An article in New York magazine totes up the various pluses and minuses of life in the middle of Occupy Wall Street. What are some of the pros and cons?
Pros
• Being called “An Occupier” way hotter than being called “A Malodorous Drifter”
• Affordable downtown living, just steps from the 4, 5, N and R lines
• Got to flirt with that Canadian chick from The Daily Show
• If you squat in a hedge fund for over 2 years, you become the legal owner
• Infinitesimal chance something important might actually change
Cons
• Being refused entry to Burger King serious blow to self-esteem
• Lack of mainstream media coverage and/or skewed mainstream media coverage, depending on my mood
• After week of camping out, everyone covered in thin layer of derivatives
• Reached the point where we seriously need to learn some economics to keep having this conversation
• Bonus at real job is largely dependent on not leaving for two months to stand around in a fucking park
—Bildersee, Chernicoff, Klumpp
