I have never finished a single Tartt book. I start off with enthusiasm, thinking “Wow, this is amazing!”. About 50-100 pages from the end, I put the book down and just...never pick it up again. Weirdly, the first time I ever saw Phillip Seymour Hoffman, I thought he would make a great Bunny Corcoran.

Yet here you are still expecting the setting to make sense when the story is not about how that setting was established. It’s an unrealistic setting to explore themes.

Yep. The US foreign policy towards China shows this in action. They stupidly ideated that a growing Chinese middle-class would agitate for freedom when in fact the fact things made them comfortable made them conform and accept even more control in exchange.

This is like, the most hacky 1980s standup comic kind of observation— men are ONLY horny and women want to trap them with kids and marriage?

Why would you run this piece before Levar Burton hosts?

I have a neighbor who came out one morning with his Chihuahua off leash and it charged my dog, and I yelled at him to get his dog, then the guy starts hitting the dog and I’m yelling at him to not hit the dog, it’s not the dog’s fault, put him on a leash and the whole situation could have been avoided.

Yeah, that’s one of the (many) things that bugs me about this situation. The entire thing was because she was mad at him for calling her out for breaking the rules.

Here’s what annoys me: she did a five session anti-racist class as part of avoiding criminal charges.

Yeah - 100% she’s just depleting all of her funds and is just trying to secure something because she’s probably un-hirable now.

Also, finance lady knows finance firms. FT manages over $1 trillion in assets. She’s clearly looking for a handout settlement, which of course the company will give her to make her go away. 

You were caught on camera lying to the police about an encounter with a black man, and fairly obviously attempting to weaponize his race for your benefit. You’re going to lose this lawsuit. Go to Congress and your state house and urge them to provide protections for workers and end at-will employment. 

I wonder if she voted for politicians who made New York an employment at well state?

By asking her to leash her dog so that the dog, as well as others are safe.

Unfortunately for Amy, New York is an employment at will state. Her employment can be terminated as her employer deems necessary. But if she wants to spend her money on something the court probably won’t even hear, go for it. 

“And it never spoke or tried to speak with Christian Cooper or any of the other dogwalkers he had previously accosted”

Exactly. She’s done pretending to be sorry because she got caught. She’s ready to lean in all the way into the racism just to get paid. 

She’s just living her authentic life. She’s an entitled racist asshole and dammit she wants the world to embrace her for it!

“How dare you portray me as privileged white woman! GIVE ME WHAT I DESERVE RIGHT NOW!”

How the actual fuck is this not just a hotel? 

Not sure I’m seeing the suburb parallels. What they’re pitching is clearly the communal feeling of college dorm life for older people — without the racial, economic, cultural diversity that most colleges provide.