February 7, 2007
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: cracks in a building in Tribeca, train derailment at Grand Central, and a burn victim at the Harlem Water Treatment Plant.
- The Hamptons: they're not just for summers any more. (via Blog Soup)
- The State Assembly has picked the next comptroller-- Thomas P. DiNapoli, a Democratic Assemblyman from Nassau County-- he's probably not as much fun as Hevesi.
- Maybe they should start throwing in SCUBA lessons with those overpriced DUMBO condos-- in a few years the entire neighborhood may be under water!
- "Pare a Columbia! Nosotros no seremos empujado afuera!"
- After giving a cabbie a $0.30 tip on an $11 ride, a jeweler left her merchandise bag in the trunk of the car. The cabbie spent the rest of his day tracking her down, eventually returning the bag, which was filled with 31 diamond rings. His reward? A measly 100 bucks.
- The fan station that clears the L-train tunnel under the East River has been roaring inexplicably for days-- perhaps they're trying to get rid of the pungent odor of Williamsburg hipsters?
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pungent odor of Williamsburg hipsters?
Damn. What's with the hate?
The thing with the comptroler selection is that Shelly Silver was pissed about the above board selection process and instead wanted typical Albany back room dealing. At least Albany back room dealing is better than Trenton back room dealing.
Oh Jake! Your hipster jokes are so cunning! Keep up the good work! PS We all know you live on the UES and come to Williamsburg and try to be one of us every weekend. Well guess what? It doesn't work, you stick out like a sore thumb everytime.
The people who leave bags of diamonds, laptops, and stradivarius violins and cello's in cabs is directly proportionate with the amount of people listening to ipods and talking on the phone in crosswalks and getting killed by cars.
odd.
"After giving a cabbie a $0.30 tip on an $11 ride, a jeweler..."
whoops! def jewish
What happened at grand central today? Which train was it?
I'm so tired of these filthy immigrants coming here with their strange and offensive ways... Dallas... *shudder*.
CW 11 news just did the cabbie story.
They even showed a quick glimpse of the $100 check, that's right, she gave him a check before hemming and hawwing about what to give the cabbie. I believe she asked the cabbie, what do you want? what's a good amount? etc etc
Here's a hint to the cheap person's last name, rhymes with leventhal. second hint see my post name.
please define "williamsburg hipster" for me jake.
fucking nativism is one of the biggest problems in our city.
sure gentrification is a bummer, but hate and intolerance is no response to it.
think man.
williamsburg hipster:
- lots of layers
- probably facial hair (yes, even the women)
- old converse's
- tight black jeans
- 'vintage' clothing
- the women wear the large sunglasses
- ugg boots
also, one of the new trends is wearing a bandana around the neck, like they are in pampalona or some shit. theres no hate here, you all just look like idiotic clones. and listen to the same bands. and fucking fill up my L train.
ugg boots? Never once in my life have I ever seen Ugg boots in Williamsburg, except on the weekends when the L train becomes the LIRR.
kojak, you're anti-semitic, no question about it.
it's kinda sad that she only gave him $100. she would have lost hundreds of thousands and for that she gave him $100? people are strange.
****williamsburg hipster:
- ugg boots
also, one of the new trends is wearing a bandana around the neck****
ugg boots are so frowned upon its not even funny, dipshit.
and the bandana is not a new trend by any means.. kids have been doing that for years now.
and lastly, dont be jealous of people who can pull off something besides your cargo shorts and hemp necklace.
isn't graffitti patently hipster?
oh and jake,
it's obvious you've never taken a marketing class, or that you probably slept through it if you did.. alienating an audience that has a high percentage of blog-readers is bad business.
oh.. and you do realize that by calling us "williamsburg hipsters" that you are admitting we are hip.
Seems like all recent Gothamist posts have degenerated into hipster bashing, and I am all for it! Hipster hate and fatty hate are the most acceptable and fun forms of prejudice today. Go back to Wisconsin, you stinky, pathetic hipsters!
Aww, poor sensitive Williamsburg hipsters had their feelings hurt by Jake's joke. boo hoo hoo.
I don't know which is worse, Kojak's blatant anti-semitism or Jake's anti-hipsterism. Oh, wait a minute. Yes I do. It's Kojak.
The cheap bastard may not be Jewish. She is from Texas. She could have the Jewish last name by marriage. But what do I know? Maybe she is Jewish.
She does have a hypenated name. I wish other stations would show the cheque like CW11 did, so more can see.
I've noticed in the print media they stated the woman does not want to be identified.
Actually Ugg boots and giant sunglasses are pretty "Hollywood-trendy" and not alt/indie/hipster. Might as well say Wmsbrg girls are into Juicy Couture and Prada bags. Ick.
girls in williamsburg are into wearing big sunglasses and BEING FUCKING HOT.
I wouldn't say I'm an antisemite.
I just tell it like it is. I love stereotypes.
Kojak, what word is used to describe someone who lives up to the steroetype of a dumbass who never misses an opportunity to use an offensive stereotype based on little to no real information?
FIrst of all, this story about the diamonds has a lot of false information in it. It turns out that the cab drive was really 9 dollors meaning that she left him a 2 dollor tip. Second of all, the bag was full of CZs which means that it was worth about $50 all together. Lastly, the cab driver took off before she could take her bag out of the car, and he wripped off the top of her recipt so she couldn't call the cab company.
Yes, it was very nice that he returned the bag, but lets not condemn her. She made a mistake, and i'm sure you all have as well. Next time i just hope that you check your facts before speaking in such a rude and uneducated way.
Knowing the facts about this story has made me look at the way news is covered in an entirelly different way.
"...a dumbass who never misses an opportunity to use an offensive stereotype based on little to no real information"
You would be surprised what percentage of jewelers in NYC are Jewish. The $.30 tip just reinforces my educated guess.
If I remember correctly those face masks are illegal in the city !
kojak, you are an uneducated, bigoted asshole.