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If I were to start life over again I would not over-rationalize myself into a middling economic position as I did. Thinking we're so "above it all" can turn around and become a less intelligent decision in the long run because your relationship to others matters and opportunities can be gained or lost depending on their impression of you. I believe this kind of economic nihilism can work out well for some, but at least for me it was a bad move because-for example-I'm unable to bring myself to take advantage of public assistance and things like that. I got caught in sort of a sub-optimal scenario, far from being the worst case (I actually like my job a bit and that counts for a lot), but being far short of what could have been if I'd truly applied myself both in education and in my private life.

I use a Nokia flip phone, because touch screens make me irrationally angry and I had enough.

there are people who actually believe this shit, but it's usually midwit college students

>>69163
2009 was 15 years ago and those midwit college students are midwit white collar managerial class now

The only people who care about your cell phone preference are teenagers. It's a zoomer thing it seems.

>>69153
Depending on your state you might still be able to get some stuff like food stamps. I understand the cutoff salary for that is quite high.

>>69167
iphone barely had just above 10% market share in 2009, nokia was what everyone had (except me since i was in middle school)

>>69169
Nah I just mean it's been like, psychologically/culturally ingrained in me that I shouldn't. It's not like I need it, but it's just that conundrum of, were I to not need to work for money as I do (because I were willing to exploit the benefits system), could I have accomplished that much more by devoting my time towards my own goals? If I had worked harder in school and pursued higher education instead of writing it off as basically being beneath me (*tips fedora*) would certain things outside of work have gone better perhaps? Can't really say. I have some friends who're much better off than me career wise but it hasn't really yielded the kind of quality of life improvements I think I'd want as a trade off for the sacrifices they'd made. I also have some who're so wildly well off through no merit on their part (not that they are without merit and often the opposite-just that they themselves didn't work for their opulence specifically) that they live a life free of any kind of struggle and minimal responsibility. Rich kids and retards are the two demographics I think I find myself the most envious of, not because of their access to money in the former's case but their freedom from needing to devote so much time and energy, physical and mental, into pursuing it.

>>69171
Repeat my mantra: "THINK"
and WONDER!

don't get trapped in the distractions, let the normies be the boiling frogs

>>69179
>>69168

it wasn't an argument about tecsoylogy but basically having to carry a commonly recognized pedant worth 800-1500 currency in shape of a modern phone saying 'i come from a background where i can afford minimum 1500 world currencyunits of monthly disposable income so my lineage is not of a degenerate' to be taken seriosuly and choosing to display carrying a different pedant is an inverse, - suggesting indecisiveness, lack of ability on or spitefulness against picking social ques, troubled and stunted personality and/or involuntary necessity for, or unhealthy obsession of being frugal which suggests troublesome family background, lack of education and professional ability.
a person that has to out of necessity spend time looking for the least worn out pair of jeans in trift stores is not going know what Tame Impala is, suggesting problematic background and psyche, and probably should be avoided and cannot be trusted with money.

>>69198
like this is not about even abut fashion or normies, but a social que, a rule of thumb that your are one of those who is somewhat trustworthy and has their shit together.

humor is that autistic people obsessed with technical metrics of consumer goods are going to spitefully oversee it and fail at life.

>>69199
sending out screenshots with time apple macos window widgets and not windog11 widgets to someone even from their shit tier laptops in chat suggests them not that you are rich, but plainly suggests that at least you are grounded enough financially not be not affected by that expenditure, which tells a lot about if you can be trusted and relied on or not. (whenever you want to be receptive to that or not, it's not going to be your choice.)
that you didn't have to go into trades and start drinking yourself to death simply because you sucked at almost everything but PE, that you are at minimum one tier above that.

(immediately) telling that you are at least one caste above shelve stocker or tradie wagie is an important filter.

Nah, anyone who needs to put this much thought and energy into influencing their perception is compensating. If it is not natural for you to come across as high class then u are just faking and will look dumb. Actually high class ppl do not care about Apple bs, you are aspiring to follow the trends of bourgeois, which is really not at all better than being a poorfag. It's like how poors think that the ultimate status symbol is graceless ugly stuff like lambourginis or wristwatches . Nouveau riche is so ugly and it is better to just be yourself

being middle class is really not such a boon at this point when all the young ppl from those backgrounds are completely insane and destroying themselves even more than poors

>>69202
This is true.

The richest people I ever met were all very down to earth unassuming people to look at. They have a certain air about them that immediately gives away thier status though. Just the way they hold themselves I guess.

dumbest shit ive read in a while
were you high when you wrote this op?

>>69249
he's a mentally disabled virgin