Comments on: How Come No One Is Acting Like The Recession Is Over? http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over Seriously, this could not be more beta Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:46:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36624 HiredGoons Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:47:38 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36624 There was also an awesome article about this guy a few issues back in The New Yorker. There was also an awesome article about this guy a few issues back in The New Yorker.

]]> By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36623 HiredGoons Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:47:04 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36623 My avatar is blushing. My avatar is blushing.

]]> By: ProfessorBen http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36622 ProfessorBen Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:41:53 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36622 Goons, if it's not said enough, you are awesome! Oh and I recently came across the Arbus photo that is your avatar and about lost my jizz. You have a fan in ProfBen Goons, if it's not said enough, you are awesome! Oh and I recently came across the Arbus photo that is your avatar and about lost my jizz. You have a fan in ProfBen

]]> By: missdelite http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36607 missdelite Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:53:16 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36607 Maybe it's time to join the Scientologists. Maybe it's time to join the Scientologists.

]]> By: Rw http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36528 Rw Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:13:56 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36528 Am I on some kind of watch list after visiting that site Goons? I've got a friend who's been living in Japan for the past 9 years, who is trained as an Econimist, who called this collapse years ago while fresh out of college and used it as an excuse to keep "teaching English" over there. Am I on some kind of watch list after visiting that site Goons? I've got a friend who's been living in Japan for the past 9 years, who is trained as an Econimist, who called this collapse years ago while fresh out of college and used it as an excuse to keep "teaching English" over there.

]]> By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36493 HiredGoons Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:07:48 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36493 http://www.martinarmstrong.org/economic_projections.htm http://www.martinarmstrong.org/economic_projections.htm

]]> By: hanna http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36490 hanna Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:01:10 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36490 Irresponsible rumor-mongering on my part: I have a friend who I always thought was a bit cracked until he successfully predicted the economic collapse we experienced a year ahead of time. This is not such a amazing feat, perhaps, but I was impressed. He isn't an economist; he has another crazy friend who gave him the tip. SO YEAH, I asked this guy about six months ago what his crazy friend thought would happen next. He apparently predicts a two-year leveling out, and then another steep steep Wall Street crash and grinding economic hardship that lasts multiple years. Eep. I hope he's truly crazy and not just crazy like a fox. Irresponsible rumor-mongering on my part:

I have a friend who I always thought was a bit cracked until he successfully predicted the economic collapse we experienced a year ahead of time. This is not such a amazing feat, perhaps, but I was impressed. He isn't an economist; he has another crazy friend who gave him the tip.

SO YEAH, I asked this guy about six months ago what his crazy friend thought would happen next. He apparently predicts a two-year leveling out, and then another steep steep Wall Street crash and grinding economic hardship that lasts multiple years. Eep. I hope he's truly crazy and not just crazy like a fox.

]]> By: Bittersweet http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36486 Bittersweet Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:58:45 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36486 Do the Thargians like pictures of six-year-olds with flowing hair and giant anime-style eyes? Fingers crossed... Do the Thargians like pictures of six-year-olds with flowing hair and giant anime-style eyes? Fingers crossed…

]]> By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36477 HiredGoons Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:44:38 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36477 "Follow Me to the Springfield Aquarium." "Follow Me to the Springfield Aquarium."

]]> By: kitten_witawip http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36476 kitten_witawip Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:42:53 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36476 Goons, you mean the dolphin is going to shoot her daughter while she sleeps after doing blow with his trainer at Buco di Beppo? Goons, you mean the dolphin is going to shoot her daughter while she sleeps after doing blow with his trainer at Buco di Beppo?

]]> By: LondonLee http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36463 LondonLee Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:27:21 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36463 My daughter is only three so I'm hoping that when the time comes for her (and me) to worry about that sort of thing our new alien overlords from Tharg will have some niche she can fit into. But right now her only skill appears to be wearing pink tutus. My daughter is only three so I'm hoping that when the time comes for her (and me) to worry about that sort of thing our new alien overlords from Tharg will have some niche she can fit into. But right now her only skill appears to be wearing pink tutus.

]]> By: brent_cox http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36460 brent_cox Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:24:29 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36460 I volunteer Ross Douthat as our next existential threat. I volunteer Ross Douthat as our next existential threat.

]]> By: riggssm http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36458 riggssm Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:21:58 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36458 There was a reference to America's lost generation on Morning Joe (Brewed by Starbucks) this morning. It came up after a bit on Japan catching up to China re: ownership of US debt. Sadly though, it was a hair-do talking to Willie Geist, so they didn't even get the understand on their cue cards. It's just all so many words to read aloud in dulcet tones. There was a reference to America's lost generation on Morning Joe (Brewed by Starbucks) this morning. It came up after a bit on Japan catching up to China re: ownership of US debt.

