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WhiskeyGrinder

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16. He made up the term itself and keeps trying to make it a thing.

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Mon Aug 9, 2021, 08:57 AM

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Ugh. Did anyone else hear David Brooks whining about "Bobos" this morning on NPR? [View all] Coventina Aug 2021 OP

They exist. It just dosn't matter. marble falls Aug 2021 #1

Maybe Brooks is right, they are an exclusive club: so much so that I was unaware Coventina Aug 2021 #2

I'm still a hippie, I just don't have "wealth", but we knew these types for years: day trippers ... marble falls Aug 2021 #7

Ahhhhhh, now I understand! Coventina Aug 2021 #8

'Whining?' and what does this mean? elleng Aug 2021 #3

Apologies for my lack of clarity. I just learned about this thing called "Bobos" Coventina Aug 2021 #5

HOW THE BOBOS BROKE AMERICA elleng Aug 2021 #10

It's a stupid name for the "creative class" zaj Aug 2021 #4

I agree it's stupid! But I thought it was a narrower group than the creative class Coventina Aug 2021 #6

Sounds like an older version of the trustafarian AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2021 #9

Name anything David Brooks has been right about -- without being wrong about first -- in the last RockRaven Aug 2021 #11

That the Republican Party has become a cult of personality built around Trump misanthrope Aug 2021 #13

Well, there is a lot of unearned wealth laying around and mostly being used to elect pols joetheman Aug 2021 #12

Did anyone say "Fuck David Brooks" yet? Why not? dchill Aug 2021 #14

Brooks is jealous. He's too old to be a Bobo and doesn't want to be lumped in with Tucker Carlson. haele Aug 2021 #15

He made up the term itself and keeps trying to make it a thing. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #16

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