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    The Recession Map of NoLIta: Updated

    Ikea Is the Disney World of China

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    Image of daisy14755 daisy14755
    10/22/09

    In reply to The Recession Map of NoLIta: Updated
    Thank you, Gawker, for doing more than most other media outlets to bring home the hideous financial reality that "everything is FUBAR" (a World War 2 Army slang term for "fu@ked up beyond all recognition," and how cool is it to know that our dorky parents and grandparents employed wicked, Gawkeresque humor during their own dark days?).

    Yeah, I know this sounds suck-uppy, but, other than Gawker, HuffPo and MichaelMoore.com, everyone else in the media is afraid to spill the real beans that this is a depression. And if you think it's awful here in NYC, my friends who live out there beyond the bridges, out there in America, wish to assure us that the recession is equally scary there too.

    We in the media just have the added fillip of seeing our careers crumble because of structural as well as cyclical declines.

    So, is anyone going to The Showdown in Chicago to get tear gassed and have their ears split by LRAD sonic crowd control bombs by government storm troopers outside the bankers' convention next Monday? Like they did to the protesters at the G20 in Pittsburgh last month? Sounds like it's going to quite the scene. #recessionomics
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    Image of the_marquee_de_lafayette the_marquee_de_lafayette
    10/22/09

    In reply to The Recession Map of NoLIta: Updated
    Note also that the Spring Lounge's sale (aka Happy Hour) continues unabated. No word on whether business might actually be up.

    It's just a shame that Delicatessen appears to be in no trouble at all. #recessionomics
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    10/22/09

    In reply to The Recession Map of NoLIta: Updated
    Bluegrass Brunch at Nolita House, 47 East Houston, is still booming every Sunday. #recessionomics
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    Image of Bryan Keller Bryan Keller
    10/22/09

    @Mediahohoho: That's a great brunch. Good to bring visitors to, as well. #recessionomics
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    10/22/09

    @Bryan Keller: I agree! #recessionomics
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    10/22/09

    In reply to The Recession Map of NoLIta: Updated
    So, Cafe Colonial is having a sale? #recessionomics
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    Image of DeadliestSin DeadliestSin
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    Don't buy the beds if you ever plan on having sex. In the bed. Ever.
    Breaking the slats and having your mattress fall the floor mid-coitus... not cool.
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    Image of eeeradicator eeeradicator
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    At the newest Ikea in Japan, you must keep your shoes on when testing beds. Unlike the rest of the country. And the long hotdog is called the Ninja dog. On a related note, people bring their friggin pets with them. We saw a dog fight in the office chair section. It was surreal, like something from a B horror movie.
    On the plus side, it is one of the rare places in Saitama with multilingual staff, and not just English speakers. But the goddamn lockers never work for me. And they pronounce it E-K-AH.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    08/26/09

    @eeeradicator: "Showroom Armoire Dogs," written and directed by Quentin Tarantino--brilliant!

    /iː/-KEH-ah is how it'a pronounced in the Swedish mother tongue and pretty much any other language except English.
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    Image of nathanst nathanst
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    YES CHINA, IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES

    Welcome to Western style consumerism. BUY TO FILL THE VOID IN YOUR SOUL

    BUY

    BUY

    BUY

    YAY

    *6 hours later*

    "Why did I buy all of this crap? Ugh."
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    I have this urge to go count the number of IKEA products at Ingvar Kamprad's house.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    08/25/09


    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: This snugglebug of a capitalist overlord could melt even the hearts of WTO protesters.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    08/25/09


    @snugbug:

    Nealy the same taste in glasses
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    Image of CherHorrorwitz CherHorrorwitz
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    The IKEA in Athens is Disneyland with Smoking. People are insane for it in Europe, and maybe it's my Euro-dementia from living here for 2 years, but...their European stuff is actually really nice. The cookware is awesome.
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    Image of Forgetitjake Forgetitjake
    08/25/09

    @CherHorrorwitz:
    Cookware, yes; some of the toys are cute, too. I am living a lie when I hate on Ikea. I just redid my kitchen in Ikea and now I'm in the middle of disassembling, dusting and moving about 80 bookshelf-metres of Ivar. -- Still, Scandinavian family living = dorm room, and for many of the same reasons as dorm room = dorm room.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    I've never been to IKEA, but I have enjoyed the downstairs of the Urban Outfitters on 72nd Street on multiple occasions, so I feel I cannot judge.
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    Image of tigolbitties tigolbitties
    08/25/09

    @DahlELama: how exactly have you enjoyed the downstairs?!?!
    (p.s. can you, or anyone else, share how to do italics and other nifty things? thanks!)
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    08/25/09

    @tigolbitties: Glad to be of servicey!
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    08/25/09

    @tigolbitties: I would really, really like to have a sexy story to put here, but really, I just used to sit on the chairs and occasionally play hide-and-seek with friends. I don't know if the fact that we were in high school makes this better or worse.

    I'll PM you re: italics. Hopefully someone else can fill you in on everything more advanced than that.
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    08/25/09

    @tigolbitties: Here you go friend: [www.tizag.com]
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    Image of tigolbitties tigolbitties
    08/25/09

    @snugbug: @DahlELama: @Conchie Birdie: thank you very much!!! i'm going to be an italicizing fool!!!!
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    08/25/09

    @tigolbitties: If this means you will also use numerous commas, I will heart you forever.
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    Image of Forgetitjake Forgetitjake
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    Speaking of extreme, bizarre and soulless: they do this in Scandinavia, you know.
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    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    Outdoors - ha! Have you ever been to Beijing? Everyone forsakes the outdoors, in the interest of being able to breathe. Hanging out in Ikea is a symptom, not the problem.
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    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    Have you been to Secaucus on a Friday night? People do it there as well. It's like, My Fantasy House playset - you let the kids run around, mess it up, and then leave.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    The cool kids hang out by the ligonberry soda dispenser.
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    Image of tigolbitties tigolbitties
    08/25/09

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: while checking out each others' balls?
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    Is that any different than spending all day and night at the Lusty Lady? That is, until I run out of quarters.
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