Back when a struggle meal was called dinner on Tuesday.
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As someone who went poverty -> comfortable -> not so well off, I can confirm. It was (mentally) easier to get up from the bottom than to deal with the loss and try to do it all over again and risk even further loss.
As the old curse says - May you have and then not have.
Tom Wolfe said that if a person goes from middle class to homeless in a shelter their life changes 50%. They still have the same clothes, watch the same TV shows, eat the same kind of food.
If someone goes from being a billionaire to middle class their life has changed 100%.
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..he said, drinking his Starbucks coffee
Found a new poor.
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..he said, drinking his Starbucks coffee
wrote on last edited by [email protected]those don't look like Starbucks cups? Aren't the only brown parts on a smaller sleeve? This cup looks mostly brown?
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those don't look like Starbucks cups? Aren't the only brown parts on a smaller sleeve? This cup looks mostly brown?
These Nouveau Pauvre can't tell a gas station French vanilla from a Starbucks caramel macchiato
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..he said, drinking his Starbucks coffee
Ironically poor people tend to put more emphasis on buying name brands, certainly for things that other people see, like clothes, vehicles etc.
Value signaling is a thing.
My dad grew up poor and he can't stand going to budget stores like Aldi and Lidl. It's almost a matter of principe for him, he can afford to go to the more expensive store so he will.
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Ironically poor people tend to put more emphasis on buying name brands, certainly for things that other people see, like clothes, vehicles etc.
Value signaling is a thing.
My dad grew up poor and he can't stand going to budget stores like Aldi and Lidl. It's almost a matter of principe for him, he can afford to go to the more expensive store so he will.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]This sounds like a Nouveau Riche thing because your dad now has money to spend. If he can go to Whole Foods over Aldi, he ain't pauvre.
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those don't look like Starbucks cups? Aren't the only brown parts on a smaller sleeve? This cup looks mostly brown?
i used "Starbucks" in a "generic expensive coffee to go"- way
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A relevant discussion on the topic:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=05RZJxDIhTU -
..he said, drinking his Starbucks coffee
Are you implying that the poor should be denied luxury items?
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This sounds like a Nouveau Riche thing because your dad now has money to spend. If he can go to Whole Foods over Aldi, he ain't pauvre.
It's not only my father in taking about
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Are you implying that the poor should be denied luxury items?
Are you dumb? thanks
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I married a trust fund kid and then got saddled with his credit card debt after he dumped me.
Got to go on nice expensive vacations, ate ridiculous food on the top of Harrod’s in London. Now I’m making pillows out of old t-shirts because I don’t have a mattress.
The big lesson I learned is that it actually does not matter how smart, talented or hard working you are. It’s about having rich family.
Bro you can just go to the salvation army, you don't have to wear pillows as tshirts LMAO
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Ironically poor people tend to put more emphasis on buying name brands, certainly for things that other people see, like clothes, vehicles etc.
Value signaling is a thing.
My dad grew up poor and he can't stand going to budget stores like Aldi and Lidl. It's almost a matter of principe for him, he can afford to go to the more expensive store so he will.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]It’s the whole “couponing is only trashy if you’re poor” mentality.
For the rich, couponing is a game. See how much you can get, for as little as possible. You have the storage space for it, so you’re not worried about excess or waste. All you care about is gaming the system to see what you can get. You had to buy 18 months worth of laundry detergent to get the discount? That’s fine, cuz you have space for it at home. And your basic necessities are already covered, so the coupons don’t need to be for staples that you’ll use quickly or regularly.
For the poor, couponing is a necessary evil. You’re eating chicken every day this week; Not because you really like chicken, but because it’s what you had a coupon for. And now you need to eat it before it goes bad, because you need the space in the fridge for this week’s coupons and you can’t afford to simply toss it out.
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Bro you can just go to the salvation army, you don't have to wear pillows as tshirts LMAO
You have it backwards. They’re using old t-shirts to sew pillows. The same way some people use old shirts for quilting, or for window cleaning rags.
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..he said, drinking his Starbucks coffee
Quitting coffee has never make anyone rich. That's not a cost that kills you.
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The opposite of Nouveau Riche: Nouveau Pauvre. They lack the culture of people who were born into poverty.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I legitimately think this is a thing.
I suspect folks who grew up with door dash see it as a normalized service. I grew up poor before it was a thing, and even though I'm financially better now it's only used when we're absolutely pooped.
There are just... So many more entrenched predatory services now that only serve to extract money more efficiently. All that klarna "buy now pay later" stuff? Absolutely deadly if someone doesn't know how to budget.
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..he said, drinking his Starbucks coffee
Stole it.
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Bro you can just go to the salvation army, you don't have to wear pillows as tshirts LMAO
I feel like Salvation Army pillows are going to be gross and hard to clean - might pick up bed bugs. Thrifting the stuffing/pillow forms and sewing them into t-shirts makes something quick and comfortable.
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You have it backwards. They’re using old t-shirts to sew pillows. The same way some people use old shirts for quilting, or for window cleaning rags.
Damn, then it clearly shows this guy privilege, poverty related.
No poor person is thinking about comfort when sleeping, but being dressed and covered from the elements? Yeah that ranks higher
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Are you implying that the poor should be denied luxury items?
Aren't luxury items supposed to be high quality?
