The New And Improved Fashion Board

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
If you could see my face, you would realize I do not have that face.

I have the fuck-you face on today. But I am very needy and just operating under a facade of toughness. Does anyone want to hear about my terminally ill father?

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I have the fuck-you face on today. But I am very needy and just operating under a facade of toughness. Does anyone want to hear about my terminally ill father?

Keep it moving, girlfriend.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Nooooooo. I like the bitterness.

How do you feel about tattoos?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
First off, I have no statistical data, but I know in places like Long Island there is a high incidence of breast cancer. It seems, again no data to be prevelant in areas of NJ and the tri state area. When I worked in Boston, there seemed to be less people with cancer, and less talk of relatives of cancer than while in NY, but that could be a) that they chose not to share and b) we're talking about a city with 9 million.

NYers are very needy and lonely although they operate under a facade of toughness. They trap you in the bathroom and the coffee kitchen and let it pour out. I have that face that makes it seem like I am sympathetic and that wears on me when I'm trying to kick out work and deal with my own shit.

I think if someone has a terminal illness it is of course, horrible and I am sympathetic but I do not think at work I should have to hear the intimate details about it from casual co workers I am not close with.

So your theory is that New Yorkers are basically bigger complainers due in part to the undercurrent of loneliness and desperation the permeates the city, and also that you are a bit of a complaint magnet. I suppose this could be. I reject your other theories that New Yorkers are more sickly, and that New York is a big city so you therefore hear about more disease and suffering. Reject! To the extent that there is some statistically significant increase in the rate of serious illness in New York, this would not likely translate into you encountering more (or at least many more) sick people in your daily life than non-New Yorkers do unless you have significant interaction with hundreds of thousands of people a year. As for New York having lots of people, I think Thurgreed is right that you probably interact with the same number of people in New York on a daily basis than you did in Boston.

Bottom line? I think you need to work on coming off as a little more self-absorbed, and then people will be less likely to open up to you with their annoying little problems.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Maybe she is arguing that New Yorkers are a more sickly lot than people from the rest of the country. The average New Yorker may have some sort of constitutional deficiency that makes him or her more susceptible to cancer and other horrible diseases. Or maybe she is just saying that New Yorkers are much bigger whiners than, say, the stoic non-complainers of the Heartland. PPNYC, can you clarify?

You're kidding, but there is some truth to it. I have a friend who routinely travels to TCOTU for work. He works for a large company and often has to manage employees in the NYC office. He (a) rarely says anything bad about anyone, and (b) has told me on numerous occasions that the amount of bitching and whining that goes on at the NYC office is unblieveable. They show up late and complain throughout the day. ALL OF THEM. He said it's probably so integrated into their communication that they don't even know they're doing it.

Of course, it might just be that office, and not the entire city, but it's much more fun to make sweeping generalizations.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I'm trying to understand why the Red Sox would spend $90 million dollars on this guy.

TM

Because A-Rod is unavailable?

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
So your theory is that New Yorkers are basically bigger complainers due in part to the undercurrent of loneliness and desperation the permeates the city, and also that you are a bit of a complaint magnet. I suppose this could be. I reject your other theories that New Yorkers are more sickly, and that New York is a big city so you therefore hear about more disease and suffering. Reject! To the extent that there is some statistically significant increase in the rate of serious illness in New York, this would not likely translate into you encountering more (or at least many more) sick people in your daily life than non-New Yorkers do unless you have significant interaction with hundreds of thousands of people a year. As for New York having lots of people, I think Thurgreed is right that you probably interact with the same number of people in New York on a daily basis than you did in Boston.

Bottom line? I think you need to work on coming off as a little more self-absorbed, and then people will be less likely to open up to you with their annoying little problems.

I need to come of IRL like a mean, nasty bitch like I do on the board so people won't approach me! I have yet to perfect this IRL.

Re: Coltrane. So true. They complain all day. Mostly staff, but sometimes if you let the attys get too close they start in as well. It is a city culture thing. bitch moan whine complain, kvetch, yadda yadda. share. share.

please. do us all a favor. put a lid on it. no share.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
How do you feel about tattoos?

This is a tattoo that I'm not sure that I could get past.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
See? Now this is a board motto I could get behind.

With a strap-on?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
How do you feel about tattoos?

Indifferent to dislike. I am indifferent about the two my wife has.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Perhaps The Flower can explain it for you.

I'm done explaining. You people are so fucking needy. Why does everything need to be explained?

"Oh Flower, I always get pee on myself when I go to the urinal."
You need to hold your cock while you pee and direct the urine stream toward the urinal.

"Oh Flower, my girlfriend alway cries out in pain when I attempt anal sex."
You need to lubricate your cock thoroughly and get her good and drunk first.

"Oh Flower, whenever I need to run up or down stairs, my penis gets sore from flopping about in my pants."
You need to either stopping going commando or apply topical anesthetic to your penis so you don't notice the pain.

I swear I wonder how some of you even make it through the day without me.

[Cletus Miller]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I don't know why this photo was included in your post, but the girls are cute, so thanks.

They're Japanese girls trying on Sox hats. That's the first $50 of the marketing millions. Duh!

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
And again, I say that the amount of money they're throwing around combined with a perception that they never intended to sign him will do them harm. And I don't feel like repeating my argument on this, so scroll back if you need a detailed response.

TM

From what I've read, if there's a fall through in the negotiations, it's going to be about the length of the contract, rather than the dollars. Boras is going to try to get him a 2 or 3 year contract (or at least an out after 2-3 years) and the Sox want to tie him up for 5 plus.

They'll be talking about similar per year averages, but it won't be a fair comparison because he'd be a free agent after 2 years--so years 3-5 of the contract should reflect that. Boras asks for something like 3/$30mm (7, 8, 15), Sox offer 6/$65MM (5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15). Both sides have an argument that they're dealing in good faith.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
First off, I have no statistical data, but I know in places like Long Island there is a high incidence of breast cancer. It seems, again no data to be prevelant in areas of NJ and the tri state area. When I worked in Boston, there seemed to be less people with cancer, and less talk of relatives of cancer than while in NY, but that could be a) that they chose not to share and b) we're talking about a city with 9 million.

NYers are very needy and lonely although they operate under a facade of toughness. They trap you in the bathroom and the coffee kitchen and let it pour out. I have that face that makes it seem like I am sympathetic and that wears on me when I'm trying to kick out work and deal with my own shit.

I think if someone has a terminal illness it is of course, horrible and I am sympathetic but I do not think at work I should have to hear the intimate details about it from casual co workers I am not close with.

1. Much like I doubt the many instances of strangers stopping you to tell you how beautiful you are, how often you get hit on and your own opinions on your beauty, I doubt that people are constantly trapping you to tell you about their personal problems. I think what probably happens is, you overhear someone talking to someone else and you immediately start minding their business. And then you translate it, much as you do with everything else, exaggerate it and bring it here to make some ridiculous point.

2. I find it discomforting that you think you speak for New Yorkers other than the upstate ones, since you live hours outside of the city. But then again, you speak for lawyers and hedge fund managers without being one, so I guess I'm not surprised.

3. You are mixing up the words "sympathetic" and "pathetic" again.

TM

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
please. do us all a favor. put a lid on it. no share.

Take your own advice sometimes.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
With a strap-on?

Are you asking?