Hardship in the Hamptons
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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 13:58 last edited by
And the hardship of schooling via Zoom FROM THE BUTLER'S PANTRY.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 13:59 last edited by 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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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.
wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 14:01 last edited by@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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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.
wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 14:03 last edited by@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?????
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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.
wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 14:04 last edited by 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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@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."
wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 14:17 last edited by@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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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 15:10 last edited by
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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@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."
wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 15:13 last edited by@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.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 15:14 last edited by
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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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 15:59 last edited by
My tears fall like rain.
Oh, wait...I just got out of the shower.
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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.
wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 16:03 last edited by@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.
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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.
wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 16:04 last edited byMoney isn't the main reason we hate rich people, but of course it helps.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 17:12 last edited by
I read the whole thing and didn’t come away a violent revolutionary.
We can’t invalidate their lived experiences.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 17:13 last edited by
I wonder how much money they actually have.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 17:18 last edited by jon-nyc
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.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 17:19 last edited by
Reminds me of the aphorism, wealth is the money you don’t spend.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 17:23 last edited by
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.
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I read the whole thing and didn’t come away a violent revolutionary.
We can’t invalidate their lived experiences.
wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 17:58 last edited by@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.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 18:48 last edited by
Rich people are unhappy for different reasons than poor folks.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 20:54 last edited by
An unhappy rich person has to deal with the certain knowledge that they're too broken to be happy by any realistic means. That would be hard.