sweetdeens

I read “The Onion” so often that I think my mind is starting to meld together reality and farce. I just read this article approx 700 times trying to decide which of the two it was. Then, I checked the source (“New York mag”, NOT “The Onion”), read the comments (none are ironic in the least), and sent it to a friend who works at a hedge fund with strict instructions to “stop that fist pumping!” (Her reply? A nondescript “hahaha”).

Then, I mistakenly read that this John Paulson, whose company’s profits are up 30 percent, “has long maintained a stoic pubic face.” I realize how little sense a pubic face makes, at least in this part of the world, but I thought that bizarre word choice solved the dilemma, and the article was a joke. But then I read it again and realized they said “public” face, and my cruel mind was just trying to create reprieve where there was none. Curses.

Needless to say, I’m still not sure if this is true, but if it is it’s hilaaaarious. Hedge fund workers can no longer show public displays of enthusiasm. And, yet, my friend’s “hahaha” sounded like gloating to me…