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A new low in Boston world-classism
By adamg on Sun, 05/21/2017 - 1:07pm
I was all set to complain about Dan Shaughnessy returning to his stupid "tomato can" fixation in his piece yesterday about just how badly the Celtics did (sorry, Dan, the German for "tomato can" is not "tomato can"), but, no, if I'm going to get all ranty about a Globe columnist today, I'm going to get ired up about Mike Ross, because, unlike Shaughnessy, Ross really should know better.
Ross wrote a column about how nice it is to work in an office where dogs are allowed. That is, well, nice, and booyah, good on ya, Mike, but he just couldn't leave it at that:
Pardon the hyperbole, but I’ll just come out and say it: We may never be a world-class city until companies in Boston adopt more dog-friendly policies.
Now, Ross was a city councilor during the Menino era, when questioning Boston's world-class status became a rhetorical device akin to the old "If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we ..." question. So you'd think he of all people would realize just how ridiculous that sounds.
But then again, maybe this is a good thing. Ross also used to argue Boston was failing at being world class because of our bitching about big stuff like the Olympics or the IndyCar race. If all we have to do to finally end the Great Boston World Class Debate is require local white-collar employers to install office fuzzies, maybe we're in pretty good shape as a city after all.
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I had forgotten about Dan Shaughnessy
At the risk of offending other readers, I canceled the Boston Globe after the fake Donald Trump front page, so I can't see Dan Shaughnessy and have zero interest in paying for the print edition.
That said, will anyone in the Boston media ask the Globe how many readers canceled, how many jobs lost, Globe families disrupted after the fake Trump stunt?
The silence on this is deafening. I'm told by 30+ year employees at the Globe that it's just awful.
Time to give it a rest, perhaps, maybe
If you care enough, you can call them yourself. And then report back here.
Alt suggestion
Instead of posting the same thing over and over on far-left UHub, why not ask your friends at Breitbart to investigate?
Its on his agenda
Right after he locates onions large enough to tie to his belt. The drought did a number on the size of them.
5 bees for a quarter
Be easy on him; he's been chasing the Kaiser for dickity six miles
Is UHub far left? Not sure I
Is UHub far left? Not sure I ever got that feeling. Seems like people on both sides of the aisle here.
No
My comment was meant sarcastically, appropriating FISH's tendency to label everything non-Trumpist as "far-left".
nope
Welcome to the US, where if you're centrist you're considered "far left". Speaks to how much the goalposts have been moved over the years.
I wish I could just keep
I wish I could just keep clicking the thumbs-up vote on your post but that would be cheating.
It doesn't matter
How many cancelled, because a lot of people (read you) still read via the website, which some claim is the future.
You have it backwards amigo
I actually don't subscribe specifically because of Dan Shaughnessy and will resubscribe when he finally leaves.
Danny Shags
also, Dan Shaughnessy doesn't even live in Boston. I never read his articles (I am a grown man) but I hear he loves to talk about Boston culture and what is important to Boston....funny.
- A South Boston Community Member.
Go Cavs!
"I am a grown man"
No you're not. Run along and play, now.
eh
the globe thing was really stupid and if they wanted to print bad trump headlines all they had to do was wait
Globe Families?
FYI: The New York Times (similar readership to the Globe) reports huge number of new digital subscribers each month since Trump was elected. He'll destroy healthcare but he'll save your hated "liberal" papers.
Also, glad to see you're so concerned with John Henry's well being. If you really want to stick it to him, why not protest Sox games too?
Catch up will you?
Paywall ? We dont need no stinkin' paywall!
With Chrome go Incognito to bostonglobe.com. Get your (tremble) 5 Shank diatribes.
Wash.
Rinse.
Repeat.
Oh, Henry
You need to keep up with recent events.
Read that as:
Read that as:
Walsh.
Rinse.
Repeat.
"Humor. It is a difficult concept."
Ever true if you're a Vulcan.
Human, and can't grasp obvious if a bit on-the-nose satire, like that Globe piece? Still whinging about it (like anyone believes you were actually a subscriber) months after reality flew past the satire and made it look quaint?
Hard to credit that anyone is that much of an irredeemable dumbass. But there's our Fish: lowering the bar for risible right-wing gullibility on uHub since 2010.
What front page was that?
I know you mention this often, but I missed the original story. What is the "fake trump front page" to which you refer?
Low is right
Ridiculous article and more ridiculous comment
What link has a clear explanation of this use of "tomato can"?
For the unfamiliar what link has a clear explanation of this use of the phrase "tomato can"?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org
Tomato can
Andy Warhol
The "Tomato Can" reference is in regards to Warhol's signature pop art silkscreen. When someone uses it they are questioning the intrinsic artistic merit of everyday commercial objects.
Here's the Wikipedia article
Maybe I don't want to spend
Maybe I don't want to spend my day being sniffed, licked, and jumped on by your trash eating, butt sniffing animal who is "just being friendly."
Or maybe some of my coworkers like being able to breathe at work. And not sneezing all over their coworkers because they're considerate humans.
Trade
I'll stop bringing in pets when others stop wearing perfume. Deal?
I'd be fine w/ no perfume...
I'd be fine w/ no perfume... though, if you are bothered by perfume, why no empathy for those with pet allergies? I would think you'd appreciate how they feel and act accordingly. I wish there was some really important rule that covered this topic. Maybe we'd want to give it a name to show how important it is, like, by naming it after something valuable and rare... some sort of like... Iridium rule...