Just in case you were wondering what the 1% of society had on its mind comes the surfacing of one anonymous Goldman Sachs banker’s tweets. Their handle is @GSElevator and essentially allows for a bird’s eye view of what just happens to be going on in the banker back rooms, or as in this case in the presumed privacy of the elevator. (personally I still haven’t worked out how they haven’t been outed yet, but that’s another discussion).
The account has been going strong for a while now, with just under 72 000 followers. Curious I decided to pay a visit to the account to get an insider’s bird eye view of what’s good on the other side of the economic fence. That said prepare to cringe or then again prepare to high five, depending on which side of the economic divide qualifies you.
Here are a select group of tweets that I plucked that will most likely get your heart pounding a little faster today:
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#1: We don’t claim to be anything we’re not. #2: Steve Jobs the hero, yet Apple exploits Chinese labor for higher margins than Exxon.
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[Analyst drinks] #1 (points at TV): How do all those poor-looking people get playoff tickets?
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#1: Rules are for the obedience of fools, and the guidance of people like us.
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[classic] #1: Riding the subway reminds me why I am pro-choice.
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#1: Europe is starting to make African leaders look competent.
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Skirt #1: I love it when a guy hits on me & then gives me a business card with a gmail account. Asshole, I work at Goldman Sachs.
#1: Under Bush, 5% unemployment was a disaster. Under Obama 8.5% is a boom. #2: Affirmative action.
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#1: The fact that most people are too stupid to know how dumb they really are is the fabric holding our society together.
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#1: Hey fat fuck, I already know what your resolution is.
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#1: Why do people wear wool if they know cashmere exists?
(this one had me on the floor for 17 minutes….)
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#1: She’s only about 3 weeks of anorexia away from looking hot. #2: Maybe 4.
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A#1: Think about how much higher unemployment stats would be if so many black guys didn’t call themselves ‘entrepreneurs.’
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#1: Groupon… Food stamps for the middle class.
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#1: What he lacks in social skills, he makes up in wallet.
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#1: You’re tired of being an analyst? Get over it. Every great porn star had to do a gay scene once or twice just to move up.
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#1: By now, protesters just look like pigeons to me.
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#1: Fact. Nearly 50% of all American workers have less than $10k saved for retirement. #2: Fuck. That wouldn’t cover a ski weekend.
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#1: My wife is basically Pay-Per-View.
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#1: Anyone that puts CFA and MBA on their business card is a cunt.
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#1: My fiancé wants to make the NYTimes wedding section. #2: Christ, that’s vulgar.
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#1: Don’t bitch about your apartment. If you want a gated house on a golf course, go be some dogshit CFO in Cleveland.
