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I'm still really pleased that I'm terrible. I mean, I think I'm terrible - look at my avatar, it's way more sexual than flexichick's (no offense, flexichick) and yet I have not yet been attacked. C'mon, hook me up guest dude.
But seriously, Mr. guest - you are either a) Using stereotype as parody, or b) probably one of the main reasons some people avoid the coop. If it's b), just chill out. -
Drano, it almost makes me want to post a sexier (aka "sluttier") picture now.
I think the answer is c:) all women are whores. Can you say "issues with women"? -
Anonymous wrote: [quote=Flexichick]I feel sad about how terrible I am too. Then I get over it. Usually with a beer.
Um, I might suggest the same to you, given the strange photographic representation of yourself, revealing your obvious narcissistic nature and what I can only assume as a strong willingness to define yourself the general public as some kind of slut (which I read in the NYT is now a form of gender empowerment, more power to you.)
Put some clothes on, Guest.
I guess I'm just appalled by the hatred expressed on this board and how that seems just fine with everyone. Most of you seem to revel in this type of vitriolic discourse directed toward people who paved the way for your ability to economically co-opt a an entire neighborhood culture through capitalism and class. The joke is ultimately on you as the rents continue to rise and you can homestead out Flatbush and start complaining about the homeless in Ditmas Park or Kensington (those poor, poor people to have to ever endure such a fate), wait, you probably wouldn't want to live near black people, who as expressed on this board just want to yell obscenities and ask for your spare change...well you'll find somewhere to have these miserable, hateful and racist conversations somewhere else in the near future, I suppose.
This message board is a cult, I have right not to register and provide input and I will check in for time to time, to witness the decline of the western (Brooklyn) civilization.
People like you fascinate me, I am assuming that you’re a White person who a) suffers from guilt due to your privileged upbringing or b) made poor choices and is bitter.
If you’re a person of color…I would reread the prior posts, I don't think anyone ever said that black people "just want to yell obscenities and ask for spare change". While the prevalence of Black men panhandling/in jail/ dead before 21... may well be the results of slavery, institutionalized racism and psychological emasculation....as a Brown person I will say that it could also just be plain old laziness! I worked too hard to fight my way out of the 'hood (by educating myself and making wise life and career decisions in order to help my family and myself) to deal with this shit in my neighborhood. As a person of color, it's embarrassing to see this and pathetic to hear the excuses.
With that, I am off my soapbox. -
Anonymous wrote: [quote=Flexichick]I feel sad about how terrible I am too. Then I get over it. Usually with a beer.
Um, I might suggest the same to you, given the strange photographic representation of yourself, revealing your obvious narcissistic nature and what I can only assume as a strong willingness to define yourself the general public as some kind of slut (which I read in the NYT is now a form of gender empowerment, more power to you.)
Put some clothes on, Guest.
I guess I'm just appalled by the hatred expressed on this board and how that seems just fine with everyone. Most of you seem to revel in this type of vitriolic discourse directed toward people who paved the way for your ability to economically co-opt a an entire neighborhood culture through capitalism and class. The joke is ultimately on you as the rents continue to rise and you can homestead out Flatbush and start complaining about the homeless in Ditmas Park or Kensington (those poor, poor people to have to ever endure such a fate), wait, you probably wouldn't want to live near black people, who as expressed on this board just want to yell obscenities and ask for your spare change...well you'll find somewhere to have these miserable, hateful and racist conversations somewhere else in the near future, I suppose.
This message board is a cult, I have right not to register and provide input and I will check in for time to time, to witness the decline of the western (Brooklyn) civilization.
whoa.
internet message boards require a bit more patience than it seems you have. i really don't think there's that much hate on these boards. and most of the regulars here have a pretty good sense of humor which is, i think, perhaps most important. -
So go to Fairway to shop for food, at least until you move back to the suburbs and find another place to shop. Nobody cares. Just don't expect people not to answer you when you heap vitriol on a Park Slope institution that has contributed to this neighborhood for decades and is dear to the hearts of many of us.
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linusvanpelt wrote: In any event, as far as I'm concerned, trixieNYC can shop whenever she likes, and I promise not to get out the Co-Op's crucifix (which is fashioned by Zapatista peasants from sustainable wood and 100% post-consumer-recycled nails).
