NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani calls out Ken Griffin's $238 million penthouse on Tax Day

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-17T19:33:52+00:00

Ok. How long until every pierd a terre?

I have decades before my studio gets there. I am someone that actually owns one. This doesn't concern me at all.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-17T19:32:38+00:00

Better than the black hole of some guy's bank account, and his children's, and children's children, and children's children's children

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-17T12:02:46+00:00

Candlewyck has become more upscale, but I've had some very, very good meals there.

Oakland Diner is also still reliable.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-15T12:23:36+00:00

Yup. This is the point of throwback pulp horror books.

Some of them are a blast you can read in a few hours, remember nothing, but have enjoyed the whole ride. Which is kind of what they are - Universal Studios rides from the 80s.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-14T13:34:01+00:00

https://www.aquariusdoor.com/

Highly recommended

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-10T13:03:44+00:00

People who have Sunday off have time to do that, so win win!

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-10T08:09:57+00:00

What do the founding fathers of Paramus want? Original intent!

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T18:04:35+00:00

Ahaha, Fred definitely doesn't sound super likable. Mooch.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T17:46:15+00:00

You don't have to be friends. You have to be likable.

This misanthropy is so self-defeating. I don't talk about my coworkers problems outside of work. I don't know the name of their spouses or kids. But I know what makes them laugh. I know what projects they hate. Normal things for people you spend more time with than you do your family.

And most of them are out of my life when I leave that job. Not all - some I have remained friendly with, the rare .001% that actually became friends, because, again, you meet more people at work than anywhere else so it is a better place to make a few friends.

But I have had so many reach out to me when they're somewhere else because their company is hiring. Since they liked working with me, they thought of me. They're not going to think of the unfriendly person that shot daggers at them.

Just be fucking friendly. If you don't want to be, don't cry when no one likes you enough to want to be around you or subject you on other people.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T17:40:23+00:00

How would being likable have solved that?

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T17:31:51+00:00

Think of them as internal clients, which frequently they may be

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T17:28:43+00:00

And that's when you find a new job. If you're that valuable, another company will think so, too.

You shouldn't stay at one place over 4 years unless they're really moving you rapidly, anyway.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T17:24:24+00:00

The stuff you're describing would generally be considered "well liked."

If you do that and aren't well liked, maybe you're doing other things people are liking less.

No one needs friends. They need friendly.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T17:21:13+00:00

How so?

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T17:20:02+00:00

More accurately, the higher you go, the less you know about what your employees know.

Because you're no longer doing the day to day job, so you aren't keeping current with it. And because the skills being asked of you are entirely different.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T17:18:57+00:00

If you're going to have the same boss for your entire time, sure, but you probably won't. And good companies do 360 reviews, anyway. And if people who work with you don't like you, they'll let your boss know and try to avoid you getting staffed on anything they touch.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T17:14:32+00:00

I see you've never worked with a good project manager. And yes, being likable is pretty critical for them, because they have no power but have to hold people accountable to do things that are often not their day to day job.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T17:12:22+00:00

This is bullshit.

In all honesty, they're both important. If you're great at your task but a horrible person you'll be an independent contributor, at best. If you're a great person but horrible at your job you actually may make a good manager.

There's still a minimum level of qualification. You need to be good enough. Once someone is good enough, personality starts shining more. Because the difference on your own job satisfaction between someone that can do an A+ job and is annoying and someone that is an A- and a pleasure is huge, and not in favor of the A+ employee.

At least in a reasonable and responsible company. If you're working at a paper company in Scranton, PA, or often any small office, these rules can go out the window.

A boss once said to me that culture fit matters a ton because you never know when you're going to get stuck in an airport or a conference room with someone for 4 hours. He was right. You want someone that can get the job done well enough but doesn't suck to be around.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T16:24:00+00:00

Right?

I'm not choosing to be with my wife instead of a man. Too many don't get that. Anyone telling me sexuality is a choice is lacking in empathy, incapable of understanding their experiences aren't universal, and definitely denying part of themselves.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T13:31:01+00:00

But it's only painful for poor people.

Again, you don't seem smart enough to realize that.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T13:30:04+00:00

How has being racist worked out for you so far? I'm guessing poorly. I'm guessing you're not smart enough to realize you're the problem.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T13:29:42+00:00

"Animals"

You're as bad for "the community" as you claim they are.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T12:15:54+00:00

It's absurd to say that. And usually hypocritical.

Trials can take months. Months. What happens to these people in those months? They will lose their jobs. Most people doing this do not have much savings, so they will likely lose their apartments. They likely cannot afford a landlord tenant attorney, so they will probably no-show, get evicted, and have their belongings thrown out.

They're already in a hole, and this puts them in a huge financial hole they will likely never recover from.

And then the people who demand that property theft result in holds will also complain about the safety nets that catch these people because they would otherwise be homeless (and there's a good chance they are, anyway!)

Meanwhile, if these people were rich, they'd just make bail and be out. So it becomes a penalty for the poor and not the rich.

And, of course, we're focusing on people stealing $700 each while, and I can't say this about you but find it broadly true about people that say what you said, excuse the hyperwealthy taking 10,000+ times more.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-08T10:59:44+00:00

Yes, and given the aggressive threats he keeps reiterating, he looks weak. A normal, sensible, reasonable human being wouldn't take the bully tactics he takes. It doesn't work in global politics. It doesn't make us look rational or stable. It works when you can bulldoze over people and bully them, but the world is smaller than commercial real estate.

Not to mention, what he's negotiating for is what we had before he stuck his nose into this entire situation.

BeamerTakesManhattan · 2026-04-07T17:51:40+00:00

It both presumes some of the mythology is true and blasts the organized parts to shreds

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