# Conservative media \*is\* obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 13, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513 "2019-04-13T21:44:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/121 "2019-04-18T15:37:40Z")
I don’t think the Young Turks are FoxNews. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/122 "2019-04-18T15:38:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I don’t think the Young Turks are FoxNews. > > Regards, > Shodan Where did I say they were? Are you having a stroke? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/123 "2019-04-18T18:07:06Z")
The Young Turks do spend a lot of time focusing on the right wing, which is obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, so by the transitive property of obsession … ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/124 "2019-05-07T09:47:46Z")
Ouch, AOC has definitely left herself open for criticism this morning. I follow her on Instagram and she’s posted a video with her bewilderment over what a garbage disposal is. I do imagine most of the housing stock in NYC is older and doesn’t have big kitchens or garbage disposals, but I can’t believe she hasn’t ever seen one before. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/125 "2019-05-07T10:05:49Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Ouch, AOC has definitely left herself open for criticism this morning. I follow her on Instagram and she’s posted a video with her bewilderment over what a garbage disposal is. > > I do imagine most of the housing stock in NYC is older and doesn’t have big kitchens or garbage disposals, but I can’t believe she hasn’t ever seen one before. I thought it was a very cute video she posted. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/126 "2019-05-07T10:19:21Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I was about to respond with this. And I’m hopeful that AOC has the capacity to learn (unlike Trump apparently). And, unlike Trump, she has plenty of time to learn. It’s very possible that she’ll hold that House seat for as long as she wishes. And I think she might be very politically naturally talented… if so, she’ll have a bright future in NY and possibly national politics. Yes she is a very talented/shrewd pol. I knew that as soon as she scrubbed her website of antiwar content after her election. The major parties have always been skillful in selecting their most promising demagogues for national consumption. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/127 "2019-05-07T10:23:02Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Ouch, AOC has definitely left herself open for criticism this morning. I follow her on Instagram and she’s posted a video with her bewilderment over what a garbage disposal is. > > I do imagine most of the housing stock in NYC is older and doesn’t have big kitchens or garbage disposals, but I can’t believe she hasn’t ever seen one before. I imagine Taylor Swift or a Kardashian would post similar content but I don’t follow them or Ocasio-Cortez. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/128 "2019-05-07T10:29:09Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Ouch, AOC has definitely left herself open for criticism this morning. I follow her on Instagram and she’s posted a video with her bewilderment over what a garbage disposal is. > > I do imagine most of the housing stock in NYC is older and doesn’t have big kitchens or garbage disposals, but I can’t believe she hasn’t ever seen one before. Garbage disposals were illegal in NYC until the '90s. Even after that many apartment buildings banned them because their older pipes couldn’t handle the waste: > **[Are garbage disposals illegal in NYC apartment buildings?](https://www.brickunderground.com/blog/2010/05/are_garbage_disposals_illegal_in_new_york)** > > Most prewars will say no to them. I grew up in NY and never saw one until well after college. I don’t think I knew they existed, because it’s not something that regularly turns up in conversation. If she grew up in NYC and didn’t travel much, it’s very likely she never saw one. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/129 "2019-05-07T11:15:22Z")
I’ve lived in three countries and two continents, and spent extensive time traveling throughout the US, and I’ve never encountered a garbage disposal. The only time I saw reference to it was in TV shows. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/130 "2019-05-07T11:19:10Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Ouch, AOC has definitely left herself open for criticism this morning. I follow her on Instagram and she’s posted a video with her bewilderment over what a garbage disposal is. > > I do imagine most of the housing stock in NYC is older and doesn’t have big kitchens or garbage disposals, but I can’t believe she hasn’t ever seen one before. Most people outside America have never seen one. Many people below a certain income have never seen one. Many people in NYC have never seen one because they were illegal. Myself, as a lower-middle-class southerner, never operated one until I was a teenager. The majority of people just didn’t have them. It’s gonna be interesting to see who thinks this is a blistering criticism. Probably a lot of overlap with the Republicans who follow her around taking photos from behind saying “Look, she’s not wearing a feed sack, she’s not a true champion of the underdog!” ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/131 "2019-05-07T11:23:54Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > I’ve lived in three countries and two continents, and spent extensive time traveling throughout the US, and I’ve never encountered a garbage disposal. The only time I saw reference to it was in TV shows. One of the houses where I lived in the US had one; we kept it unplugged as a safety measure and avoided letting anything solid fall into the sink. Leaving food in the fridge until the container became its own biome was considered somewhat uncouth; dropping solids into The Strange Noisy Machine triggered actual screams of “what the hell are you doing?!?!?!” in any of four languages (we were a Moroccan, a Spaniard, a Canadian and an American). ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/132 "2019-05-07T14:56:47Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Garbage disposals were illegal in NYC until the '90s. Even after that many apartment buildings banned them because their older pipes couldn’t handle the waste: > > [Are garbage disposals illegal in NYC co-op and condo buildings?](https://www.brickunderground.com/blog/2010/05/are_garbage_disposals_illegal_in_new_york) > > I grew up in NY and never saw one until well after college. I don’t think I knew they existed, because it’s not something that regularly turns up in conversation. If she grew up in NYC and didn’t travel much, it’s very likely she never saw one. My grandmother in Long Beach, CA wanted to put a garbage disposal in the house that her family had lived in since the 30’s (this was in the late eighties). She was told that they would have to re-do the entire electrical system in order to be able to accommodate it. NTS, she passed. Hell, until I saw _Crocodile Dundee,_ I’d never even _heard_ of a bidet. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/133 "2019-05-07T16:14:40Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Most people outside America have never seen one. Many people below a certain income have never seen one. Many people in NYC have never seen one because they were illegal. Myself, as a lower-middle-class southerner, never operated one until I was a teenager. The majority of people just didn’t have them. I guess I learned something new today. I have never lived in a place that didn’t have one. Even the super cheap apartment I had during my college days had one. It also had a LOT of cockroaches. I think of them as a mark of civilization. Running water, electricity, garbage disposal. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/134 "2019-05-07T16:43:11Z")
I’m a little surprised anyone would have never heard of a garbage disposal. They’re such a common device in horror or comedy movies. Never had one myself before living in an older house in Houston a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/135 "2019-05-07T17:25:47Z")
We had one in the right-hand side of the sink. Pulled it out some years ago and replaced it with a regular drain pipe. Not only was that thing disgusting from disuse, this place is on septic – why would you want to fill the septic tank up with kitchen waste? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513/136 "2019-05-07T17:31:24Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I guess I learned something new today. > > I have never lived in a place that didn’t have one. Even the super cheap apartment I had during my college days had one. It also had a LOT of cockroaches. > > I think of them as a mark of civilization. Running water, electricity, garbage disposal. Yep, I was another person that had no awareness of them other than film and TV until I was an adult. In fact I never had one in a unit I lived in until I was in my mid-40’s. I still regard the one I have now with a slight wariness and hardly ever use it( doesn’t help that it is old and LOUD ). The true measure of civilization is water, electricity and _clothes dryers_ ;). I hate stiff, air-dried laundry( and yes we did have heavily used clothes lines when I was a kid ). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513.md?page=6)