Signs you are a YUPPIE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yuppies are NOT preppies...the Hamptons douchebags are mostly Yuppies. The REAL preps dont want you to know they have money...understatement is the rule of thumb. I grew up in Avon CT....the first town listed in the Preppy Handbook.

Oh PP, nobody cares about Avon, CT. Nobody. Period.

[Anonymous]

WHO KNEW that Baltimore was the dark horse of prep?!!? I mean heroin, oxy, zombie apocalypse, yes...how did we miss the secret prep scene in the miles of depressing, downtrodden Baltimore and its even more depressing suburbs?!

My favorite threads are the Bmore threads. The best. Especially the independent school threads from people who bailed from DC.

It is very low hanging fruit for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the term still Yuppie? That’s so late 80s/early 90s

Typical DMV. So culturally irrelevant. Yuppie is so boomer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yuppies are NOT preppies...the Hamptons douchebags are mostly Yuppies. The REAL preps dont want you to know they have money...understatement is the rule of thumb. I grew up in Avon CT....the first town listed in the Preppy Handbook.

Oh PP, nobody cares about Avon, CT. Nobody. Period.

Then why does it exist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no idea what WF is, so glad I'm not one- I guess

WF: means you order all your furniture 🛋🪞🪑🪞🪟 off of Wayfair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When it comes to the question of how “upwardly mobile” you are, all that matters is your bank balance.

“Bank balance” — so reflective of DMV’s parochialism. Wealth is not measured in old fashioned banks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You were at Mike Doonesbury's first wedding.

JJ was such a drain.
Kim is much better for Mike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the term still Yuppie? That’s so late 80s/early 90s

I was thinking the same thinking. My dh + I are 65 + have been called Yuppies since the 1980s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WHO KNEW that Baltimore was the dark horse of prep?!!? I mean heroin, oxy, zombie apocalypse, yes...how did we miss the secret prep scene in the miles of depressing, downtrodden Baltimore and its even more depressing suburbs?!

My favorite threads are the Bmore threads. The best. Especially the independent school threads from people who bailed from DC.

It is very low hanging fruit for sure.

Isn’t it amazing how cities can have radically different populations and demographics? Wow,
Who knew? I think some old guy even wrote a novel about it like, 100 years ago or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- Yeti Coolers
- Lululemon head to toe
-Peloton bikes

Sounds like you be unconsciously biased against fit outdoorsy people. Lol

Lulu lemon and Peleton have nothing to do with being outdoorsy. If it was a mountain bike and Kuhl/Patagonia/Mountain Hardware, you’d have a point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe OP meant preppy... but I am not even sure if that is a thing anymore these days

I would argue OP and the Whole Foods/Apple PP are still "preppy" but in an almost self-parodying and try-hard kind of way way.

Or maybe it’s because Whole Foods is 2 blocks from my house so it’s the closest grocery store, not a sign of trying to be a yuppie.

[Anonymous]

What is this, 1985? I haven't heard the term YUPPIE in ages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can admit we’re yuppies:

- Starbucks latte every morning

- Shop at WF, especially for fish and cheese

- Spent $100K on renovations to our house

- Completely networked Apple devices, including two Home Pods, three iPads, and WiFi-enabled lights and fans that we can control from our phones

- Bar cart on our main level that DH uses to make old fashions

- Nespresso machine

- Subscriptions to the NYTimes and The Economist

you guys sounds pretty basic

It’s almost embarrassing.

Almost?

[Anonymous]

80s versus 90s



According to this handbook, “young upwardly-mobile professional people” had these in the 80s, 90s

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:hey guys a much more fun thread would be to post where you shop for groceries, what you drink, what book you last read, what art (if any) on the walls, and so forth etc and then we can nominate a name for you (west coast mllenial; middle age mom with parents from Cleveland who married BigLaw layer and lives in Potomac; social justice warrior who studied politics and art history at Vassar and works at a non profit and is really bummed her yoga retreat was cancelled,

Ok I am here for this!

I shop at FreshDirect and Trader Joe’s.
I am a serious coffee snob: I own 4 different coffee makers (Chemex, french press, aeropress and an espresso machine), a manual and an electric grinder, and spouse and I spend lots of time choosing and buying coffee beans. But I only drink one cup a day.
I also drink wine, and I drink water and some herbal teas. I don’t drink anything else.
The last book I read was Thief of Time by John Boyne, and I just started Anxious People by Fredrik Backman.
On my walls I have a mixture of paintings (mostly abstract modern in bright colors) by contemporary artists from Canada, France and Israel. I also have some prints by British and American artists, and I have some photos and kids paintings. I also have a lot of bookshelves filled with books, mostly fiction.

Have at me!

English major at Brandeis?