NEW YORKER cover: "The Holiday Office Party"

[brooklynite]

[Sanity Claws]

1. Immaculate make up and hair for Zoom

Wearing a nice top.
A screen to provide a backdrop that hides things.
All else has less priority.
I think the hair stubble on the legs is a nice touch. My guess is that the artist is female.

[PoliticAverse]

3. Apparently not...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Tomine

Adrian Tomine (tow-MEE-nuh, born May 31, 1974) is an American contemporary cartoonist. He is best known for his ongoing comic book series Optic Nerve and his illustrations in The New Yorker.

[BComplex]

4. I liked the hairy legs, too.

[PatSeg]

13. And the Amazon boxes!

[question everything]

54. And the kitties

[PatSeg]

56. It was a brilliant cover

Probably done by someone working from home!

[FSogol]

5. The prescription drug bottles are also a nice touch. Great depiction of 2020. n/t

[PoliticAverse]

2. Wow!

$ 8.99 cover price, really?!

[erronis]

12. Yup. That's only for people who want a mag to read on the plane/etc.

I subscribe for about 1/4 that price (non-print version) and love it.

Still a lot to spend along with NewScientist, occasional forays into The Economist, Sciences, Nature, etc.

[MineralMan]

50. I typically buy a Scientific American when I travel.

That will keep me occupied for a good part of the flight. On the return trip, I often choose The Atlantic. Again, long articles that make me think.

[erronis]

57. I remember getting my first Scientific American when I was about 10. Devoured every article.

As I age (60+ years more) some things seem more interesting than others. Still mainly hard science and mathematics and physics.

[MineralMan]

58. I used to read it religiously. However, in recent years

I've sort of stopped, but I still buy a copy at the airport every time I fly.

[underpants]

6. Lots of good detail

Leg stubble as mentioned above
Cats
Take out
Rx bottles
Amazon boxes
Free weights.

[cwydro]

29. And the wine/liquor bottles!

Lmao!

[madinmaryland]

7. Heh! The cat in the litter box taking a massive dump.

[Demovictory9]

39. lol

[lamp_shade]

8. There is so much reality depicted in this. Every single item tells a story.

I just noticed the Amazon boxes. Love it.

[lamp_shade]

9. The t-shirt on the floor that she changed out of... slippers... unmade bed.

[deurbano]

10. Laptop on a stack of books to put it at a more attractive level for Zoom.

[japple]

11. Sink full of unwashed dishes.

[Maru Kitteh]

45. Unwashed dishes, dirty laundry, refuse on the floor. Depression

Wine and pills - self medication.
Cats - therapy and comfort.

[Hortensis]

14. Wonderful. A bunch of people are going to save that one. nt.

[calimary]

15. Hey, that's how Boyd Matson used to dress for work!

When I worked at NBC Radio, he’d show up regularly on the third floor where the network news ops were based.

Above the waist: nice clean ironed white shirt and necktie. And proper, well-fitting suit jacket. And perfect hair.

Below the waist: rumpled shorts, ratty sneakers and socks, and lots of hairy leg. Because when he did his standup, he was always shot close-up, maybe at most, from mid-chest-level, OR seated behind an anchor desk.

Sometimes David Letterman would wander in, to voice a regular feature for the radio network. Hell, he didn’t even bother to tidy up above the waist. Old baggy sweat pants and sweat shirt with a - um - “relaxed” neckline, and hair that hadn’t seen a comb for what looked like several days. He ALWAYS looked like he’d just rolled (not climbed, ROLLED) out of bed. What you could get away with, if you were on the radio!

[Demovictory9]

40. Boyd Matson?

[housecat]

16. Ah the perks of quarantine

[Hugin]

17. Bravo!

The cover of The New Yorker has kept Americans in touch with themselves for almost one hundred years.

[demmiblue]

18. The Umbros.

[cwydro]

31. I caught the Umbros too.

There’s a lot in that pic! Lmao!

[jg10003]

19. $9 for the New Yorker!!! I'm glad I moved out of NYC.

[kirby]

38. Pretty sure that price applies where you live now n/t

[KT2000]

20. the cats!

Every bit is so true.

[catrose]

21. Empty wine bottles on fridge. Empty Cheeto(?) bag on floor. And weights! Gotta keep in shape.

[lillypaddle]

22. Perfect

2020 in a nutshell. Cheers.

[lunatica]

23. I love it!

It catches the true meaning of working from home with only Zoom to see people’s faces.

