Comment on Reality vs. male delusion

peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Gosh! How could a man possibly signal wealth to potential mates?

  If only society could come up with ways to flaunt one’s wealth!

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  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I appreciate the sarcasm, but that’s the thing. I don’t get it.

    I don’t know what makes wealthier people look wealthy. You can’t tell a watch is a Rolex from 20 feet away. Tailored Suit and tie? Great, everyone else wears that too.

    A house? I can’t bring that with me wherever I go.

    A car? I don’t know if you’ve met many women who care about what you drive.

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    • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Are you trying to attract materialistic women?

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      • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        ???

        This whole thread is about income being attractive.

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    • nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      There are women who definitely car about the (quality, cost) of the car you drive. It’s one of the most obvious status symbols.

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      • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’m sure there are some - particularly around the Midwest there are a lot of giant truck enthusiast types - I have no idea why, other than it might say “I have a farm and big arms.”

        So your looking at a $70k vehicle brand new. Personally if I was dropping $70k on a car it would be something far more fun to drive and cozier inside. And electric nowadays. And not Tesla.

        But I guess you could still go based on brand - your Mercedes sedan is going to be way fancier than any Ford you can get.

        But there are also the types who still think Jaguar is a luxurious brand. IDK.

        Or maybe I’m just analyzing the premise of wealth being attractive too much. What I consider something to be valuable won’t be what they do.

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• SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Seeing how that is solidly middle class you still need a decent personality to back that up so that might be the issue.

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  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s a good point, but it’s still 2.5x the median income for the area I live.

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    • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Image

      What women see.

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      • uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So it’s true, Lemmy does have something of a misogyny problem. Who would have thought?

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• Jankatarch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Do what men in the good old days did.

  Buy a pocket watch.
  Get a tophat and suit.
  Walk around with a cane.
  Pay for horse carriage instead of walking.
  Rename yourself Klein Moretti and uncover eldritch mysteries.
  Get a monocle.

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  • moonpiedumplings@programming.dev ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    LMFAO, I did not expect a lord of the mysteries reference in here. I gotta finish/reread it, I dropped it a long time ago

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  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Rename yourself Klein Moretti and uncover eldritch mysteries

    I’m like 99% sure this might be good advice

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  • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    My tshirt have mouse bites and my car has a cracked bumper Buying crap to signal wealth is jusr going to attract flies.

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    • oo1@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It seems to me that quite a lot of people want flies and that’s why quite a lot of resources are put into that type of shit.

      I was trying to explain to this dude in the pub - who didn’t understand my explanation that I don’t have a hairstyle - that I thought vanity was a waste of resources, and he looked at me like: “but everyone wants to look good, right?” He was confused. I was confused.

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• codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “Hello ${Woman’s Name}. Would you like to join me for dinner on ${Select free date} at ${Restaurant with 3 or 4 dollar signs for price on Yelp}? I also have a second ticket for ${Popular sold out show at theater} if you’d like to join me?”

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  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ok see, THAT makes sense.

    Also helps that I don’t look at prices anyway(not that that behavior is a good thing, I still need to budget for disposable income) unless something looks stupid, like a $200 steak (There is a place here with a $70 steak, I’m tempted to try it one day).

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    • Draces@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah I would definitely not talk like that to anyone you’re interested in. You have all the subtlety of a bull in a china shop. Don’t be this guy

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      • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I didn’t interpret what he said to be a script I should use. It was more of “don’t be afraid of actually using disposable income.”

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• xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  if you reeeallt wanted to attract a shallow person:
  fancy clothes, car, house…
  and humble bragging like, “damn this stock market! i lost $1 million dollars this morning… oh well, i can spare it”.
  also you can go to very expensive places that only rich people can afford.

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• Zenith@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Women are just aware of status symbols as men are, except we appreciate different status symbols then men… you can use your money to, workout, get fit and ask your trainer these questions, for example

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