belt tightening for the rich
June 2, 2008 4:03 AM Subscribe
poor little rich girls can't highlight twice a week Even the mega wealthy are feeling the pinch. "Hairstylists and private jet rental companies say the wealthy are cutting back on luxuries like $350 highlights and $10,000-an-hour jet rentals. Even nutritionists and personal trainers notice a problem. The wealthy are eating more and gaining weight because of the stress." boo-hoo-hoo
This post was deleted for the following reason: Not really the best post, even without the editorializing. -- vacapinta
The article makes quite clear the unsympathetic nature of the situation. In fact, that's kind of the article's point, if one reads it carefully. Doing so might help one to catch points like the following:
posted by vitia at 4:25 AM on June 2, 2008
On a spring afternoon, a half-dozen hairstylists to the very wealthy talked about how customers are stretching their $350 highlights and $150 haircuts to every eight weeks instead of six weeks. Some women are cutting out highlights entirely, saying they would "rather be brunettes."While catching such points, for the sake of accuracy, might help improve this post, a tiny bit of additional research -- like, perhaps, on the NYT's consistently myopic perspective on class in America and what various people have had to say about it -- would have made it more than a careless throwaway single-link snark about a NYT story.
posted by vitia at 4:25 AM on June 2, 2008
Ha ha! How's it feel to be richer than us now, FATTY GRAY HAIR?!!!!???
posted by miss lynnster at 4:27 AM on June 2, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by miss lynnster at 4:27 AM on June 2, 2008 [2 favorites]
Poster, can you spare a whine?
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:27 AM on June 2, 2008
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:27 AM on June 2, 2008
I read this article yesterday and thought that there was about enough content for maybe... two whole paragraphs.
posted by R. Mutt at 4:28 AM on June 2, 2008
posted by R. Mutt at 4:28 AM on June 2, 2008
Damn you, miss lynnster - I was on a roll!
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:28 AM on June 2, 2008
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:28 AM on June 2, 2008
Tell me, slyrabbit, how do you feel about the rich and their problems?
posted by prefpara at 4:28 AM on June 2, 2008
posted by prefpara at 4:28 AM on June 2, 2008
The rich are different than you and I. They have money.
posted by fixedgear at 4:33 AM on June 2, 2008
posted by fixedgear at 4:33 AM on June 2, 2008
One link to the nyt, and snotty editorialism to go with it? Try a little harder next time.
posted by Dave Faris at 4:33 AM on June 2, 2008
posted by Dave Faris at 4:33 AM on June 2, 2008
Oh, is this where we get to bash rich people?
posted by chuckdarwin at 4:35 AM on June 2, 2008
posted by chuckdarwin at 4:35 AM on June 2, 2008
Boo hoo hoo, employees in salon laid off with fall of business. And boo hoo hoo, people who think the rich "hurting" will do anything but hurt you, too.
posted by BrooklynCouch at 4:36 AM on June 2, 2008
posted by BrooklynCouch at 4:36 AM on June 2, 2008
That seems odd, I was under the impression that rather then a general wealth reduction, what's actually been happening is that the rich are getting richer, while everyone else is feeling the pinch. That inequality has been growing.
So this article is actually at odds with what actual economic data shows. But it's never been hard to find anecdotes to fit your preconceived notions, which is what I suspect happened here.
posted by delmoi at 4:49 AM on June 2, 2008
So this article is actually at odds with what actual economic data shows. But it's never been hard to find anecdotes to fit your preconceived notions, which is what I suspect happened here.
posted by delmoi at 4:49 AM on June 2, 2008
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