Open Thread

“tybur6- good of you to try common sense but it’s alien to his nature. Yet some people find him amusing and wanted him back. A stupid idea, that.”

*****sniff***** EWWWWWWWWW! is that Bxgrl???!!!!!!!!

Wash your Varjay! Christ!

The What (Hazmat Condition)

Someday this war is gonna end..

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Did you hear that they’ve renovated the Limelight (former church and night clubs) and making it into a mini mall? And they’re opening a Grimaldi’s there.

BARF. i guess score for the yuppie trash sect who love to overpay for everything.

*rob*

Hey Donatella or what every your name is read this mouthbreather

I killed Josh! PERMALINK
Hi Guys,

To me there’s a little truth in both sides of this. first let me say that I am definitely glad to hear sane, friendly and respectful comments from people that have recently relocated to Brooklyn. Its all about building that good community vibe.

Sites like Brooklynian, Brownstoner and Fucked in Parkslope are full of assholes, bknesto…. I mean you can get wrecked good if you take them seriously or stay on there too long. So, go easy there.

However,new guys, while you might not share that POV, these kinda sites are indicative of the mentality of alot shitheel transplants. This attitude is all over the media too, like New York Mag, NYtimes, Brooklyn New, NY Observer, etc. And also, where is the alternative website/mag/newspaper where everyone is mellow, like it used to be…? Aside from Diehipster (which is largely an anti hipster/gentrification funny-ass site), there isn’t one. My take on it is that donatella bitch’s attitude is the predominant one.

Maybe you new guys don’t see it the way we do. But this revisionist view of Brooklyn, where our history and our neighborhoods are recast through the eyes of some midwestern, uncouth, money grubbing shitheel transplant tying to live out their urban-wonder fantasy..just won’t do.

When someone makes a statement like that, that our neighborhoods are grossly inadequate…which is basically saying we and our history and memories and experiences are inadequate (see previous post on shared history)there is this ever so subtle undercurrent of pioneering, colonizer dismissiveness. “Post Apocalyptic” can be roughly translated to mean the jungle or savage fronteer. We of course are supposed to be the dark savages. The shitheel is the great civilisor. See…I don’t wanna be related to that way,…I don’t wanna be in *that* kinda relationship with these kinda people.

Our neighborhoods were fine before the shitheel onslaught…obviously or they wouldn’t be salivating over them like they do. For reals, *something* attracted them to BK, right? And, what kinda moron moves into a “post-apocalyptic” area and pays high rents? (yeah, Ft. Greene wasn’t cheap 6 years ago..either)

Anyways, I think the answer here is to keep your site going, bknesto (and post more often man, I love reading your stuff) and all you sane good people with the positive, collaborative attitude speak your mind, share your stories and grow a good community where that shitheel mentality can’t get a foothold.

PEACE

I lurve I killed Josh from Diehipster!!!

The What

Someday this war is gonna end..

wasder — Tranchina on Staten Island. They have two locations, although the blue stone is usually at the one near the Outerbridge. I never found anyone in Brooklyn that consistently had a reliable selection. If all else fails, there is a great stone yard along River Road near DIBS’s country estate in Bucks Co.

By Petebklyn on May 7, 2010 12:20 PM

geez, the OT haunting your dreams at night. Well at least wake up laughing. Instead of 2 guys singing really badly.

Yeah, that and “Donatella” was featured in the Clinton Hill Blog or chill hill or some BS name, yesterday as a spoiled, lazy, out-of-it, trust-funded, gentrifying interloper who looked down on my neighborhood and neighbors. The reason: my temerity yesterday in criticizing the retail scene in SouthEastern Fort Greene as post-Apocolyptic 6 years ago. Seems this guy, the authentic, real-thing historically rooted native of the area took this personally and decided to feature it in his blog. So I must have fell asleep thinking about that with the added commentary that I must be a real hit with my neighbors. And I woke up to the funny and comforting words of Lechecal.