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Strike, Baby
It is day 2 of the first total transit strike in New York City in 25 years (and it is fascinating how everything old really is new again, with every angry gesture and bit of media posturing-- right down to tearing up things like strike-halting injunctions in front of television cameras-- having been performed before in 1966, when they actually locked up Michael Quill, the founding president of the Transit Workers Union of America).
What is annoying is that in the absence of movement, the news is full of non-news and padded with human interest stories. There are:
Tales of sitting in traffic; long walks in the freezing cold; taking a chance on a ride with a stranger; how great it is to finally use a Vespa for something other than looking fashionable; New Yorkers being helpful to tourists, etc.
But just wait a few months. The Sunday New York Times will be full of Strike Weddings, and a raft of Strike Babies will appear, possibly as a result of Strike Sex. Craigslist also has Strike Sex personals.
If this is trend spotting, or trend predicting. I'm on record.
posted by Elise at 12:35 PM
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