Completely off topic, but --
You're named after a PEANUTS character and you're funny. This makes my day. -
Subject: ORGANIC GLUTENFREE NONDAIRY COOKIE MART SPARKS CIVIL UNREST
The Food Co-Op divides our community. A question I'm asked frequently and always dread answering: “Do you work at the Food Co-op?†You either do or you don’t. Once you give your answer, that’s it, you’ve picked your side. -
Subject: Re: ORGANIC GLUTENFREE NONDAIRY COOKIE MART SPARKS CIVIL UNR
Parkslopedope wrote: The Food Co-Op divides our community. A question I'm asked frequently and always dread answering: “Do you work at the Food Co-op?†You either do or you don’t. Once you give your answer, that’s it, you’ve picked your side.
"Do you work at the Co-op?"
"I sure do!"
"GOOD for YOU!"
"Thaaaaaannnks!"
Seriously, though, there's some truth in what you say but c'mon - we can all live together. Let us not forget the lesson of the sneetches. -
"The Food Coop divides our community."
LOL. No, nobody really cares whether anybody joins the Coop. The Coop is an important element of our neighborhood, but Park Slope is much, muc more interesting and deeper than one organization.
What divides our community are the people who have a sense of entitlement rather than of community. -
Anonymous wrote: "The Food Coop divides our community."
As long as you agree that it is not just one group with a "sense of entitlement".
What divides our community are the people who have a sense of entitlement rather than of community.
double wide strollers?
let's not forget those who are tried and true Park Slopees. Y'all just can't deal when some new folk move on in. Right away they're veiwed as some damn wealthy ass rich kids who never worked a day in their life. so who here really has that sense of entitlement you speak of?
while you may feel its "sense of entitlement issues", I say chalk it up to good ol fashioned being judgemental, no matter what side of the fence you're sitting on.
I'll say it again, cool for you that you work for the co-op. I have nothing against it at all. and sure, it is great for the community. just dont bite my damn head off when I say I don't work there. and then, dont be like half of my neighbors who try to force it down my throat like I'm some kind of leper for not wanting to be a part of the "community"
The community is not a supermarket. -
Subject: Re: ORGANIC GLUTENFREE NONDAIRY COOKIE MART SPARKS CIVIL UNR
Drano wrote:
"Do you work at the Co-op?"
"Do you work at the Co-op?"
"I sure do!"
"GOOD for YOU!"
"Thaaaaaannnks!"
"I sure do!"
"Dick!"
"Thaaaaaannnks!" -
It's funny, I was just looking back to the archives. Look at this, the fifth thread ever started on Daily Slope:
http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=596
Oh, those were innocent times... a whole year ago! :twisted: -
LatinaSloper wrote: [quote=Anonymous][quote=Flexichick]I feel sad about how terrible I am too. Then I get over it. Usually with a beer.
Um, I might suggest the same to you, given the strange photographic representation of yourself, revealing your obvious narcissistic nature and what I can only assume as a strong willingness to define yourself the general public as some kind of slut (which I read in the NYT is now a form of gender empowerment, more power to you.)
Put some clothes on, Guest.
I guess I'm just appalled by the hatred expressed on this board and how that seems just fine with everyone. Most of you seem to revel in this type of vitriolic discourse directed toward people who paved the way for your ability to economically co-opt a an entire neighborhood culture through capitalism and class. The joke is ultimately on you as the rents continue to rise and you can homestead out Flatbush and start complaining about the homeless in Ditmas Park or Kensington (those poor, poor people to have to ever endure such a fate), wait, you probably wouldn't want to live near black people, who as expressed on this board just want to yell obscenities and ask for your spare change...well you'll find somewhere to have these miserable, hateful and racist conversations somewhere else in the near future, I suppose.
This message board is a cult, I have right not to register and provide input and I will check in for time to time, to witness the decline of the western (Brooklyn) civilization.
People like you fascinate me, I am assuming that you’re a White person who a) suffers from guilt due to your privileged upbringing or b) made poor choices and is bitter.
If you’re a person of color…I would reread the prior posts, I don't think anyone ever said that black people "just want to yell obscenities and ask for spare change". While the prevalence of Black men panhandling/in jail/ dead before 21... may well be the results of slavery, institutionalized racism and psychological emasculation....as a Brown person I will say that it could also just be plain old laziness! I worked too hard to fight my way out of the 'hood (by educating myself and making wise life and career decisions in order to help my family and myself) to deal with this shit in my neighborhood. As a person of color, it's embarrassing to see this and pathetic to hear the excuses.
