There is one thing for uber wealthy people to act poor but I dont care if a wealthy person finds happiness in a frugal lifestyle. Sharing in cultures is vital to the human experience.
The crazy thing is that i i were filthy rich, the only thing that would change is that i wouldn't go to work anymore, and i'd probably invest in some sort of farm/weekly market where you can buy actually fresh and cheap veggies and things like that and i wouldn't have to care if it makes money. So i totally get that aspect of it. But pretending to be a complete hippie and selling that lifestyle while you're clearly not, just seems weird
See if there are any Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) orgs in your area, I used to go pick up a big box of produce every week at the farm where they grew them, was cool
There's this weird in between that many sister in law lives in. She buys everything at thrift stores but it's those trendy super expensive thrift stores lol
I think that is not necessarily true, just because they are wealthy does not mean they cannot then enjoy living frugally as a part of their chosen lifestyle.
I don't disagree with your sentiment taken in a vacuum, but gentrification (of housing and activities in general) is 100% a real thing and is almost always due to rich people trying to live a "frugal lifestyle." Idk man, shit just sucks all around
Yeah, I get that but the complaint that these people with wealthy parents get to focus on art and lifestyle is a failure of the system not the person.
We should all be able to do that but only the wealthy can, so spread the wealth yeah but dont hate on arts and independent thought, trying new things and seeking an environment you enjoy.
? in my expereince it's just people with some money trying to find a affordable place to live... and it gets nicer, so richer people are interested in it... and so on and so on.
Had a real waking up moment last week leaving one of my favorite venues seeing the band Chat Pile in a crowd of crusty, unwashed, punks, only to look at the parking lot after the show and see it filled with current model year Teslas, Mercedes, etc.
To be fair, there are also cases especially for older bands where their fanbase who were teens and young adults during their prime are now 40-50 year olds with families and are better off financially than they were back then.
They're phenomenal live, I've seen them twice in Asheville now and considered driving down to the Chattanooga show haha. Did he do the movie trivia bit with your crowd?
And their expensive dye jobs and tattoos.
I saw a woman panhandling downtown the other day, wearing brand new Asics, with full sleeve tattoos and bright purple hair. Fuck that honestly, i wish I had tattoo money. Not only that, they see you pushing a stroller and beg for money. Every cent I have belongs to my kids, you entitled, fake poor pricks. The wealthy Western kids that Panhandle while traveling are by far the most deplorable though
this is the culture of most of my city. lots of people in very expensive clothes, beards, and etc that make them look like semi homeless bums. who work for a tech company and are banking six figures.
Tech people look like semi homeless bums because we don't know how to dress ourselves. We aren't buying expensive clothes. We're spending our money on hardware, goofy nerdy shit, or investing in stonks for some reason.
I don’t give my money to anyone, usually. Except specifically some nader chasers I’ve
followed for years. They’re out there losing windshields for my enjoyment. That’s it tho.
Tattoos used to see you barred from many military and civil service organizations. Now ink is considered cosmopolitan and they're allowed.
Low-income service workers used to occupy the top floors of residential buildings, and even set up makeshift accomodation on building roofs. They called them penthouses.
Look at the shift in treatment of marijuana in the United States over the last decade.
If you listen to the first 3 or 4 minutes of this edgelords rant and don't get why he sucks... and don't see any red flags ... well, if you'd like to pay me for my time, message me and I can send you my venmo, and upon receipt of $10, I'll explain it to you.
edit: to all y'all who think I owe y'all my time, you're as entitled as this custie trustafarian pictured above.
We used to use the term in the mid 90s to describe the kids hanging out in Berkeley begging for cigarette money, then getting picked up in Mercs to get driven home in the hills. They were usually white kids with dreads.
They were dumbass kids. I'm sure the current batch are dumasses too I was never a fan, but in the scheme of things, there is a lot worse out there.