Originally posted by Ghost C
There's no money in my house. I'm not about to start selling my stuff for less than half of what it's worth to any of the shops (They want to give me $25 for a ring I've seen in shops for $300, for instance), so that leaves me with fixing the hole with what I have around the house. The same thing we've had to do with the rest of everything that's gone wrong.
My point was not that you should sell your stuff at a loss. My point was that
perhaps that stuff should not have been bought in the first place, if it left the household without enough money to fix a broken window. If some real tragedy occurred between times that interfered with family income, I can see your point. However, it might be a better idea to
prepare for the unknown rather than complaining about not being able to afford it.
I've been married 13 years. My wife's engagement ring cost $100 because that is the sum total of what I could spare at the time. Since that time I have not had enough extra money to buy her something nicer (but ultimately unnecessary) until
this year, when I finally bought her a piece of jewelry for her 40th birthday. But neither of us is wearing a $300 ring, plus other jewelry, while I patch a window with cardboard.
My wife and I
both drive 7-year-old Neons, which are obviously cheap cars. I'd have to trade them
both in to get anything like a downpayment for even a modest new car. Any minor accident will likely total one because they are worth nothing. Yet they both run and I plan on keeping them for at least 2 years more. I could buy a new car if I was willing to - but I'd rather drive an old Neon, and have a couple spare mortgage payments in store in case something truly bad happens.
Do I complain about driving an old car? No. But I don't complain about being unable to fix something that breaks, either. You make your own choices; so don't complain whn they turn out to be incorrect.
I've never got up in the morning and said to myself "Hey, I wonder how badass I can look today", or even anything like that. I don't know why people think I do, I don't "work hard to achieve the image of a badass",
It's been abundantly explained why people think that. In fact, you're the only person in this thread who doesn't think that. Since you maintain that you don't care that we do think you try to project a badass image, perhaps you should not complain about ways
other people try to project a badass image.
I dress poor because I am poor. I buy what I can afford, sorry I can't afford **** from designer labels like the rest of you people seem to be able to.
In all honesty, most "poor" people I've seen drive far nicer cars and wear far more expensive clothes than I do. Not all of them, but many many.
- My nicest car is a 3-year-old minivan with 50,000 miles on it, that I just bought used to replace my 11-year-old minivan. My old car was destroyed in an accident - I got rear ended by a "poor" person driving a brand new car with state-mandated minimum insurance. It's likely totalled and she likely owes her bank 4-5 more years of car payments, with no car to go with them. Until the accident I had no intention of replacing the van, even though much nicer ones were available.
- If you consider Lands End $17 shirts as a designer label, then I wear designer clothes. I own 4 pairs of shoes; my only pair of sneakers is 5 years old and cost $35 new. Yet I see "poor people" in full length leather coats, Hilfiger logos all over them, wearing gold watches and the newest Nikes (or some other, more hip-and-expensive brand I don't know about) in gleaming spotless white. If you dress at Walmart prices, I certainly won't bust on you, because so do I.
- See my post about jewelry above.
Hey, you made the point about it being different, not me.
I never said that I shouldn't have posted the picture. I said in retrospect, yes, I agree it does seem as if I'm trying to look like I'm a badass, I simply explained why it looked that way.
You seem offended that people think you're
trying to look like a badass. We're simply explaining why we think that. No matter how much you wish to project that onto
us, you need to realize that you are the one doing the projecting. Again; you make the choice - so don't complain about the results.
Ok, you might not start with me in 1/4 of the threads I post in, but it sure seems like it when I come on and see you attempting to insult me, or something I've said. You may or may not be trying to prove you're a badass, but I still think it's pointless to have pissing contests online.
I'll have to end my participation with what vat_man said. The irony is killing me.
Don't shoot!
