Read this story in the New York Observer (via Memeorandum), and tell me the that you didn’t think of Brett Easton Ellis.
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Read this story in the New York Observer (via Memeorandum), and tell me the that you didn’t think of Brett Easton Ellis.
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DougJ
Funny.
Dennis-SGMM
Wasn’t there some other group that fled to Argentina after a debacle?
Zifnab
Way back when these guys would be flinging themselves out of office buildings. I miss that.
Olliander
This guy had him beat by about 5 years. Buenos Aires has been a destination for the burned out young capitalists for years…
Krista
Actually, I thought of something different altogether.
No Blood for Hubris
Well, they’ll fit right in.
The Other Steve
David Webb is Jason Bourne.
mistermix
The hookers in BA must be busy with that many NY bankers in town.
MikeJ
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Perry Como
Why do they need to go fuck up Buenos Aires now? This is why we can’t have nice things.
DougJ
I just hope those girls are patient.
Ned R.
He could mentor Dustin the young DC conservative in the ways of women. Reality show.
daryljfontaine
TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD! YOU FUCKING BASTARD!
It wasn’t quite in the article but you knew he was thinking it.
D
Zifnab
Am I the only person who conjures up a fucking hilarious mental image reading that?
Ned R.
@Zifnab:
‘Cause like a princess (her name was Grace?)
Patiently yawnin’ in my face
She shrugged and took me by the hand
We made love in her minivan
And that’s all right…I guess?
EdTheRed
Remind me to run if an ex-banker ever asks me if I like Huey Lewis…
J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford
Zoolander!
Walker
@Dennis-SGMM:
Who is going to be the subject of their secret cloning program? Bernie Maddoff? David X. Li?
Adam
Oh my god. A watermark!
nikkos
I don’t know about you guys, but me and my buddies will be "rapping out" about this article for some time. Over Scotch. Neat, of course. Which I prefer to drink while walking through SoHo. Yes, they hate us for our freedoms.
jake 4 that 1
Hot young capitalists desperate for cash? Sounds like Larry Craig’s idea of heaven.
Notorious P.A.T.
"Dana, Dana, Dana, Phil Collins is one of the great artists–not musician artist– of our time! Look at my new business cards!"
JR -- Bryan, TX
Zifnab (comment 4) is my new hero.
With your permission, I’m gonna use that.
A lot …
Legalize
mak
Fixt.
binzinerator
This guy is 27. Worked his entire life to acquire that job since…when? His undergraduate years? Which was no more than 5 or 6 years ago. And this fool thinks that’s a lifetime?
Fucking excuse me? They got screwed by their jobs? Fuck these whiny sons of bitches. Fuck their sense of entitlement. Fuck these spoiled assholes and their victimhood.
What the fuck is it with these bankers? Several hundred thousand or more people in this country have lost their jobs who have worked more years in those jobs than these whiny self-centered 20-something shitstains have even been alive.
These dirtbags are responsible for the anguish in millions of people’s lives here, and there they are, partying in fucking sunny Buenos Aires, pitying themselves, fondly reminiscing about the sluts they’ve had, or aimlessly walking down the street by themselves with a look of satisfaction and curiosity.
From the Library Journal review of American Psycho (via Amazon):
There is indeed a resemblance here.
Brian J
Finance fascinates me, and I wish I had tried to study it in college. I could see myself working in the field one day, since there seems to be a pretty decent amount of lawyers who end up there.
But should that happen, I don’t know if I’d last. Just skimming through that article, I don’t know if I could stand being around too many of those types of people. Not all upper echelon individuals are like that, but something tells me the douche bag quota in that field isn’t going to recede in any significant way, no matter what happens.
Svensker
@binzinerator:
Yes.
colin k
It really is hip to be a square.
TenguPhule
I forsee a rising job market for hitmen to bump off these bozos.
Mouse Tolliver
Besides holding his hand, I wonder what the girl was doing while the other boy took his virginity? Sheesh, that must’ve been awkward.
Mike in NC
But all they ever aspired to was to be like Rick Santelli, boo hoo.
Ivan Ivanovich Renko
@TenguPhule:
Oh, no, no, no.
This is strictly a do it yourself kinda thing.
I see whacking these bozos as the next great American hobby.
Shinobi
Hmmm my boyfriend IS looking for a job… but you probably need a Bachelor’s Degree to kill douchbags now considering you need one to clean toilets.
They really need to stop with the "poor pitiful investment banker" articles. I HAVE a job and it is starting to inspire violent urges.
Gus
I gave up after about four paragraphs. My nephew works on Wall Street, and he’s a pretty cool kid. If I catch him turning into one of these arrogant douchebags, I’m going to kidnap him and hire a deprogrammer.
Ivan Ivanovich Renko
"I used to collect stamps; and back then I got a lot of satisfaction at just looking at them. But I gotta say, it’s just not as much fun as watching one of these Bear Stearns fuckers bleed out."
AhabTRuler
Ehh, maybe the Bugs will drop a cee-fractional asteroid on B.A. and solve all of our problems for us.
valdivia
This just shows you how little these idiots know. If there is a govt that is verging on the edge of collapse economically speaking it is argentina (not that I am trying to create a run on that economy mind you). I am sure they will much enjoy when their deposits are locked down in a local bank, like banks did after the collapse in 2001.
Delia
Well, let’s see. The article implies that during this douchebag’s life in New York he couldn’t tell the difference between a "model" and a hooker in choosing his girlfriends. So I expect that after a few more months in BA, the same will apply to him. Or maybe that means there’s no difference between an investment banker and a hooker. Except the banker
getsgot paid more.Blue Raven
@Delia:
After watching a few episodes of Diary of a Call Girl, I’m not sure but that the courtesan class of prostitute could give the average twentysomething investment banker’s wallet a run for its contents.
Kevin
Funny, a guy who worked in my firm (not saying the name, but it’s a finance company) is moving to Argentina as well, but according to the head of compliance, it isn’t due to "burn out", but more due to Argentina not extraditing people. He was quietly fired for a long line of compliance issues. I wonder how many of these guys who were "screwed by their jobs" are actually hiding from the law.
SLKRR
@valdivia:
Keep quiet! I don’t want these a-holes getting nervous in BA and deciding to come and fuck up Brazil instead.
valdivia
@SLKRR:
Oh no worries they would move to Iceland instead ;-)
Tax Analyst
Lady, you are wickedly funny.
lawnorder
Feh… Poor guys thought they were gods, they were just pawns in the ubber rich schemes.
Jay B.
Fuck, that’s where I wanted to ditch to — great city, great wine, great neighborhoods, beautiful people…Well, not anymore. Anyone have any suggestions for the Weimar-era Berlin (or Lost Generation Paris)?
Oliver's Neck
@Krista:
Interesting etymological lesson I got recently on the term "douche". I used to avoid saying it because I thought it smacked of misogyny. Then I was told that the term originally came from politically active women in the 70’s. They used it to refer to certain kinds of men in recognition that the douche is something unhealthy for and bad to put in your vagina.
Now I use it happily.
The term, that is.
Krista
The More You Know…
TenguPhule
Ah, Starship troopers. Fond memories.
Wile E. Quixote
@Ivan Ivanovich Renko
Is this from a movie? If so which one?
scarshapedstar
I was thinking more of George Carlin’s "People I Could Live Without" / "People Who Ought To Be Killed" routine.