With that, I am off my soapbox.
I agree, thems negros just lazy lazy lazy -
30 year Park Sloper here: And I'll tell you what I can't deal with. I can't deal with a bunch of uninformed people heaping abuse on an organization that has been good for our neighborhood. Look at the start of the thread, did any of you "new Slopers" step up to make the conversation more reasonable? No, like a pack of teenagers, you mocked something that most of you don't understand or know nothing about. If the coop isn't your cup of tea, that's fine, there are plenty of other options in this neighborhood. And nobody cares where you buy your food.
Many of the folks who have moved in are fine people, but the neighborhood has been blighted with obnoxious, ill-bred, vacuous types whose graduation gifts were starter apartments in the Slope. Their kids are also obnoxious and ill-bred and, at their young age, own that same sense of entitlement as their parents. If they, or you, feel uncomfortable in this neighborhood, it's probably for good reason, they are not a good fit here and there is genuine resentment about them. They tire of the neighborhood soon enough and make their way back to the suburbs, but, infortunately, for every one that goes back to their roots another one gets a gift-wrapped apartment from Daddy. -
Ok, Ok, we'll be good. Sheesh.
And how'd you know all that stuff about my Dad buying my apartment? Spooky... -
Dude, all I got for graduation was a watch and a cash. I wish I had gotten a starter apartment.
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I don't know what "new Slopers" have to do with anything. I've been here since it was cheap to live here (though my first apartment was somewhat lacking in heat and the second was horribly bug-infested) and from the very beginning, I've been annoyed by the people who act like joining the Co-op is a moral imperative. The ones who just cannot accept that for some people, it simply might not be practical or even possible to belong to the Co-op, much less that, God forbid, someone might just not be interested. Talking to some of these people is like trying to cancel an AOL account.
Now before Linus says anything, I will say that I know a lot of people who belong to the Co-op, and most of them are nice and normal and have never pressured me to join. But the proselytizers are so damn annoying that they have ensured that I will never set foot in the place.
It's a little like the cult of P.S. 321. There was a time when other parents would act like you were pretty much committing child abuse if you actually sent your kids to a public school other than 321. Their eyes would kind of glaze over and they'd go into this trance state and start chanting, "It's such a nice community . . . ." (one woman did this after telling me that her fourth grader had had a succession of bad teachers and had never really learned to read). Anyway, it seems that in the past few years it has become socially acceptable to send your kids somewhere other than 321, and to admit that you don't belong to the Co-op, and for both these things I am very thankful. -
Darjeeling wrote:
i'm not even going to address coop issues, only that i choose not to be a member. but. i hate this kind of bullshit attitude.
Many of the folks who have moved in are fine people, but the neighborhood has been blighted with obnoxious, ill-bred, vacuous types whose graduation gifts were starter apartments in the Slope.
i busted my ass to make the $$ i needed to buy this apartment. i came from living for fourteen years in a rent control building jersey. no trust fund here, buddy. did my dad help me buy my apartment? you bet he did. he did so by dying and leaving me what became part of my down-payment. if you don't believe me we can drive to westchester to visit his grave.
so shut your mouth. -
Oh yeah, what I got as a graduation present: My dad saying, "I hope you find a job quickly, because you're not getting any more money from me."
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Rose wrote: It's a little like the cult of P.S. 321. There was a time when other parents would act like you were pretty much committing child abuse if you actually sent your kids to a public school other than 321...
Parnets still do that, believe me.
Actually, I think there's a little difference between the two. The co-op proselytizers are badgering people to do something anyone, theoretically, can do. (Tho, I agree, why should anyone give a rat's ass where anyone else shops? Darjeeling, keep up the obnoxious posts -- it'll keep those checkout lines shorter!) Whereas the PS 321 proselytizers act like you have a moral obligation to do something that it takes at least a million bucks or a fat rent check to do nowadays.
