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OldDem2012

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162. Ever channel surf when you're watching TV? I see enough of the content of those channels....
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 02:22 PM
Mar 2013

....in just a few seconds...I don't have to see the entire show.

This board has an "ignore" button, too....I think I'll exercise that privilege and place you on my list.


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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