Comments on: The Totally Awesome Recession http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession Seriously, this could not be more beta Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:46:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bittersweet http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9774 Bittersweet Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:00:33 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9774 That new direction is probably an increase in the number of feral adolescents eating the fire-crisped flesh of feral children. That new direction is probably an increase in the number of feral adolescents eating the fire-crisped flesh of feral children.

]]> By: andrew graham http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9708 andrew graham Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:27:10 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9708 Up here in East Harlem, this great argentinian steakhouse closed right about the time some dumpy Subway restaurant opened right down the road from it, leading me to believe we're just as fucked as ever. Up here in East Harlem, this great argentinian steakhouse closed right about the time some dumpy Subway restaurant opened right down the road from it, leading me to believe we're just as fucked as ever.

]]> By: zidaane http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9693 zidaane Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:19:55 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9693 It must burn to see a Diablo Cody bank on that shit. It must burn to see a Diablo Cody bank on that shit.

]]> By: pemulis http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9684 pemulis Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:23:26 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9684 In my neighborhood, the number of feral children eating the fire-crisped flesh of babies has crept upwards in the past six months. I wonder if I should be alarmed. It's eerie, but also suggests a neighborhood on pause, taking a breath before chugging along in some new direction. In my neighborhood, the number of feral children eating the fire-crisped flesh of babies has crept upwards in the past six months. I wonder if I should be alarmed. It's eerie, but also suggests a neighborhood on pause, taking a breath before chugging along in some new direction.

]]> By: missdelite http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9681 missdelite Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:17:45 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9681 "We may be in for more crime and grime, but also more breathing room as some of the hype and waste goes up in flame." She's just BEGGING to get jacked, isn't she? "We may be in for more crime and grime, but also more breathing room as some of the hype and waste goes up in flame."
She's just BEGGING to get jacked, isn't she?

]]> By: formerly it takes a lot etc. http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9676 formerly it takes a lot etc. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:10:09 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9676 God, why do people bother with journalism degrees and grad school if they're just going to say the same shit everyone else has said? God, why do people bother with journalism degrees and grad school if they're just going to say the same shit everyone else has said?

]]> By: formerly it takes a lot etc. http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9675 formerly it takes a lot etc. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:09:14 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9675 She starts out that way but then focuses on....shopping. For less. Which she believes constitutes liberation. Opportunity missed. She starts out that way but then focuses on….shopping. For less. Which she believes constitutes liberation. Opportunity missed.

]]> By: wiilliiaamm http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9667 wiilliiaamm Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:42:19 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9667 Her cheeks bones send me into a recession. I think you know what I'm really sayin. Her cheeks bones send me into a recession. I think you know what I'm really sayin.

]]> By: Kataphraktos http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9665 Kataphraktos Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:37:09 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9665 This young lady is a former stripper. She is also Canadian. One of her pieces is titled "Abolish the Marriage License". I am officially in lust. As a recently WTFbooted hedge fund person who just secured investors and financing for my own fund, my answer to your tongue-in-cheek critique is: isn't this what you two assholes are doing with this website? You're doing what you love without the Denton-like overlords breathing down your necks, hoping to cash in enough to be ass-deep in pretty shoes, fast cars and, well, ass. Yeah, it's a risk - but you know it was high time you took one, and for a lot of us, this recession is just the thing to keep our expectations low, our belt cinched tight, and our "Got Nothing, Got Nothing To Lose Shirt" clan and pressed. Did I mention she's hot? This young lady is a former stripper.

She is also Canadian.

One of her pieces is titled "Abolish the Marriage License".

I am officially in lust.

As a recently WTFbooted hedge fund person who just secured investors and financing for my own fund, my answer to your tongue-in-cheek critique is: isn't this what you two assholes are doing with this website? You're doing what you love without the Denton-like overlords breathing down your necks, hoping to cash in enough to be ass-deep in pretty shoes, fast cars and, well, ass.