[lastlib]

24. ...unless you're Jeff Toobin...... eom

[lunatica]

25. Ha!

It’s ok to relax, but not that much!

[cwydro]

32. She's a woman, no worries.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say most of us have more sense.

[Lucky Luciano]

35. Not so!

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/controversial-school-board-member-resigns-after-bathroom-mishap-in-zoom-meeting/VBVOYXEWIIWZ4WRLJLHODVBAD4/



She’s a scumbag too, so feel free to laugh along!

[IrishEyes]

26. How did they get a picture of my apartment?

The Chinese takeout container, coffee cup, computer on a stack of books, weights on the floor nearby, laundry on the bed, messiness, pink slippers and two kitties laying nearby are all accurate. I think I need to go clean my apartment.

[AllaN01Bear]

27. saw a photo of dan rather a long time ago. first scene . above the desk

3 peice suit , tie , long sleve shirt. jacket. below desk , levies and cowboy boots . interestink post. i do skype , and i wear what i wear.

[BobTheSubgenius]

28. Looks like my office.

And by `office,` I mean `personal, not professional office.`

And by `personal, not professional office` I mean `a desk with a PC in a spare bedroom.`

The mess is somewhat congruent, though.

[Talitha]

30. Love this! The Quarantini she's holding tops it all off.

[nitpicker]

33. Someone forgot to mention the hand sanitizer

And at least she dumped her masks and gloves on her floor instead of in front of the grocery store...

[Totally Tunsie]

41. ...and the toilet paper on the floor.

[burrowowl]

34. New Yorker always has had

great covers and great toons.

[CTyankee]

55. Who was the cartoonist with the little old lady and a spazzed out cat appearing regularly?

I fondly recall one where she is trying to introduce a cat to her dog (who is spaazing out): "I want you to think good thoughts about a pussycat."

And, of course, his very BEST, tho highly NYC-centric, one of his little old lady spaazing out at the OTB windows at GCT "Whaddya mean I can't buy a ticket to Scarsdale!"

Anyone who used GCT many years ago as I did remember when they changed out those ticket windows for Off Track Betting!

[Evolve Dammit]

36. Screen blocking unmade bedroom; this is so timely

[LudwigPastorius]

37. She's a woman after my own heart.

I just wonder, once the vaccine becomes widely available, are we all going to go apeshit...partying, hugging, sexing...after being shut in for a year? I wasn't around for V-J day, but I imagine it will be something a bit like that.

[Initech]

42. I think it's going to be like 1919.

A gradual, slow return to reality, and then the parties will commence. They didn't refer to the "roaring 20s" as the "roaring 20's" for nothing!

[eppur_se_muova]

43. Ah, the plastic bags on the floor ... those things have been multiplying like mad under quarantine.

WalMart sometimes puts a single item in one bag. Their pick-up service uses them up like there's no tomorrow.

[Polybius]

44. Damn, that's one messy person

I could never lol.

[heckles65]

46. As a veteran of one of the most miserable Christmas office parties in human history

I say, "This setup looks good to me!"

[heckles65]

47. That must be a NYC apartment

Man is it small. I would never want my cats' litterbox within three feet of my computer station.

[usaf-vet]

48. The Amazon boxes were my favorite. In this TWO SENIOR CITIZENS household. We have our share....

.... of empty Amazon boxes. Our local Food-Mart often has "hoax believers" shopping in the narrow isles without masks and consideration for safe distances. I have had them reach around me or over my shoulder to reach something on the shelf.

We decided to eliminate that unsafe situation and set up an Amazon subscription. The only person we have to worry about is the UPS or USPS person.

We leave the boxes in the "mudroom" for a day or two.

The moment we have a safe usable vaccine and the local Covid numbers drop significantly. We will gladly return to our old shopping routines.

[NJCher]

59. In ref to 1st para

My brother lives in an area where the unmasked think nothing of coming up behind you to reach for an item in the store. So he ordered these T-shirts that day “back off. I’m social distancing.” Trouble is they only say it on the front so now he’s taken to wearing them backwards.

[usaf-vet]

60. LOL! Well that makes more senses then trying to get the idiots to put on masks.

[Chili]

49. that is so ME!

Only thing missing are my two dogs, one of the cats, and empty Starbucks Caramel (or Vanilla) Ice Coffee bottles on the floor by my feet (until I finally get out of my chair to toss them in the garbage)

[MineralMan]

52. And on her monitor, there's Matt, flashing his package.

There's always one at every holiday office party...

[LAS14]

53. Why is this so satisfying? nt