if New York can die so can London

[catalog]

well this is one of the main issues isn't it - that sort of spirit has been crushed now. utterly eviscerated.

 

[luka]

do New Yorkers still eat hot dogs?

 

[Leo]

I imagine so.

 

[shakahislop]

do New Yorkers still eat hot dogs?

they are few and far between and are mostly in tourist areas from what i can tell.

new yorkers eat all kinds of different foods from around the world, which have been adapted to a moderately uniform taste. it's great, you can go to mexican restaurants, indian restaurants, moroccan restaurants, and they pretty often don't taste very much like food from any of those countries. there's exceptions of course but that's my experience.

 

[luka]

what do you make of this Shaka Hislop?

https://suspendedreason.github.io/docs/El%20Morado.pdf

 

[shakahislop]

what do you make of this Shaka Hislop?

https://suspendedreason.github.io/docs/El%20Morado.pdf

it's the best virus i've ever had

 

[shakahislop]

at first glance it looks like it's a randomly generated sequence of images and words

 

[luka]

its the account of a boy from the back of beyond trying and failing to make it in New York, its written retrospectively, as a licking of wounds. it's more coherent that it looks at first glance. its by a member of this board and is a true story.

 

[shakahislop]

its the account of a boy from the back of beyond trying and failing to make it in New York, its written retrospectively, as a licking of wounds. it's more coherent that it looks at first glance. its by a member of this board and is a true story.

who is it? is it me?

 

[shakahislop]

who is it? is it me?

is it zhao?

 

[luka]

suspended reason, or Gus as he is affectionately known. he is the driving force behind the exhaustive 'Brooklyn Cultural Mafia' thread where he collates all his favourite sexy e-girls.

 

[luka]

and shares stories about the times he has seen them in the wild, eg, in the queue for a '$1 slice' after midnight.

 

[Leo]

and shares stories about the times he has seen them in the wild, eg, in the queue for a '$1 slice' after midnight.

Scene report: https://www.thecut.com/2021/10/the-writer-publicist-kaitlin-phillips-throws-a-house-party.html

 

[luka]

Scene report: https://www.thecut.com/2021/10/the-writer-publicist-kaitlin-phillips-throws-a-house-party.html

the rest of us dont have a NYT subscription sadly

 

[sufi]

the rest of us dont have a NYT subscription sadly

no excuses

Welcome to nginx

 

[shakahislop]

its just gross isn't it. they all sound like dicks.

no excuses

Welcome to nginx

 

[luka]

its just gross isn't it. they all sound like dicks.

I can understand why Gus wants to go to these parties in as much as they are young and rich and skinny and have long legs but really like, you'd throw yourself off the balcony surely

 

[sus]

what Leo said, you guys need to stop buying into the narrative of decline so easily.

In Greek mythology, each successive generation of mythical characters was described as being measurably weaker than the last. They went from being able to lift rocks the size of houses to being...well..human. It's in our biology to assume that the remembered or half-remembered past is superior to the present.

Also may I ask whether most of you guys are past the 'youthful optimism and naivete' stage of life?

I'm not saying London isn't full of hipsters and that the smoking ban hasn't been bad for clubs, mind.

Timeless post.

 

[luka]

the funny thing is, 'secondline' is stilll a virgin to this day. literally never stuck it in. no beef quilt. draw your own conclusions.

 

[wg-]

This stuff gets worse tbh