Madame Sosostris

@causamdicere

Famous clairvoyante[...] with a wicked pack of cards. Reasonably erudite, I guess. (Expect to find: books, dogs [mine, specifically], movies, New York, sports, transit takes)

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Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· 8d

Part of adulthood is paying for yourself! This is not generational brokeness, it's entitlement

"I definitely do want to get married and have kids,” said Grace Sakellariou, 27, who is single and was born in Queens. “But that just feels so unattainable. I can’t even think about affording a wedding.”

Ms. Sakellariou and her twin sister, who live together in Astoria, have noticed that more men seem to be asking to split the bill — even on second or third dates. “It’s discouraging,” she said. “I think it’s stunted our growth that everything’s so expensive.”

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· 8d

Influencers are a scourge, exhibit 3736525252 (also I feel like this is an issue with the way the article is scoped - a 25 year old and a 35 year old both count as "young" but are going to have very different perspectives)

New York would seem like an ideal sandbox for cheap plans — with dozens of free museums, hundreds of green spaces and heaps of low-cost events every weekend that are just a $3 fare away on the 24-hour subway. And lately, some young people have begun opting for park picnics over pricey experiences.

But in interviews, others described feeling full-force pressure from social media in a city that is home to many young professionals with six-figure salaries. TikTok influencers debate whether coffee dates signal low effort. On Instagram, a male creator recently warned his 1.3 million followers that no man with a net worth under $100,000 should be allowed to date.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· 8d

First, thank you for confirming that I am officially an Old. Second, if you're taking your date to a 3 hour movie and it's not a rep screening of Margaret, that's a skill issue (rep screenings cost less than the chains, just saying!)

More than half of unmarried young adults — ages 22 to 35 — say not having enough money is their biggest barrier to dating, according to a national research project from Brigham Young University’s Wheatley Institute and the Institute for Family Studies.

That pressure can feel especially acute in New York. When you can barely afford your rent and energy bills, $130 dinner dates, $20 cocktails or $28 tickets to see “The Odyssey” quickly add up.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· 10d

More special snacks for birthday Brett

Slices of yellow pepper arranged to spell put "14" in a milk glass dish. I'm holding the plate, and Brett is on her hind paws looking intently at the pepper.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· 10d

Obviously the dog gets to eat a birthday treat off the nice dishes

I'm holding a green milk glass dish with slices of apple that spell out 14 surrounded by a ring of blueberries. Brett, a small black and white birthday dog is sitting on the floor waiting for her treat

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· 12d

Brett would like you all to believe she reads

A little black and white dog lays on a green couch with her forelegs extended. Next to her is a book (My Marriage, Jakob Wasserman tr. Michael Hofmann)

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· 17d

I need to pick up my laundry but

A small black and white dog curled up next to my legs, using my knee as a pillow

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· 24d

Now she's smug that the storm means bed snuggles in the middle of the day

A little dog curled up at the head of the bed, with her ears alert. Next to her is a stack of books

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· 24d

Someone is smug that she's getting carried

A small black and white dog is sticking her head out of a tote bag. She seems to approve of being carried around on a very cloudy day.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· 26d

Every time I went outside today

Megan Draper setting the table, and looking toward a window at the edge of the frame, with closed captions: The air is toxic. I don't want that in here.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· 29d

Anything can be a pillow

I'm laying on the couch, and a small black and white dog is sleeping on top of me. Her head is on my thigh, and her body is curled up on top of my left arm.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jul 11

She just hangs out on my furniture being a dog, it's incredible

A little black and white dog is laying on a green couch. She's looking up at the camera.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jul 8

This article is in fact grimmer than the obscure midcentury sad novels that I adore

And there are plenty of readers ready to open the app and post their opinions, feelings, and perspectives on the books that have “ruined” them or made them weep. Personal testimony is paramount on BookTok; a book is deemed successful if it “breaks” or “destroys” a reader. The most common book-review content on the app understands books as pleasure-spiking torment factories, arenas for an almost masochistic level of personal involvement. This means users film themselves literally crying and holding a tear-stained page up to the camera, captioning the post with a quip like “brb gonna cry more” or “I just feel too much 😭.”

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jul 8

Now I have a quantifiable metric to point to when my friends tell me they've never heard of any of the books I post www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...

Novels are, of course, alive in the sense that they are still being written and published, but the data for their long-term vitality is discouraging. In 2024, literary fiction was reported to comprise only two per cent of the total fiction market, with even the best-performing titles rarely making an annual best-selling top-ten list.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jul 5

This may be the healthiest screentime report in recorded history

Screentime report. Top 3 apps are Criterion (6h56m), Libby (5h2m), Kanopy (1h37m)

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jul 5

Hiding from the weather and watching movies

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jul 1

The thing about fancy real estate listings is that it's genuinely impossible to tell whether this is human slop or AI slop, because they've always been this overwrought

Anchoring the heart of the home is a couture-caliber chef's kitchen, where bespoke cabinetry, a waterfall marble island and top-of-the-line appliances converge in perfect harmony.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jun 28

brb asking the dog if she knows the time signature for a waltz

Spotify "you may also like" section with a playlist called "classical music for dogs"

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jun 28

Yes, I took a dog in a tote bag on the train with my farmers market groceries, but I think my morning could still have been bougier

A little black and white dog is sitting up in a tote bag on an orange subway seat. At the bottom of the photo, there's another tote bag with kale and flowers poking out of it.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jun 26

Brett absolutely believes coffee is for dogs

A little black and white dog is laying on the back of a couch. She's staring intently at a coffee cup on the windowsill.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jun 24

When you are not aware of election results or how to use furniture normally

A little black and white dog is laying along the edge of a couch with one of her forelegs hanging down

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jun 20

Brett had an adventure today

A little black and white dog is standing on a sun-dapped terrace. Most of her body is behind a green cafe chair, but her face and forelegs are fully in view. Her mouth is open and she's smiling. There's a very green park in the background.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jun 16

June 16 is canonically the most romantic day to fall in love on a train

Screenshot from Before Sunrise. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, both looking very 90s, are staring into each other's eyes and smiling. His left hand is on her shoulder. The caption is "Last night. Six months from last night, which was June 16"

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jun 14

Blasting the AC in part because the dog is snugglier when it's cold

A little black and white dog is curled up on top of a throw blanket with her head lightly resting on a pillow

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jun 14

New York is the greatest city in the world

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jun 13

Finally got my dog a haircut and now I want to take pictures of her again, order has been restored to the universe

A little black and white dog is posed in front of a floral backdrop. She's freshly groomed and wearing a green bow around her neck.

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Jun 5

Cultural institutions continue to have incredible geographic takes

Survey from Lincoln Center. Responses to "Where do you live?":
NYC - Manhattan (within 10 blocks of Lincoln Center)
NYC - Manhattan (further than 10 blocks from Lincoln Center)
NYC - Boroughs (Non-Manhattan)
Suburbs within an hour of NYC
In the US, but outside the New York area
Outside the US
I prefer not to answer

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· May 12

You can tell this car belongs to a cop because of the irresistible urge to put wheels on the sidewalk (also, a suspicious lack of tickets if you run a plate lookup)

MAY9735, a hideous four-door my-dick-is-small Ram pickup, is parked illegally part in the road and part on the sidewalk

The same car, parked illegally in the same spot, but an entire rear wheel is on the sidewalk and the trees are still leafless in this photo

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· May 5

Currently reading

Madame Sosostris @causamdicere· Apr 18

We went to the park