What's up with all the Yuppie bashing on this board?

fourthstreeter

Subject: What's up with all the Yuppie bashing on this board?

What's up with all the Yuppie bashing on this board?

daver

Are you looking for an essay on "Why Yuppies Are Scum" or what?

MOD

Yeah, um, what's up with it.. eh the same as the "poop on sidewalk bashing" "stroller bashing" "hipster bashing" "gentrification rants" "bikes on side walks" "loud parties at 9pm" "the dreaded chicken bones rants" "take it or leave rants"..... someone help me out with some more?

j0518

1) denial
2) everything gets bashed on here

MOD

I think it comes down to: we're all just playa haters.

karl the druid

i hate hateful haters and the haters that hate them

and orcs

kosherdave

someone has to be blamed for the vile act of making the nabe nice.

veets

I think even the term Yuppies is meaningless. Whatever way it gets used now is not the way Abbie Hoffman used it. yeah we find a way to bash everyone. KosherDave.. you have the best comment so far!

fourthstreeter

It's one thing to voice your disdain for inconsiderate acts such as not picking up after your dog, being a loud drunken fool at 2am or hogging up the sidewalk with an XL stroller. But hating a person or group of people for their economic status?

If someone said, "I hate poor people and I wish they would get out of Park Slope" they would be crucified on this board.

Why is hating a Yuppie any different than hating someone for their religion or the color of their skin? What's the difference between saying, "I hate Yuppies?" and "I hate Jews/Blacks/Hispanics/Muslims?"

mixergirl

Why is hating a Yuppie any different than hating someone for their religion or the color of their skin? What's the difference between saying, "I hate Yuppies?" and "I hate Jews/Blacks/Hispanics/Muslims?"

You can't be serious about this. People, please don't take this bait.

MOD

Eat the rich!

zebra

veets wrote: I think even the term Yuppies is meaningless. Whatever way it gets used now is not the way Abbie Hoffman used it.

If you mean "Yippies," then yes, that's an understatement!

veets

Zebra wrote: [quote=veets]I think even the term Yuppies is meaningless. Whatever way it gets used now is not the way Abbie Hoffman used it.

If you mean "Yippies," then yes, that's an understatement!

Woops.. you are absolutely correct... My Mistake!

daver

FourthStreeter wrote: It's one thing to voice your disdain for inconsiderate acts such as not picking up after your dog, being a loud drunken fool at 2am or hogging up the sidewalk with an XL stroller. But hating a person or group of people for their economic status?

If someone said, "I hate poor people and I wish they would get out of Park Slope" they would be crucified on this board.

Why is hating a Yuppie any different than hating someone for their religion or the color of their skin? What's the difference between saying, "I hate Yuppies?" and "I hate Jews/Blacks/Hispanics/Muslims?"

Last thing first: Ha!

First thing last: "But hating a person or group of people for their economic status?"

The designation of yuppie has a lot more to it other than economic status, and although the term has morphed quite a bit since its appearance in the eighties, it continues to mean a lot more than that. Otherwise we could just "eat the rich," lol.

Perhaps you can answer your own questions, young grasshopper, when you figure out what a yuppie is.

Oh, and explain what a hipster is to everyone while you are at it.

Thx, buy-bye!

livetotravel

Yuppie = Bob Greene published a story about a business networking group founded in 1982 by Jerry Rubin, formerly of the Youth International Party (whose members were called yippies); Greene said he had heard people at the networking group (which met at Studio 54 to soft classical music) joke that Rubin had "gone from being a yippie to being a yuppie" - (Wiki)

Isn't everyone under the of 30 living in PS a young, urban, professional? And what about all the hating of Buppies, Luppies, Guppies, and Auppies?

rtraindweller

Livetotravel wrote:
Isn't everyone under the of 30 living in PS a young, urban, professional? And what about all the hating of Buppies, Luppies, Guppies, and Auppies?

as long as nobody's hatin' on Puppies. they're so damn cute.

daver

Livetotravel wrote: Isn't everyone under the of 30 living in PS a young, urban, professional? And what about all the hating of Buppies, Luppies, Guppies, and Auppies?

Don't forget the Scuppies. I suspect they are well represented in Park Slope.

MOD

Frumpies? perhaps.

daver

Mamacita wrote: Frumpies? perhaps.

I didn't even know what frum was until I moved to NYC. I have no idea about using "frumpies," but I do know that "frummer" is to be avoided.

kosherdave

Livetotravel wrote:
Isn't everyone under the of 30 living in PS a young, urban, professional? And what about all the hating of Buppies, Luppies, Guppies, and Auppies?

Wait, if I'm 31 does that mean I'm no longer a yuppie? NOOOOOOOOOOO!
I have no idea how to define myself anymore! Next thing I know, I'm going to find out I'm not really Jewish!
Here comes the midlife crisis!!! :shock:

whatchuwant

daver wrote: [quote=Mamacita]Frumpies? perhaps.

I didn't even know what frum was until I moved to NYC. I have no idea about using "frumpies," but I do know that "frummer" is to be avoided.

What's a frum?

daver

Whatchuwant wrote: What's a frum?

At risk of sticking my foot in my mouth for talking about shit I really don't know, I'm just going to say a very observant Jew. My understanding is that while some say they must be orthodox, not everyone agrees.

And kosherdave, fear not, yuppies can be in their thirties. And since we know how much you spent on your bicycle, I think we can all agree that for that reason alone you qualify.

queencallipygos

Subject: Re: What's up with all the Yuppie bashing on this board?

FourthStreeter wrote: What's up with all the Yuppie bashing on this board?

Human nature.

next question?

carmen

my question is this: what exactly constitutes a park slope yuppie? My hipster friends call me a yuppie but I have neither a giant SUV stroller nor a co-op membership.

booklaw

A yuppie is someone younger and wealthier than I am (or you are, as the case may be).

daver

Carmen wrote: my question is this: what exactly constitutes a park slope yuppie? My hipster friends call me a yuppie but I have neither a giant SUV stroller nor a co-op membership.

I believe that for hipsters, just _residing_ in Park Slope is enough to qualify one as a yuppie. They have low standards, ya know.

rtraindweller

I believe a certain style of attire and attitude plays into yuppism as well.

daver

MOD

daver wrote: [quote=Carmen]my question is this: what exactly constitutes a park slope yuppie? My hipster friends call me a yuppie but I have neither a giant SUV stroller nor a co-op membership.

I believe that for hipsters, just _residing_ in Park Slope is enough to qualify one as a yuppie. They have low standards, ya know.

'orly??? That's it! Let's arm wrestle! I'll take you down boy :twisted:

kosherdave

daver wrote: [quote=Whatchuwant]What's a frum?

And kosherdave, fear not, yuppies can be in their thirties. And since we know how much you spent on your bicycle, I think we can all agree that for that reason alone you qualify.

ha, prolly true. How on earth do you remember such things! :oops:

livetotravel

kosherdave wrote: [quote=Livetotravel]
Isn't everyone under the of 30 living in PS a young, urban, professional? And what about all the hating of Buppies, Luppies, Guppies, and Auppies?

Wait, if I'm 31 does that mean I'm no longer a yuppie? NOOOOOOOOOOO!
I have no idea how to define myself anymore! Next thing I know, I'm going to find out I'm not really Jewish!
Here comes the midlife crisis!!! :shock:

My gawd, man, don't you know that you're now a JOTUPPIE