Sadly though, it was a hair-do talking to Willie Geist, so they didn't even get the understand on their cue cards. It's just all so many words to read aloud in dulcet tones.

]]> By: beingiseasy http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36454 beingiseasy Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:17:16 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36454 Krugman scared the crap out of me this morning, especially the last line in that piece. Also, Douthat's column was scary, but only because he is so fundamentally detached from reality. NYTimes op-ed's, making Monday even more terrifying! Krugman scared the crap out of me this morning, especially the last line in that piece. Also, Douthat's column was scary, but only because he is so fundamentally detached from reality. NYTimes op-ed's, making Monday even more terrifying!

]]> By: DorothyMantooth http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36450 DorothyMantooth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:12:42 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36450 11/9/09: The Day Dotty Was Forever Scooped. NEVER FORGET! 11/9/09: The Day Dotty Was Forever Scooped.
NEVER FORGET!

]]> By: Baboleen http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36447 Baboleen Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:10:16 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36447 At least you can still afford to pay your kid's hockey costs. At least you can still afford to pay your kid's hockey costs.

]]> By: mathnet http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36444 mathnet Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:08:03 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36444 OH PLUS this is really annoying: Emphasis goes on the first syllable, not the second. OH PLUS this is really annoying: Emphasis goes on the first syllable, not the second.

]]> By: mathnet http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36443 mathnet Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:05:59 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36443 HAha Dotty's scooped again! HAha Dotty's scooped again!

]]> By: mathnet http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36440 mathnet Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:04:52 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36440 How about if we make health care affordable and available, and people work for themselves instead of spending their lives trying to persuade other people to hire and not fire them? The Awl! Leading the way! How about if we make health care affordable and available, and people work for themselves instead of spending their lives trying to persuade other people to hire and not fire them?

The Awl! Leading the way!

]]> By: DorothyMantooth http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36439 DorothyMantooth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:04:44 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36439 "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panini_%28sandwich%29" rel="nofollow">Panino</a>." (And if you want to be even more annoyed by me, you can imagine the really high-pitched lady's voice that I was subjected to far too frequently from my college roommate's Italian practice tapes, screeching, "Ascoltate e repetete: Uno panino... Due panini..." and cetera. You're welcome!) "Panino."
(And if you want to be even more annoyed by me, you can imagine the really high-pitched lady's voice that I was subjected to far too frequently from my college roommate's Italian practice tapes, screeching, "Ascoltate e repetete: Uno panino… Due panini…" and cetera. You're welcome!)

]]> By: hockeymom http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36438 hockeymom Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:03:29 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36438 Troy McClure? That sounds fishy. Troy McClure? That sounds fishy.

]]> By: HeyThatsMyBike http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36437 HeyThatsMyBike Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:03:07 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36437 "The word panino is Italian for "small bread roll"; its plural form is panini. Outside Italy, panini is often incorrectly used as a singular word (like salami, also an Italian plural noun) and is sometimes even solecistically pluralised into paninis." I committed solecism. "The word panino is Italian for "small bread roll"; its plural form is panini. Outside Italy, panini is often incorrectly used as a singular word (like salami, also an Italian plural noun) and is sometimes even solecistically pluralised into paninis."
I committed solecism.

]]> By: NicFit http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36435 NicFit Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:47 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36435 Yeah, I'm doing alright and lived through the whole New York 1992 meltdown. Used my B.A. to send faxes and stuff envelopes for a crazy PR woman who called me stupid and secretly wanted to fuck me. Whatever, there was good E and this new thing called "techno." Oh, and the conventional wisdom was that the U.S. probably would never fully recover. Yeah, I'm doing alright and lived through the whole New York 1992 meltdown. Used my B.A. to send faxes and stuff envelopes for a crazy PR woman who called me stupid and secretly wanted to fuck me.

Whatever, there was good E and this new thing called "techno."

Oh, and the conventional wisdom was that the U.S. probably would never fully recover.

]]> By: roboloki http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36432 roboloki Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:59:38 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36432 so is the singular paninus? so is the singular paninus?

]]> By: HeyThatsMyBike http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/how-come-no-one-is-acting-like-the-recession-is-over#comment-36425 HeyThatsMyBike Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:54:21 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17813#comment-36425 Ohmygod you are teaching me so many new things today! And I love when the singular is also the plural! And I was actually thinking paninis did not sound like a real word, but I am a dumb American who does not know what I should do with words adapted from other languages, so I just went with it! Ohmygod you are teaching me so many new things today! And I love when the singular is also the plural! And I was actually thinking paninis did not sound like a real word, but I am a dumb American who does not know what I should do with words adapted from other languages, so I just went with it!

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