Yeah; I’m not sure that’s quite how that works, either. I’m pretty sure I’d recognize the guy who crapped in the elevator if I saw him again, and I bet he doesn’t know me. I don’t think that means he’s winning.
Wow, you’re just so clueless. Oh well, you’ll grow up eventually.
Well, I suppose there’s a chance that she meant that thread that way. But it came off as just bragging and putting down people who didn’t grow up with as much money as her. The ironic thing about it was that when the details came out, her family wasn’t nearly as super-rich or as exciting as she thought. A couple of other posters came in and demonstrated what true ‘children of money’ were.
Overall, she’s inordinately proud of her family and their accomplishments. There’s nothing wrong with being proud of family members, but she’s way over the top about it and acts like what they did is so terribly unique and wondrous - immigrants who work their way up are hardly especially unusual in North America. Add to that the fact that she believes that her parents being doctors magically gives her special insights into the medical world, and the fact that at 23 she thinks she knows how to raise other peoples children and claims to have raised a teenager by virtue of having a younger brother … well, if you can’t see why people make fun of her for that thread, I can’t help you.
I was unaware of lindsaybluth prior to this thread, and I have to say - my defense of her OP in the other thread notwithstanding - that based upon some of her comments in this thread I’m beginning to see why so many people have an issue with her. Her crack about lorene’s (alleged lack of) intelligence is a good example.
I was heartened to learn that she grew up drinking milk FOUR times a day!
No doubt lapping it up from an actual silver plated saucer!
Milk?? FOUR times a day??? No freakin way man, no freakin way. She should change her name to Rockefeller.
I had to lap muddy water from a puddle when I wanted a drink.
The easier to collect those escargots, ma petite!
This looks accurate to me.
I agree, I mean if you’re talking about someone you thought was trashy what’s wrong with mentioning that they are also overweight? Its just describing her more in detail. Whats wrong with saying someone is obese?
Malchik gey pokazhi mne lyubov
What’s the point of mentioning that they’re obese? It had nothing to do with either of her stories. What would the reaction be if she had said “this black woman asked who was talking to my mom…”.
It doesn’t matter. She didn’t describe the person in any other way, so it’s pretty clear that it was just meant to be a slam. Particularly since **lindsay **has made her judgemental thoughts about weight clear in other threads (eg., the one where she complained about her MIL’s terrible parenting skills because the kids were gasp overweight).
Lindsay has a long history of being nasty about fat people, she’s very clear about her belief that being fat is a character flaw and a moral failing and in children, evidence of poor parenting. So when she describes someone as “obese” it’s Lindsay shorthand for “not a good person.”
She’s very judgmental, and I don’t think age or upbringing has as much to do with it as just her personality. Her kind of arrogance is borne out of something else, and it’s nothing nice.
My goodness.
Actually, I’ve oftne found grace and intelligence go hand in hand. Anybody can be an ill-mannered shlub, but it takes intelligence and training - and a fairly sharp and alert mind - to consistently behave with grace, given the endless struggles placed in its way.
I think we should quit while we’re ahead, seeing as apologies are just another vehicle to get digs in.
Indeed.
Okay, with such a socially-clueless statement like that, you have revealed yourself to be…what: high-functioning Asperger’s? I mean, you clearly have no clue about the impact of your word choice in social situations. You *do *see that upon reflection, don’t you? Your statement above is indeed graceless and downright rude.
I suppose it might explain your “child of privelege” thread - maybe you really *did *want to express gratitude to your parents and had no clue that you were presenting yourself so poorly.
Other than apologizing to **lorene **- awkwardly - for a clearly-mistaken quote attribution - you haven’t demonstrated much willingness to listen to what folks are telling you. But given your recent history with the SDMB, it seems like it might be worth taking a step back and thinking about how you present yourself.
My $.02
She was recently suspended for just these reasons. That step back didn’t seem to have much impact. Ah, well.
privilege
:smack:
Everybody these days seems to have bloody Aspergers. Why cant it be that some people are just assholes?
ETA: Actually, to anybody who thinks I am an asshole, I would like to clarify that no, I dont have aspergers. Or any other flavour of the month condition designed to excuse idiots for their actions.
Why in the world is everyone catching the vapors because she said she doesn’t particularly find lorene intelligent? I have been called worse in cafe society.