It's that combination of incredible privilege and smugness -- acting as if owning a $2 million brownstone is a Gandhi-like sacrifice you've made for a better world -- that is what really annoys people about the Slope. -
>>i busted my ass to make the $$ i needed to buy this apartment. i came from living for fourteen years in a rent control building jersey. no trust fund here, buddy. did my dad help me buy my apartment? you bet he did. he did so by dying and leaving me what became part of my down-payment. if you don't believe me we can drive to westchester to visit his grave.
so shut your mouth.<<
Sorry about your father's death, but you still sat around like rude teenager while people heaped vitriol on an organization that is near and dear to many in this neighborhood. (And I haven't belonged to it for years, but am thinking of rejoining, as I said. I also don't care where people send their kids to school. LOL. What thin skins people have around here, this neighborhood has been all about people who make long-term commitments to the community and over the years grow to know and like each other despite their initial conflicts with each other.)
Don't expect such sentiments to be overlooked or unanswered. And don't yelp like spoiled brats when somebody does take offense. You are just proving my point when you do.
If you feel like such a fish out of water here, Mr. Potter, then move back to Westchester. It can be a nice place and you won't really have to stretch yourself as a person since you already are at home there. -
Anonymous wrote: >>i busted my ass to make the $$ i needed to buy this apartment. i came from living for fourteen years in a rent control building jersey. no trust fund here, buddy. did my dad help me buy my apartment? you bet he did. he did so by dying and leaving me what became part of my down-payment. if you don't believe me we can drive to westchester to visit his grave.
said as politely as i can, so as not to seem like the "spolied" brat you think i am.
so shut your mouth.<<
Sorry about your father's death, but you still sat around like rude teenager while people heaped vitriol on an organization that is near and dear to many in this neighborhood. (And I haven't belonged to it for years, but am thinking of rejoining, as I said. I also don't care where people send their kids to school. LOL. What thin skins people have around here, this neighborhood has been all about people who make long-term commitments to the community and over the years grow to know and like each other despite their initial conflicts with each other.)
Don't expect such sentiments to be overlooked or unanswered. And don't yelp like spoiled brats when somebody does take offense. You are just proving my point when you do.
If you feel like such a fish out of water here, Mr. Potter, then move back to Westchester. It can be a nice place and you won't really have to stretch yourself as a person since you already are at home there.
a: i am female, not a mr.
b: i never said i grew up in westchester; our family's burial plot is there. it was bought more than 75 years ago when it was still farmland (because my great grandfather always wanted to live in the country, and couldn't live there because he was a cutter in a women's bra factory.)
c: i don't feel like a fish out of water in PS.
d: i never yelped like a spoiled brat or rude teenager
e: if there's any vitriol i feel, it's towards you because you're an asshole. -
And Linus -- at least you had the integrity to post an alternative viewpoint in the face of the juvenile snarky drivel that started this thread. And at least you were diplomatic, which I was not. My hat is off to you. As far as shortening the lines at the coop, I don't belong to the coop, I speak as somebody who has a genuine sense of history and commitment to this wonderful neighborhood.
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and i know that nothing good ever comes from feeding the trolls. they can find their own food at the coop.
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LOL, my neighbors would tell you I'm a wonderful person.
I am just speaking the truth about what has happened to this neighborhood. You can like it or not but it is 100 percent unmitigated truth.
Now chill. -
The Truth According to Guest. There is no other truth. Ever.
Signed -
The Slut (since the role of spoiled teen-aged brat has already been filled) -
Anonymous wrote: LOL, my neighbors would tell you I'm a wonderful person.
that's what the neighbors always say, when they're interviewed by the local news when their beloved neighbor is arrested for something like child abuse. -
brooklynpotter wrote: [quote=Anonymous]LOL, my neighbors would tell you I'm a wonderful person.
that's what the neighbors always say, when they're interviewed by the local news when their beloved neighbor is arrested for something like child abuse.
LOL, I was thinking just about the same thing. The neighbors are probably scared. They don't want to find yet another steaming pile of organic compost on the doorstep. -
Exactly what I was thinking.
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And you are illustrating my points about the attitude that many of the newcomers bring to the Slope very well.
It seems like I hit a nerve here.
The basic lack of fairness up until now has been that this board gets disseminated on the search engines and its string of unanswered mischaracterizations get spread like a virus. I could care less what you think of me as an anonymous writer. But I do care about the hard work people have put into this neighborhood. I won't let the shallow, uninformed one-note threads that genuinely and unfairly hurt people go unanswered.
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