You are like a plague that is wiping out Halifax.Your whole demeanor is nauseating. You’re snooty but you think you’re open-minded and culturally enlightened.It’s a free country, but it really frosts my ass when I’m trying to watch my daughter’s basketball game and you fuckers are talking about golf, house, career, car, office work etc. in your casual “I’m fucking shallow, and you?” tone of voice.You just gotta own some sort of SUV, preferably a Lincoln Navigator, and you fucking drive like you literally own the road.
You name your children the most pukingly awful trendy-ass names like Tucker and Tanner and Morgan and Kayla. You live in a big ugly-ass house with no character in a new subdivision or ripp down our affordable homes to build your eye-sore condos! Halifax was beautiful town once in my recent memory. You think my town is “quaint” and is there for your amusement. Because of you we just HAVE to have Starbucks every two blocks and what-not put in, and the rush-hour traffic is now a complete joke. Thanks a lot fuckers. Hope you enjoy my quaint little town. Is there anything I can do to make your stay more pleasant?
This article appears in Jan 10-16, 2008.
Wow you have just written one of my all time favorites Bitches…seriously! I am with you on this 100%.
There should be an open season on Yuppies. Spoiled, self-serving, elitist assholes – they think they own the fucking world. Trendy, spendy and delusional, no doubt about it. I know a few who used to be ‘weekend hippies’ – now their shit doesn’t stink.
Shouldn’t you folks be out saving the world or something? If it wasn’t for these ‘yuppies’ your “hippy be in” aka the farmers market would have folded years ago, and then where could you go to show off your handmade clothes and the fact that you haven’t washed in days?I think the term “yuppie” stopped being used in 1986, even SNL was funny back then, so I understand your sourness about the loss of the good old days.
I agree with Cranky, take your hemp woven sweaters and fuck off, these people that you despise probably worker harder in one week than you lazy pricks do in a year. At least they have ambition and enough drive to get educated and make something of themselves. You sound like a fuckin jealous adolescent grease ball. Get off your ass, get an education.
Oh poor misinformed morons, are you offended because you resemble the bitch? You are both probably just pissed because you own big old SUV’s and drive to work alone in your gas guzzling small penis compensation mobiles. No I am not a hippy and I probably work harder than a yuppie or you by a factor of ten. No I don’t make my own soap and preach about some fuckin Gaia Earth spirit, I AM NOT A HIPPY. I am however aware that we are in the middle of an environmental crisis and know that complacent and misinformed attitudes like yours is what is destroying our planet.Brad…you make a statement about getting an education but don’t input any informative or intelligent facts to the discussion, just your ignorant and obviously personally offended comments…further proving the fact that you are a secretly guilty SUV driver (and most likely a closet yuppie too). Oh and for the record; I am in IT and have had more education than your whole family has had since 4 generations ago.Cranky – I was surprised by your response…you are normally far more aware and factual with your responses, you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or are you suffering from the opening stages of dementia?
Everyone is allowed to talk about what they want too. If you don’t like the conversation tell them to keep it down, or get up and move yourself. Putting labels on people because you are not like them is not fair and is a form of prejudice. theses “Yuppies” may be nice people and down to earth. Christopher, just because you are in IT does not mean you have more education, you probably do, but how can you say that when you have no idea what level of education Brad has, he may be a professional student that never left school. I’m not saying you are Brad, just that it is possible. You don’t know that starbuck’s came for them, maybee they came to test the market and they wanted to try it, Starbucks is good coffee, just because it is corporate and not artsy doesn’t make it bad. Maybe we should all stop judging people until we get to know them, the world would be a happier place if we did.
Sorry, but I guess its that time of the month. For the record I bike to work every day.How does talking about golf, house, career, car, office work etc. make a person shallow or automatically a “yuppie” or SUV driver, anyway? What do any of YOU talk about?Exactly, stop judging people. I think thats what set me off in the first place.
I.T?? Figures. Can’t get a good wage, and you’re fucking jealous. Working in a call center are you? That worthless IT cert didn’t get you the SUV that you see all the other “yuppies” driving. Not that i feel the need to divulge my occupation to you but, I’m an electrician, and I drive a compact car that’s good on gas. What the fuck does that has to do with anything I’ll never know. How does an IT wienie work hard anyway?
Sorry, maybe it’s just me, but Kayla isn’t a yuppie name. I believe it’s more well known around trailor parks.
