Hardship in the Hamptons
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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.
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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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@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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@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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@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.
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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.
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Money isn't the main reason we hate rich people, but of course it helps.
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I read the whole thing and didn’t come away a violent revolutionary.
We can’t invalidate their lived experiences.
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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.
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Reminds me of the aphorism, wealth is the money you don’t spend.
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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.
