Comments on: A NATION OF WHINERS AFTER ALL

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:53:20 +0000

I liken these types of articles as meta-satire. They speak in a manner of earnestness that will evoke sympathy and understanding from the narrow subset of readers who would identify with the subject, while evoking mockery and revulsion from everyone else. Forbes is full of articles like this, along with several other conservative-bent publications.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:29:16 +0000

Wow, that piece is unbelievable. NYT is lucky they don't have a comments section for these pieces – that one would and ought to get blasted for defending such financial irresponsibility these people certainly had a hand involved in the current recession. It's OK to blow through 2 to 3 million dollars a year because Wall Street culture says so? Simply unbelievable….

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:47:38 +0000

As much as you'd like it to be satire, it isn't.

By: j

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:26:57 +0000

@dejah

I don't know, I'm not sure the piece was satire. Is being difficult to identify as satire the mark of good satire? I don't know. Either way the intent of the article is unclear, so in my view that automatically makes it bad. Allen Salkin is no modern-day Jonathan Swift.

On another note, I love when I read the comments and everyone is a starry-eyed g&t noob! I feel like the bitter old guy at a Journey concert who, instead of being happy for all the newfound youthful fans who have sparked a resurgence in his favorite band, rather chooses to look down on them because their fanship is not as serious and hard-fought as his. I've been here for six years, ladies!

By: dejah

dejah — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:52:42 +0000

Um, get satire much?

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:19:11 +0000

Thanks for pointing out this article. This shit makes me sooo mad. Unless of course, by strange twist of fate, I get kicked upstairs to the executive suite, in which case I wouldn't give up my ball gowns either. Fuck the poor.

By: c u n d gulag

c u n d gulag — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:02:51 +0000

I was saying to my butler Jeeves, "Jeeves, we must curtail some of our spending. So, With gratitude for your 40 years of faithful service to our family, I've decided to cut your salary by 90%. And I'm going to start charging you for your room and board. In these trying times, this simple move will allow my family to continue in the manner in to which we are accustomed to living. No, no… No need to thank me… I'm sure that you are grateful for the opportunity to continue serving my fine…"
"Wait, Jeeves, put down that poker. Put it down, I s…" THWACK!!!

The butler did it. In the livingroom. With a poker. Do you blame him? I don't…

Don't you dare start the revolution without me!

By: mark h

mark h — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:40:08 +0000

Aww, trickle-up angst. That is so cute!

By: Trapezoidal Inclination

Trapezoidal Inclination — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:36:21 +0000

Barely scraping by on $500K a year…

It's like some twisted version of It's a Wonderful Life, where the bank's in trouble, so George Bailey gets everyone to kick in money to help Mr. Potter pay for his yearly $35,000 ball gown budget. Ah, crap, now that I reread that sen…