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This festival has ignited a Twitter war between the haves and the have nots. One particularly tone deaf tweet (if you read her entire feed over the last 24 hou

This festival has ignited a Twitter war between the haves and the have nots. One particularly tone deaf tweet (if you read her entire feed over the last 24 hours, you will understand why poor/middle class people dislike most outrageously rich people and vice versa): https://twitter.com/storeyfrizzell/status/858091444275302400 https://twitter.com/storeyfrizzell/status/858091444275302400

freditup 10y ago
I think it's a parody account, right? > I'd rather be on a yacht out of touch with reality. We all our preferences; some just are unable to have them > Just bc I'm rich doesn't mean I don't have problems. In fact I've been devastated about the furniture my decorator chose > I'm funemloyed, much better than actually being employed. Try it sometime...if you can Regardless, in general, disliking people just because they're rich seems unhelpful and a quick way to jealously and discontentment. Being angered by wealthy individuals who actively abuse those with less is an entirely different story though.
- downandout 10y ago
  I looked through it and it appears not to be. My first impression was similar to yours, but all was normal on the account until the Fyre Festival and she began complaining about the conditions and how she was having problems getting her father's jet in to pick her up. Friends of hers also had private jets come get them. The things you posted were in response to criticism of her wealth and I think at that point she became angry and started going into full snob-mode. I didn't say that I dislike rich people, I was just saying that a mutual hatred between classes seems to be common in today's America. Her recent Twitter feed puts that on full display.
  - freditup 10y ago
    My apologies, I didn't mean to imply that you dislike rich people, or anything about you personally! My comments were just reflecting on my own experiences of feeling antipathy towards those with more and trying to figure out what's productive and what's unhealthy.
  - finnh 10y ago
    No, because even if this account is real, most rich people do not agree with this person. This is one possibly-real person being a bad person. No need to spin that into a theory about class hatred.
  - bennettfeely 10y ago
    > I did not go to the #fyrefestival. I'm shocked the majority of people didn't catch on to the fact that we were trolling. https://twitter.com/storeyfrizzell/status/858562982627786752 https://twitter.com/storeyfrizzell/status/858562982627786752
    - downandout 10y ago
      Yeah, just posted. My point still stands, there was a lot of hate being spewed at legitimate attendees. It figures that I choose to single out one that turns out to be an authentic looking troll that reveals it just after I mention it, but that's just my bad luck.
  - entelechy0 10y ago
    It's a troll, she admitted it
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
  - plorg 10y ago
    Literally the last 7 tweets as of right now (all of which are older than this comment) are the account owner saying she was trolling.
- hn_throwaway_99 10y ago
  I think "troll account" is a better term for it.
- f_allwein 10y ago
  Yes - account says so now. https://mobile.twitter.com/storeyfrizzell https://mobile.twitter.com/storeyfrizzell
averagewall 10y ago
Snobbery exists everywhere. Programmers snobbishly complain about bad programmers. Workers snobbishly complain about people who hire workers to do their work for them. Rich complain about poor. Poor complain about rich. Everyone wants to feel superior and snobbery provides that.
- collyw 10y ago
  As a programmer I complain about working with bad programmers because it usually makes future work more difficult. Is that snobbery?
  - SomeStupidPoint 10y ago
    Yes? I mean, there's a good chance that the person you're complaining about didn't have all the same benefits you've had -- education, mentoring, upbringing, genetic, whatever. It's a very explicit "why can't everyone be as great as I am?" It also makes you a bad coworker: if you have energy to whine, you have energy to teach. Ed: It would be nice if the people who disagree would explain why. I'm honestly curious why people complaining about coworkers think it's anything but an entitled whine.
    - collyw 10y ago
      I have worked with good experienced developers and crappy developers. Its a lot easier working with the first group.
    - rootusrootus 10y ago
      Have you ever tried to teach someone who is uninterested in learning? Or simply unable? They do exist, definitely. Right now I've got someone on my team who has excellent knowledge of academic computer science principles, and no appreciation for practical reality. This is a constant source of friction since real life so rarely looks like a textbook problem. We have tried, and tried, and tried to explain that, but he continues to be a merciless pedant and on top of that his code is simply atrocious. This is what I would call a bad programmer, and I don't feel the least bit snobbish for wanting him off my team.

