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Peter cotton

(380 posts)
105. Ah, but I like to talk about my travels and I do so without regard to the
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 06:25 PM
Mar 2013

socio-ecomomic status of others.

Also: have a great trip to Iceland!

Thanks!

my number one peeve is... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #1
Absofuckinglutely Orrex Mar 2013 #3
Funny how they always leave the part out samplegirl Mar 2013 #4
i hate that meme too FirstLight Mar 2013 #92
Well, I am well off but not rich hollysmom Mar 2013 #107
Hah, we're seeing it on this very thread. Repeatedly and shamelessly. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #135
that's because they "hard work & good choices" is what differentiates them from their peers unblock Mar 2013 #83
I was one of the ah....fairly lucky ones. My parents paid for just about everything...but they... BlueJazz Mar 2013 #124
I have experienced #1 and #2 quaker bill Mar 2013 #2
you are what my parents were hollysmom Mar 2013 #108
Bravo, Bill! Raster Mar 2013 #138
They'll read this and... 99Forever Mar 2013 #5
And let's not forget the house servants. They just can't stop themselves from rising to master's Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #109
Travel and education really irritate me.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #6
NPR has a travel show that makes me want to vomit Orrex Mar 2013 #7
this hits home olddots Mar 2013 #34
NPR Kali Mar 2013 #63
Do you think anyone would tune in... Bay Boy Mar 2013 #116
Hmmm PasadenaTrudy Mar 2013 #11
So what's your point? Orrex Mar 2013 #16
Not sure what you're trying to say. Care to spell it out? nt. OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #17
What priorities are those? xmas74 Mar 2013 #57
You do realize that many people make far less than plumbers or high school teachers don't you? Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #62
you sound somewhat clueless and a rather classic "blame the poor for their choices" tops it off Kali Mar 2013 #66
"Priorities": again with the "individual choice" meme... YoungDemCA Mar 2013 #88
Yeah, that's another thing Orrex Mar 2013 #127
I could travel too, but I consider saving for retirement a priority Skittles Mar 2013 #123
Not so muvh an "hmmmm"... LanternWaste Mar 2013 #165
yet they resent the taxation that pays for their safe travels. Cobalt Violet Mar 2013 #23
I understand why it would be annoying Bay Boy Mar 2013 #119
Ever channel surf when you're watching TV? I see enough of the content of those channels.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #162
If you plan on saving for college in the next few years be careful. JVS Mar 2013 #121
I still have a hard time with those who don't understand financial entitlement ismnotwasm Mar 2013 #8
You sound bitter and jealous. I grew up poor and felt none of this so called rage and the rich kids. Pisces Mar 2013 #9
A lovely example of exactly what the OP was saying. 99Forever Mar 2013 #12
You DO realize it is the article and not the poster who is "talking", right? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #13
proves a point!! Skittles Mar 2013 #126
Sometimes I think of DU as a large Rorscach test.... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #139
Are you adressing your comments to xchrom? n/t Autumn Mar 2013 #14
I love satire pieces like what you wrote there. Orrex Mar 2013 #15
I'd say the characterization of the OP as bitter is spot on. Want to travel? There Are Options KittyWampus Mar 2013 #24
Yeah, I've known people who've backpacked across Europe, too Orrex Mar 2013 #25
When I was living hand to mouth I made Xmas wreaths to sell on the side of the road- how is that KittyWampus Mar 2013 #26
Spare me Orrex Mar 2013 #29
I provided relevant examples of people who traveled despite not being wealthy or middle class. KittyWampus Mar 2013 #42
So, because you've achieved some skid row epiphany, everyone else should just suck it up. Orrex Mar 2013 #55
The only patronizing to be read is coming from your posts. This person has put their own life Pisces Mar 2013 #64
See, you're repeatedly attempting a bullshit rhetorical tactic Orrex Mar 2013 #69
I agree that the real issue is about how the mechanism keeps poor people poor, but this is another Pisces Mar 2013 #76
You forgot to add join the military and see the world. fasttense Mar 2013 #137
If you read Tracy Moore's whole piece you'd find she does exactly what I mention KittyWampus Mar 2013 #75
Kitty I am hearing you, but some on this board want to be angry and feel like they are being lecture Pisces Mar 2013 #58
Pisces, you are not just "pointing out (your) own life experiences" fishwax Mar 2013 #60
True, I did throw that out there, but that is what I was getting from the OP and other posts. The Pisces Mar 2013 #68
I knew people like you, just passing through the hood Dragonfli Mar 2013 #94
! annabanana Mar 2013 #111
The OP is written by Tracy Moore who makes snark & being semi-obnoxious her stock in trade. KittyWampus Mar 2013 #77
all the more reason to not assume the author/op/sympathizers are bitter, perpetually unsatisfied fishwax Mar 2013 #89