Yeah, it's a risk – but you know it was high time you took one, and for a lot of us, this recession is just the thing to keep our expectations low, our belt cinched tight, and our "Got Nothing, Got Nothing To Lose Shirt" clan and pressed.

Did I mention she's hot?

]]> By: KarenUhOh http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9663 KarenUhOh Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:33:34 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9663 Shopping is exciting; shoplifting is exhilarating. You should try it. Shopping is exciting; shoplifting is exhilarating. You should try it.

]]> By: SarahHeartburn http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9659 SarahHeartburn Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:28:13 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9659 so totes cool...my cat and I are bonding by eating the same food. How great is that? so totes cool…my cat and I are bonding by eating the same food. How great is that?

]]> By: zidaane http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9658 zidaane Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:25:15 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9658 The term "feminist stripper" may be ironic, but it's "not an oxymoron," journalist Eaves explains, as she looks back on her own experiences working naked. In 1996, Eaves was in serious debt, dreaming of graduate school but unable to make house payments with her boyfriend, whom she no longer wanted to marry. She could keep working temp jobs or try stripping, which she knew paid more, although she didn't know what to think about it. Had these women "found a sort of freedom" she lacked? Peep show dancing was a revelation; it gave her control, as it was her body that had the power to give men the sexual release they desperately craved. While this sexual power was "exhilarating," it left Eaves somewhat "disappointed," confirming some of her low expectations of men. The term "feminist stripper" may be ironic, but it's "not an oxymoron," journalist Eaves explains, as she looks back on her own experiences working naked. In 1996, Eaves was in serious debt, dreaming of graduate school but unable to make house payments with her boyfriend, whom she no longer wanted to marry. She could keep working temp jobs or try stripping, which she knew paid more, although she didn't know what to think about it. Had these women "found a sort of freedom" she lacked? Peep show dancing was a revelation; it gave her control, as it was her body that had the power to give men the sexual release they desperately craved. While this sexual power was "exhilarating," it left Eaves somewhat "disappointed," confirming some of her low expectations of men.

]]> By: missdelite http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9651 missdelite Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:14:16 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9651 bitch bitch

]]> By: andrew graham http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9645 andrew graham Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:50:27 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9645 Related: <b>LIIIIIIINKBAAAAAAAAAIT!!!</b> Related: LIIIIIIINKBAAAAAAAAAIT!!!

]]> By: KarenUhOh http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9632 KarenUhOh Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:22:27 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9632 The visionary grasps that there is no more lucrative time to have a lot of liquidity. The rest of us will settle for grasping a lot of liquids. The visionary grasps that there is no more lucrative time to have a lot of liquidity. The rest of us will settle for grasping a lot of liquids.

]]> By: formerly it takes a lot etc. http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9624 formerly it takes a lot etc. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:11:43 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9624 She calls it a purifying fire and then spends the rest of the article talkng about all the things one can buy. She calls it a purifying fire and then spends the rest of the article talkng about all the things one can buy.

]]> By: Krugmanic Depressive http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9618 Krugmanic Depressive Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:54:59 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9618 <i>In my neighborhood, the number of empty storefronts has crept upward over the last six months. I wonder if I should be alarmed. It's eerie, but also suggests a neighborhood on pause, taking a breath before chugging along in some new direction.</i> I got your new direction right <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_New_York" rel="nofollow">here</a>. In my neighborhood, the number of empty storefronts has crept upward over the last six months. I wonder if I should be alarmed. It's eerie, but also suggests a neighborhood on pause, taking a breath before chugging along in some new direction.

I got your new direction right here.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/the-totally-awesome-recession#comment-9614 Abe Sauer Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:43:59 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=5467#comment-9614 This recession is great; I got to read all the pertinent points of Ms. Eaves column without ever having to click through to her employer's site. This recession is great; I got to read all the pertinent points of Ms. Eaves column without ever having to click through to her employer's site.

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