

            I stopped reading at one point, but I don't get what's the commenter's problem. What I read of the article lays out how the affluent are handling the changes they are undergoing re the pandemic. They're affluent, so they have second homes; the article goes into how they're adjusting. What, they're supposed to lie down in the gutter and die because they have money?

            No, apparently they're supposed to make their own latte's, and walk past their children! Isn't that enough for you?????

            I was only joking

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            • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

              @Catseye3 I think it is kind of the "ivory tower" thinking.

              Rich people/people in power, etc. try to be "just one of the guys" and their stories and they way they act often just make them look even more out of touch.

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              @taiwan_girl Yes, and I also think there's a touch of "I'm rich, so the virus can't touch me" in their thinking, even if subconsciously. Then COVID comes along and is like, "Oh yeah? Watch this."

              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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              • Catseye3C Catseye3

                @taiwan_girl Yes, and I also think there's a touch of "I'm rich, so the virus can't touch me" in their thinking, even if subconsciously. Then COVID comes along and is like, "Oh yeah? Watch this."

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                @Catseye3 said in Hardship in the Hamptons:

                @taiwan_girl Yes, and I also think there's a touch of "I'm rich, so the virus won't touch me" in their thinking, even if subconsciously.

                A co-worker of mine was fired because he said he'd be having to work remotely in June to take care of his parents, who were in a bad way. (By the way, it's July, and we're still remote, so what the hell is the problem).

                Our department head, no, shit, said this about his request: "that's completely ridiculous. You show up to work in this department. Even I will be showing up once a week, he can get his ass into the office."

                Please love yourself.

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                  As much as I have zero problem with folks getting rich, this article smells like the Onion, yet it's not.

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                  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                    @Catseye3 said in Hardship in the Hamptons:

                    @taiwan_girl Yes, and I also think there's a touch of "I'm rich, so the virus won't touch me" in their thinking, even if subconsciously.

                    A co-worker of mine was fired because he said he'd be having to work remotely in June to take care of his parents, who were in a bad way. (By the way, it's July, and we're still remote, so what the hell is the problem).

                    Our department head, no, shit, said this about his request: "that's completely ridiculous. You show up to work in this department. Even I will be showing up once a week, he can get his ass into the office."

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                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Hardship in the Hamptons:

                    @Catseye3 said in Hardship in the Hamptons:

                    @taiwan_girl Yes, and I also think there's a touch of "I'm rich, so the virus won't touch me" in their thinking, even if subconsciously.

                    A co-worker of mine was fired because he said he'd be having to work remotely in June to take care of his parents, who were in a bad way. (By the way, it's July, and we're still remote, so what the hell is the problem).

                    Our department head, no, shit, said this about his request: "that's completely ridiculous. You show up to work in this department. Even I will be showing up once a week, he can get his ass into the office."

                    Sometimes I think maybe Stalin had a point.

                    I was only joking

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                      Look at the bright side...If times were really bad, the locals might descend upon them like locusts, unless they have plenty of armed security.

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      • MikM Offline
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                        My tears fall like rain.

                        Oh, wait...I just got out of the shower.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • JollyJ Jolly

                          Look at the bright side...If times were really bad, the locals might descend upon them like locusts, unless they have plenty of armed security.

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                          @Jolly said in Hardship in the Hamptons:

                          Look at the bright side...If times were really bad, the locals might descend upon them like locusts, unless they have plenty of armed security.

                          Honestly that's my fallback plan, if society and governments become undone. Always has been. I know exactly where I'd go, too.

                          Please love yourself.

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                          • 89th8 89th

                            As much as I have zero problem with folks getting rich, this article smells like the Onion, yet it's not.

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                            Money isn't the main reason we hate rich people, but of course it helps.

                            I was only joking

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                              I read the whole thing and didn’t come away a violent revolutionary.

                              We can’t invalidate their lived experiences.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                I wonder how much money they actually have.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  Some of those houses didn’t seem that opulent. Even the litchfield one (with the aerial shot) is so far out from the city it probably wasn’t all that expensive.

                                  If you get beyond commuting distance prices get much lower. Unless you’re on the beach or something.

                                  Of the 5 houses neighboring mine, 3 of the families have second homes in the country or in one case in cape cod.. Only one I would call wealthy, the others are almost sorta house poor, though they’re well off income wise.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    Reminds me of the aphorism, wealth is the money you don’t spend.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      Wealthy people are no happier than poor people, if you don't count the large and systematic difference in happiness between wealthy people and poor people.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                        I read the whole thing and didn’t come away a violent revolutionary.

                                        We can’t invalidate their lived experiences.

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                                        Doctor Phibes
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                                        @jon-nyc said in Hardship in the Hamptons:

                                        I read the whole thing and didn’t come away a violent revolutionary.

                                        We can’t invalidate their lived experiences.

                                        Yeah, but you read it from your country retreat in The Berkshires.

                                        I was only joking

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                                        • MikM Offline
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                                          Rich people are unhappy for different reasons than poor folks.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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