Saturday, February 23, 2008

Found online

This is a post from a discussion about Brooklyn. It was not from me. But I did find it funny. Here it is in two verions, first as is, and second edited to omit the parts I feel don't pertain in my case:

Park Slope gets the hate because many people, myself included, perceive it as an epicenter of rampant hypocrisy.

In Park Slope, it's more like:

"I'm a liberal that lives in a million dollar apartment. I care deeply about social justice - I learned all about it when I was growing up in the suburbs, and I learned about it some more when my parents sent me off to college upstate and paid for my summer abroad in London.Now I've leveraged that education into a high-paying job in marketing/ publishing/ broadcasting/ fashion/ that allows me to really express my artistic side. Because I'm not a 'suit,' I dress kind of funky and Bohemian - and believe me, it costs a lot of money to look both shabby and chic! I love going out to the local restaurants in the 'nabe' with my friends of similar educational and economic background. When we meet up, we sometimes kiss each other on each cheek, like we're Europeans. Then we scrutinize the quality of the food and beverages that we're enjoying, because the Food Network has made us all authorities on culinary and gustatory matters, and we like to sound sophisticated in front of one another. While we're eating things like pan-seared sea creature, we often discuss the importance of diversity in our neighborhood, and in our lives. Even though we live in a neighborhood that is among the whitest in the city, we're deeply interested in the culture and traditions of others. When we're at Whole Foods, we always make a point to smile at the immigrant cashiers, as long as when they're bagging they don't smoosh our expensive loaves of European style bread. We all agree that when we have children, it will be vitally important that they be exposed to other cultures at an early age. Of course, none of us will be having kids anytime soon! We're all so wrapped up in the little insignificant dramas that make up our lives, that we could not possibly consider pregnancy before the age of 45.
(anyomnous)

I'm a liberal that lives in a million dollar apartment. I care deeply about social justice - I learned all about it when I was growing up in the suburbs, and I learned about it some more when my parents sent me off to college upstate and paid for my summer abroad in London.Now I've leveraged that education into a high-paying job in marketing/ publishing// broadcasting/ fashion/ that allows me to really express my artistic side. Because I'm not a 'suit,' I dress kind of funky and Bohemian - and believe me, it costs a lot of money to look both shabby and chic! I love going out to the local restaurants in the 'nabe' with my friends of similar educational and economic background. When we meet up, we sometimes kiss each other on each cheek, like we're Europeans. Then we scrutinize the quality of the food and beverages that we're enjoying,because the Food Network has made us all authorities on culinary and gustatory matters, and we like to sound sophisticated in front of one another. While we're eating things like pan-seared sea creature, we often discuss the importance of diversity in our neighborhood, and in our lives. Even though we live in a neighborhood that is among the whitest in the city, we're deeply interested in the culture and traditions of others. When we're at Whole Foods, we always make a point to smile at the immigrant cashiers, as long as when they're bagging they don't smoosh our expensive loaves of European style bread. We all agree that when we have children, it will be vitally important that they be exposed to other cultures at an early age. Of course, none of us will be having kids anytime soon! We're all so wrapped up in the little insignificant dramas that make up our lives, that we could not possibly consider pregnancy before the age of 45.
xx