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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:19 AM Original message |
Not the Onion: Self-important dink goes 24 hours without spending money. And lives to tell about it. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Sometimes, I just want to hit people ... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. She needs a severe whomping with the reality stick. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Heh. Really. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. Welcome to Monday thru Thursday on Payday week for the rest of us. (nt) |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. I could do that |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. That's from the CEO of a website claiming to help women "make the best financial decisions possible" |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Why does the image of "upper class twit" run through my mind? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Self absorbed twit is what went through my mind |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Haw! |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. Pascal the French philosopher said |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
48. great quote... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
9. just another useless, self-indulgent, vapid shallow-lifer with whom I am forced to share oxygen |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. True |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. "Nature, which actually provides anyone's needs quite adequately" |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
81. Really, really excellent point. Thanks for a bit of perspective. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. I didn't bother with the link |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 06:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I guess all it meant was that the poor little thing didn't spend any discretionary income |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 07:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Poor she ain't. Stupid, she might be. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 07:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Yeah, that occurred to me as well |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. Vapid, Privileged, Clueless, Entitled, and Completely Out Of Touch with Reality. |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Empty her cupboards of anything pre-prepared (but fully stocked otherwise) |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. That was on Huffington Post? OMFG |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
54. The huffington Post still publishes a regular column by Russel Simmons who is a union buster. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. a couple i know who twitter about minding their crbon footprint drove six hours most weekends |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. Okay, people let's get this on the greatest page |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I tend to agree it needs to be seen |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
21. a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
24. A day without spending money is a hardship? What a joke. What kind of pampered wuss |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
25. Unreal. |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
26. It says a lot about Arianna Huffington that she put this on her web page. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. maybe she did it to mock this twit |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
67. yes |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
28. Where does the hate and vitriol for this person come from? |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I don't mind when a person buys a new BMW |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Maybe it's not "hatred" as much as |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I feel if you got more you have a responcibility to give more. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. that's what I think, too... |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. If ever I was extremely rich, I would help people get a good education and to |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I wouldn't call it hate-Did you ever see the Movie "Trading Places"? |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I was a controller of a medical clinic and I worked with a lot of nurses. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. it's called contempt for shallowness--she's just an overgrown mall rat |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I understand but what is it doing to you to spend time feeling about her as you do? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #36 |
86. all she did was point out that daily expenses pile up and that they can be avoided. even poor |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. It's the clueless part. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. I don't hate this person, but I do consider her to be completely clueless. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
49. It comes from everyone missing the point of the article. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. But the thing is, SHE IS RUNNING A BUSINESS telling women |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
88. I am sure a good number of us did NOT need to read this bit of mental masturbation passing itself |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
51. A good point. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
52. Where in my (#11), or most of these posts do you see "hate"? |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. "Let them eat cake" |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
68. WTF? |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
72. you're really reaching on a lot of those assumptions |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
73. "What does she do to earn here (sic) wealth?" She teaches others how to give their money to her. |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
31. What an idiot! |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
34. wow, i do that most days |
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SixString (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
37. They just scrubbed the "negative comments"... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. They must have had a shitload of negative comments. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. She wrote it then noticed the negative reaction |
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SixString (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Over 4 pages of comments now down to 2 |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. they closed it to comments and deleted haldf of them- and i thought they were civil considering |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
64. Dangit ... |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. And that $80 a day for menial expenses has changed to $60. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #47 |
84. They changed numbers! That's it. Their journalistic integrity is nothing! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
53. This is a shark-jumping moment for the HuffPo |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
62. wow, you're right -- the price of the pasta went down and the $80 incidentals became $60 |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
55. Just wait until "Sex In the City" makes it's final run... |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
57. I guess this is the outrage of the day here, today. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
58. I can give her a little credit for at least trying to make a |
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RedRocco (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
59. $32.50 is close to our food budget for the WEEK |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
60. However did she make do with baked Brie? |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
61. And now all the negative comments have been scrubbed, and she has edited it to make herself seem |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. You should read her Twitter ... |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #78 |
89. Oh, I have. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
65. I hate these romanticizing twats. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
66. We are DINKs and we go many days without spending money, because other people do not deserve to have |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
69. kick |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
70. Okay, that was just a snack |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. UnFuckingBelievable. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Expensive entertainment |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. I saw that one today too. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. We're gonna need a lot of boots ... |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. Good heavens! |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
76. Hope she tries |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
79. Apparently she thinks groceries are free. wtf? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
80. Here is another light to look at this |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. Not to mention the price you have to pay for movies & all the ads they run before |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. You and I are aware of the tricks |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
82. Good thing self-righteous indignation is free |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #82 |
85. It's not so much indignation, more pointing and laughing at the clueless woman |
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