After reading the ENTIRE piece- she's got a good sense of humor & perspective. She wrote much more a KittyWampus Mar 2013 #114
Wow, " must be nice" is shorthand for envy and jealousy of what others are doing. This person did Pisces Mar 2013 #35
"Very often the issue is that people who are poor accept it as their lot" isn't trite/patronizing? fishwax Mar 2013 #39
“I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. KittyWampus Mar 2013 #78
Perhaps you read a different post Orrex Mar 2013 #40
Your last 2 sentences show your perception of the world again. Someone is out to get you or take Pisces Mar 2013 #54
Again, you're attibuting statements to me that I didn't make Orrex Mar 2013 #59
I want to know why the hell you have me on ignore. ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2013 #93
He has everyone on ignore. It's in his signature line. madinmaryland Mar 2013 #98
He's ignoring me, too! Peter cotton Mar 2013 #103
Rofl Notafraidtoo Mar 2013 #128
You forgot "poor grad students." Gormy Cuss Mar 2013 #27
+1000 Orrex Mar 2013 #30
The subject of the OP is a woman who resents what rich people talk about. KittyWampus Mar 2013 #82
No it isn't. Perhaps you clicked on the wrong link. n/t Gormy Cuss Mar 2013 #115
You sound like Ann Romney Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #18
Wow, incredible that you know my background from a few sentences that I posted? How did you get Ann Pisces Mar 2013 #45
Ann Romney talked about her "struggles" then made it clear she knew nothing of real struggles Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #49
You are the angriest person in this thread. TheBadWolf Mar 2013 #21
The OP posted this article as a view they share. I was posting my thoughts about it. I was not in a Pisces Mar 2013 #38
where is that response evident in this thread? fishwax Mar 2013 #46
to me, it's your post that appears rather bitter fishwax Mar 2013 #28
Some people are never happy no matter what their circumstance. Pisces Mar 2013 #43
And? fishwax Mar 2013 #51
While others may yet extrapolate the measure of happiness... LanternWaste Mar 2013 #168
Good luck with YOUR anger issues. nt. OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #53
Wow. What a crappy thing to say. Apophis Mar 2013 #99
The quintessential privileged corporate tools of the greedy rich would agree with you ...IMO. n/t L0oniX Mar 2013 #147
The worst: Poor = Lazy annabanana Mar 2013 #10
Agreed, that's the worst mokawanis Mar 2013 #20
Exactly right. Next up is probably poor=stupid. TheKentuckian Mar 2013 #31
It's already been done. In this thread. Orrex Mar 2013 #32
Well said. It's almost as if the rich CEO class WANTS to work people to death.... YoungDemCA Mar 2013 #87
Yes. LWolf Mar 2013 #101
I often ask about college hfojvt Mar 2013 #19
My dad was a steel worker with a 10th grade education. Remmah2 Mar 2013 #22
We tent camped for over 40 years, and into our 60's.. Tikki Mar 2013 #33
heh.. I guess they were afraid they annabanana Mar 2013 #112
Most campers are very friendly and it really does correlate to the type and location of... Tikki Mar 2013 #122
There are people in the world who live in abject poverty. Walk away Mar 2013 #36
You're right Orrex Mar 2013 #41
... SammyWinstonJack Mar 2013 #117
I know a rich couple who buy their kids' clothes at thrift shops. grasswire Mar 2013 #37
Rich people are often notoriously cheap. They don't enjoy their money. Cleita Mar 2013 #47
Stereotype Buffalo Bull Mar 2013 #65
Hardly. I have been in some kind of service job usually bookkeeping for Cleita Mar 2013 #71
in my workplace I've noticed Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #74
Also, I'll bet when you guys go out for a beer on Friday that they seem to not Cleita Mar 2013 #81
This message was self-deleted by its author marlakay Mar 2013 #95
I know a person like this RedCappedBandit Mar 2013 #56
Your point about education is why I favor free education Cleita Mar 2013 #44
I agree with you, C;eota/ JDPriestly Mar 2013 #73
I never stayed home, but I earned most of that time 69 cents to the dollar that men earned Cleita Mar 2013 #79
Just last year I was in a discussion with some upper middle class people Z_I_Peevey Mar 2013 #80
Great article. (nt) limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #48
#2 definitely crosses class lines RedCappedBandit Mar 2013 #50
Education is a BIG deal in the Bay Area... YoungDemCA Mar 2013 #85
cant we comiserate ? olddots Mar 2013 #52
k&r nt steve2470 Mar 2013 #61
My husband and I grew up poor and traveled. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #67
Your post is spot on. I feel the same way but posted in a more inflammatory way. Pisces Mar 2013 #70
I hate threads like this, even though it's frequently true. But it's not that simple. nolabear Mar 2013 #72
Unfortunately, it's not a question of blind spots among individuals... YoungDemCA Mar 2013 #86
You mean the more-than-poor are uneducable or uncaring and have all the power? nolabear Mar 2013 #91
Wow , look what comes out when we talk about 4 t 4 Mar 2013 #96
I hate how poor people are caricatured and stereotyped... YoungDemCA Mar 2013 #84
i feel sorry in a way for the wealthy . olddots Mar 2013 #90
just remember that the middle classes are not jimlup Mar 2013 #97