What is wrong here? Why do people have to make fun of children’s names? What the hell are you thinking? Like we don’t have enough bullying going on in our schools??? I am assuming you’re all adults here, and to think that when we chose my son’s name we spent a whole day trying to think of how other children could possibly make fun of the names! It’s pretty sad! Call yuppie/hippie all you want…but grow the fuck up and leave the kids out of it!
How come it looks like I posted before Bermanda when this comment was on here hours ago but yet the time says 2:27??? WTF???????
“I.T?? Figures. Can’t get a good wage, and you’re fucking jealous. Working in a call center are you? That worthless IT cert didn’t get you the SUV that you see all the other “yuppies” driving” Yeah that’s the reason…wow you are so smart! Actually I make an excellent wage and sorry but I also drive a compact for gas mileage reasons (though I must say that newest hummer HX is very awesome looking and I guarantee it will be in MY price range, just not in my range of good conscience) and it is sad that you can’t make the connection that selfish behavior (for which the common Yuppie is distinctively known for) is destroying the environment for everybody else.”How does an IT wienie work hard anyway?” Think about that the next time you are crying because your PC crashed and you lost all of your music or child porn…Cranky – I thought you must have been having an off day…the reason I put Yuppies and Single Occupant SUV Driving together is because of the high level of selfishness that both display and generally they are very close…if not in the same family tree, at least in the same row of the same orchard or grove.
Having a career and owning a home in the burbs is akin to treason, yet, passing judgement on someone based on a casual conversation is OK???? ….. Did I miss something?
Yeah, I’m sure you break a sweat opening them PC cases. That’s the reason I bought a Mac. So you want an SUV but feel guilty about polluting the environment like them evil Yuppies are doing, that’s what you said right? So you generally fill your compact car up with occupants to get the most out of your fuel? Didn’t think so. Pull your head out of the sand man, you’re just as much a “carbon burden” on the earth as everyone else.
Wow Brad you make a lot of incorrect ASSUMPTIONS for someone who ASSUMES that they are so intelligent. I only use my car to get to the grocery store and to head to the in-laws out of town. I walk and take the ferry every single day to work and I even unplug all my electronics at home…leaving only the fridge and stove plugged in….how about you, mister Carbon Burden? I may not be a hippy but that sure as hell doesn’t make any less conscionable. I pulled my head out the sand back in like 1990…sun’s great up here in the fresh air..why don’t join us?Oh and by the way…Macs are no longer infallible, they are subject to virus and the like, look at the new OS Leopard…it is just as unstable, unreliable and unsecured piece of junk as Vista.
I read the first Bitch of this conversation in the Coast today, and it’s interesting to see how the conversation has progressed since it was first posted. I was initially intrigued because I tried to place myself in the categories presented. Am I a yuppie? Worse, am I ruining Halifax, where my family has lived for several generations? I usually drink my own tea, but will stop wherever it’s convenient if I’m out, including Starbucks. Where does Tim Hortens fit in, since we’re on the subject? I don’t own a house or condo, but live in a pretty nice apartment. I don’t wear hemp clothes, but I’m not a huge fan of lulu lemon either. I do yoga, but I don’t study the ideology behind it. I’m not a vegetarian, but I try to eat free range and support local producers. I shop at the Farmer’s Market – and Walmart. I believe in conventional medicine, but naturopathy and herbal medicine fascinates me. I don’t own a car, but I will borrow one – and not an electric or hybrid – when necessary. I turn my lights and heat off during the day, but I’ll turn up the thermostat at night so I can sleep comfortably. I can’t claim to have knitted before the fad – the fad definitely got me started. Yup, I follow some fads. I don’t listen to bands no one’s ever heard of, but I’ll try something new when it’s suggested. I try to be aware of my carbon footprint, but that flight to volunteer on an environmental sustainability project in West Africa sure left a mark. The balance is tough. I’d suggest we all lie on a continuum of “yuppiness” (what does that even MEAN?) and environmental awareness, and we all have a lot work to do and progress to make. Self-righteousness from anyone doesn’t help anything, and usually results in people stagnanting with the mantra “I’m doing my part”. There’s always more to do, and it’s unlikely any of us have it all figured out yet. Unless you live in a tiny home made of recycled material that was recycled without the use of any non-renewable carbon-producing resources or techniques by people paid completely fair wages, locally without the pollution caused by transportation and you never use any power and eat only vegetables grown in your own garden without fertilizer. And god help you if you produce any methane in your flatulence.Hopefully, The Coast won’t publish anymore of the self-indulgent diatribe this conversation has become.PS: Macs v. PCs?! Really? Well, in that case, my TV is better than your TV. Glad we got that sorted out.