freditup 10y ago

I think it's a parody account, right? > I'd rather be on a yacht out of touch with reality. We all our preferences; some just are unable to have them > Just bc I'm rich doesn't mean I don't have problems. In fact I've been devastated about the furniture my decorator chose > I'm funemloyed, much better than actually being employed. Try it sometime...if you can Regardless, in general, disliking people just because they're rich seems unhelpful and a quick way to jealously and discontentment. Being angered by wealthy individuals who actively abuse those with less is an entirely different story though.

downandout 10y ago
I looked through it and it appears not to be. My first impression was similar to yours, but all was normal on the account until the Fyre Festival and she began complaining about the conditions and how she was having problems getting her father's jet in to pick her up. Friends of hers also had private jets come get them. The things you posted were in response to criticism of her wealth and I think at that point she became angry and started going into full snob-mode. I didn't say that I dislike rich people, I was just saying that a mutual hatred between classes seems to be common in today's America. Her recent Twitter feed puts that on full display.
- freditup 10y ago
  My apologies, I didn't mean to imply that you dislike rich people, or anything about you personally! My comments were just reflecting on my own experiences of feeling antipathy towards those with more and trying to figure out what's productive and what's unhealthy.
- finnh 10y ago
  No, because even if this account is real, most rich people do not agree with this person. This is one possibly-real person being a bad person. No need to spin that into a theory about class hatred.
- bennettfeely 10y ago
  > I did not go to the #fyrefestival. I'm shocked the majority of people didn't catch on to the fact that we were trolling. https://twitter.com/storeyfrizzell/status/858562982627786752 https://twitter.com/storeyfrizzell/status/858562982627786752
  - downandout 10y ago
    Yeah, just posted. My point still stands, there was a lot of hate being spewed at legitimate attendees. It figures that I choose to single out one that turns out to be an authentic looking troll that reveals it just after I mention it, but that's just my bad luck.
- entelechy0 10y ago
  It's a troll, she admitted it
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
- plorg 10y ago
  Literally the last 7 tweets as of right now (all of which are older than this comment) are the account owner saying she was trolling.
hn_throwaway_99 10y ago
I think "troll account" is a better term for it.
f_allwein 10y ago
Yes - account says so now. https://mobile.twitter.com/storeyfrizzell https://mobile.twitter.com/storeyfrizzell

averagewall 10y ago

Snobbery exists everywhere. Programmers snobbishly complain about bad programmers. Workers snobbishly complain about people who hire workers to do their work for them. Rich complain about poor. Poor complain about rich. Everyone wants to feel superior and snobbery provides that.

collyw 10y ago
As a programmer I complain about working with bad programmers because it usually makes future work more difficult. Is that snobbery?
- SomeStupidPoint 10y ago
  Yes? I mean, there's a good chance that the person you're complaining about didn't have all the same benefits you've had -- education, mentoring, upbringing, genetic, whatever. It's a very explicit "why can't everyone be as great as I am?" It also makes you a bad coworker: if you have energy to whine, you have energy to teach. Ed: It would be nice if the people who disagree would explain why. I'm honestly curious why people complaining about coworkers think it's anything but an entitled whine.
  - collyw 10y ago
    I have worked with good experienced developers and crappy developers. Its a lot easier working with the first group.
  - rootusrootus 10y ago
    Have you ever tried to teach someone who is uninterested in learning? Or simply unable? They do exist, definitely. Right now I've got someone on my team who has excellent knowledge of academic computer science principles, and no appreciation for practical reality. This is a constant source of friction since real life so rarely looks like a textbook problem. We have tried, and tried, and tried to explain that, but he continues to be a merciless pedant and on top of that his code is simply atrocious. This is what I would call a bad programmer, and I don't feel the least bit snobbish for wanting him off my team.