Apparently, I PO the author quoted in this article. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #100
the author doesn't say that people who travel piss her off fishwax Mar 2013 #102
even being retired these days is a luxury of sorts (if you don't die first). CTyankee Mar 2013 #104
Ah, but I like to talk about my travels and I do so without regard to the Peter cotton Mar 2013 #105
The author doesn't even say that people who talk about their travels piss her off fishwax Mar 2013 #106
That was a fucking dickish comment, even for you. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #136
Which part? The fact I like to talk about my travels, or the fact that while I do so Peter cotton Mar 2013 #143
Nah, just the fact that you're incapable of even an atom speck of simple empathy and understanding. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #145
While I'll admit to not being particularly empathetic to the author quoted in the OP, I think I do Peter cotton Mar 2013 #175
Howzitgoin? Peter cotton Mar 2013 #182
PRETTY DAMNED GREAT NOW THAT YOUR RW ASS IS GONE!!! HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #183
The difference is whether you assume other people have traveled jeff47 Mar 2013 #163
I don't automatically assume that someone has been to Rekjavik. That being the case, Peter cotton Mar 2013 #171
Odd way to advertise one's character LanternWaste Mar 2013 #169
I will admit to being amused that I make this person PO'd. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #173
i usually don't hang out with people like that JI7 Mar 2013 #110
My #1: folks who think you can't ever be un-poor fortyfeetunder Mar 2013 #113
In point Notafraidtoo Mar 2013 #130
If someone was bragging to me that they went to Harvard and asked me where I went... Bay Boy Mar 2013 #118
I'd tell them I went to Oxford and was a Rhodes Scholar. AAO Mar 2013 #131
Does Alternet have editors, or is like a Dailykos type blog? JVS Mar 2013 #120
Some folks don't know the difference between being poor and living in poverty? kentuck Mar 2013 #125
The author of the original article . . . MrModerate Mar 2013 #129
The OP has been heavily altered. The author actually did write much more re: each point KittyWampus Mar 2013 #140
I expected to see 'clueless well-meaning advice' somewhere on the list. As in: petronius Mar 2013 #132
This message was self-deleted by its author ErikJ Mar 2013 #133
I utterly HATE exotic vacation braggarts. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #134
Many people (NOT ALL) are poor because of life choices. GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #141
Do you know what the most common cause of poverty in America really is? Being born into poverty. Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #142
So how come I and most of the kids I knew aren't in poverty now? GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #148
Assuming you're telling the truth, because you don't know enough people to be Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #167
You won't get flamed by me. Well done, and well said. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #144
Thanks. As you can see... GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #159
Wow, I'd sure like to see some hard statistics on that very-anecdotal assertion. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #146
The difference between our messages. GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #149
Erm, no. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #154
Envy will never get you anywhere. GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #157
Oh, Come ON. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #164
Most of the people I know who are poor gollygee Mar 2013 #150
Temporary poor or permanent poor? GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #151
You can only pull yourself up gollygee Mar 2013 #152
Dallas, TX. GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #155
The economy now is different than it was then gollygee Mar 2013 #156
So your message is, "You can't, so there is no use trying." GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #158
Hmm it depends gollygee Mar 2013 #161
I read it in 1972. GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #174
Interesting. gollygee Mar 2013 #176
For your information: GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #177
Ack gollygee Mar 2013 #178
OK. GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #179
Similar story - no flame OutNow Mar 2013 #170
"Trustafarians" riqster Mar 2013 #153
"Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps." Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #160
"You owned three department stores" . .. as if that was a very common experience. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #166
I did not grow up poor, I grew up around wealth. Jennicut Mar 2013 #172
Some us go to dive bars because we don't enjoy the company of the people the OP mentions. ieoeja Mar 2013 #180
This thread is a great example of our weakness. We look at exceptions and declare them typical, Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #181
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