Poetry has always eluded me. For some reason, I'm incapable of fully appreciating it.
Until you mentioned it, I didn't realize that your original post was a poem. I just took it literally. -D On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 3:56 AM, dave miller <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi dyske > > I've seen some friends losing their jobs, and recently when I take the > kids to school I see a lot of unemployed dads huddled together, > encouraging each other. > > On the whole we personally haven't really been affected, money-wise > we're still ok, though my lecturing work looks like it's now dried up. > We have been affected by this depressing mood that's been pumped out > by the media, though I've noticed of late that the BBC seem to be less > alarmist and more soothing, though this feels increasingly false, and > the news analysis feels increasingly superficial. Personally this > whole crisis has made me more critical of the news and I try to inform > myself much more than before. > > Generally life (in south London) appears to carry on as normal. People > I know (mostly families) have been consciously cutting back, most of > them took their annual holidays in the UK this year, and very few can > afford to fly abroad. > > I think people feel the worst is over now, and this is what the news > is telling us. I agree with you that we are probably in the eye of the > storm and worse is to come, and that we are not being told the truth. > I think we've all mostly bought into the story that the crisis was > somehow a natural disaster - a global crash - that couldn't be averted > and so it's no one person's fault. So while people may slag off > bankers in general, they don't really blame them personally for what > has happened, and there's no real anger. Maybe we have bailed them > out, so we're effectively paying to put their kids through private > school, but we don't know this for sure so best not to say. > > Great that my poem has got some discussion going on this! > > dave > > > 2009/8/24 Dyske Suematsu <[email protected]>: > > Has it really been bad for you? If so, what have you experienced > personally? > > > > I've been asking everyone I know around the world what their personal > > experiences are with the current recession. ALL of them described some > bad > > experiences of their friends but NONE of them said they themselves > suffered. > > The general consensus is that they can feel it to some degree, but feel > > disconnected from how things are described in the media. > > > > It's like how non-New Yorkers felt about 9-11. All they saw was what they > > saw in the media. Supposedly something horrible happened but they had no > way > > of confirming that it's not Hollywood special effect. Many people had to > > come all the way to New York just to see the vacant lot in the financial > > district. They literally came to see nothing. > > > > Personally, I feel like the Dotcom bust was much worse than this credit > > crisis, and other people I know have agreed. > > > > But a 20-something girl in my office space told me that when she was > hanging > > out with 10 of her friends, they realized that 6 of them lost their jobs > > recently. This is what I was expecting for everyone around me, but I only > > know a few people who lost their full-time jobs. I'm 42 and most of my > > friends are around 40, so it might be that only the younger generations > are > > suffering. > > > > Ironically, New York appears to be shielded from this recession even > though > > we triggered the whole recession. The real estate has gone down here too, > > but nowhere as bad as other states. Believe it or not, I hear that some > > neighborhoods are still going up! > > > > Either way, recessions are good for art anyway. When the economy is good, > we > > become lazy, and nothing truly creative comes out, because it's better to > > keep doing the same thing to make money. > > > > My own personal take on the economy is that we are in the eye of the > storm. > > > > I would love to hear other people's personal accounts of the recession. > > > > Best, > > D > > > > - > > Dyske Suematsu > > 419 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor > > New York, NY 10003 > > http://dyske.com > > Phone: 646.723.3943 > > http://twitter.com/dyskes > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:29 PM, dave miller <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> relax > >> phew! > >> cor blimey! > >> the recession is over! > >> > >> It's been so bad - do you know it may actually have been a depression! > >> > >> But now > >> Baby we're on our way to the moon! > >> > >> Oh yes it's been hairy over the past year > >> and TV has been pretty depressing. > >> But now there's mass jubilation and dancing in the streets > >> fuelling gains on the FTSE > >> and house prices are going back up. > >> > >> There's a remarkable upturn > >> It's noticeable > >> A surge in confidence among professionals > >> Optimism > >> Speculators and investors are getting ready > >> Bankers bonuses are back! executive pay is up! > >> > >> Now we can dream about getting jobs again > >> of going back to work > >> We can hope for some of that famed trickle down > >> To buy one of those big back 4x4's > >> that we always wanted. > >> > >> On the other hand > >> Please dont tell me it's phoney or it's a sucker’s rally > >> or that economic pain has been merely delayed by massive government > >> bailouts > >> or what's coming is bigger and badder > >> the mother of all meltdowns > >> blood and thunder ... > >> > >> Maybe they're all lying to make it seem better? > >> Maybe it's just an attempt to sucker in our money before a big dump by > >> insiders? > >> I just dont want to hear that > >> I don't think I could bear it. > >> > >> Do you think it might be? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NetBehaviour mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > >
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