I'm so close to murder right now, you've no idea. I could go on and on at length about how fucking little I care about these unethical, spoiled fartblossoms that ruined everyone else's lives so they could have twice the vacations most people get (if they get them at all).
But the real problem? Is that neither the writer nor the people in the story GET THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. They try to defend their monstrous excess with "But that's the culture!" and a shrug, as if asking them not to be cretins worthy of usurping Hedonism Bot is tantamount to assaulting their religion or something. Fuck yeah, they need to be shook up good.
What really got me going was the idea of the damage to executives' senses of self if they have to *gasp!* ride the PATH or something. Come *on.*
I mean, seriously. What a load of horseshit. I grew up relatively privileged, and my sense of self is perfectly intact at 1/100th of these people's salaries.
I *do* have some sympathy when it comes to the issue of providing for children, and I understand the desire to be compensated accordingly for the years of post-grad schooling and time invesement that finance work demands. But when 1.6 million is considered scraping by? The world's tiniest violin, let me show you it.
I am more amused since I watched Thursday's 30 Rock episode, and there's a scene where Jack (the CEO type) is talking about his Puerto-Rican girlfriend's "cute broken English," and she interrupts him saying "A MetroCard is a REAL THING. You use it to ride the subway." And he just laughs.
Holy shit. I've seen some real horrors in the good old Style section over the years, but this is the worst. Worse than "Cosmetic surgery is a new hot gift for bridesmaids!" Worse than "Omg suburban housewives are pole-dancing!" Worse than "Men sometimes own cats, and they're not even gay!" Worse than "Boo hoo hoo I'm dating a banker and now he doesn't give me enough money for shopping anymore!" NYT Style section, congratulations on a new low.
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But the real problem? Is that neither the writer nor the people in the story GET THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. They try to defend their monstrous excess with "But that's the culture!" and a shrug, as if asking them not to be cretins worthy of usurping Hedonism Bot is tantamount to assaulting their religion or something. Fuck yeah, they need to be shook up good.
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I mean, seriously. What a load of horseshit. I grew up relatively privileged, and my sense of self is perfectly intact at 1/100th of these people's salaries.
I *do* have some sympathy when it comes to the issue of providing for children, and I understand the desire to be compensated accordingly for the years of post-grad schooling and time invesement that finance work demands. But when 1.6 million is considered scraping by? The world's tiniest violin, let me show you it.
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NYT Style section, congratulations on a new low.
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