Luxury Fashion Is For Broke People | Asmongold Reacts

[@TuckshopBandit1]

Casually Explained nailed it: "You might think you're cool for wearing a $5000 Giorgio Armani suit, but if you really were cool Giorgio Armani would pay you to wear their suits".

[@mezjean5966]

What is cool about being a human billboard corporate sell-out? What's really cool, is rejecting conformity.

[@DB1Dragoon]

​@@mezjean5966 Ah yes reject conformity and get off all social media 🤡

[@xrosso6515]

@@mezjean5966 you missed the point,isn't wearing the suit which would make the person cool,but they would choose someone cool to pay because if someone cool wear it then it make look the suit better,understand the comment before answering

[@mezjean5966]

@@xrosso6515 I understood the comment perfectly well. Getting paid to be a human billboard vs buying the product and becoming a billboard voluntarily is not cooler. Doing so voluntarily would actually be cooler if you wanna go there, because you didn't sell out. You chose to support something you like.

[@xrosso6515]

@@mezjean5966 for someone who "have understood" you are a worst listener than a wall, him said"if you were cool giorgio armani would pay you to wear their suit" that mean they give you the offer,that you have accepted is another problem,plus everybody have to do something to survive if you are an actor/model ecc, doing publicity is necessary,people don't live of dream and good things, plus really they could FAR WORSE,see "GOOP", aniway generally people taken to be billboard of suit or others clothes are at least good looking,him never said they were "morally good" ecc, not all people who are considered "cool" are righteous person,so really you have taken your problem with sellout and bring to this comment for no reason

[@chart_9196]

I never understood people saving up money to buy luxury branded products.. but then again those people wont understand people spending money on microtransactions and upgrading pc specs..

[@batialexis9339]

We save up to have drip, something you'll never get. Jk, i'm wearing a 10 year old tee

[@uuop9940]

nah most things that are expensive look ugly@@batialexis9339

[@unlisted9494]

I buy $200 shoes but only because they're the only shoes my godzilla feet fit in lol

[@Finkaisar]

Bad point. Better pc lets you do so much more. Youv never had a pc to understand. Microtransactions might give me a boost in games or give cool skins. Luxury brands are just overpriced and often lower quality, like shoes that are expensive brand which are awfull for your feet compared proper walking shoes

[@igorporfiirio4915]

​@@FinkaisarI agree with you partly, but branded clothes are basically "real life cool skins"

[@TinkerTailorSailorTy]

Asmongold takes the idea of “stealth wealth” to a whole new level.

[@elliottb7009]

one of the olsen twins went homeless. that kinda sets the bar.

[@peterpan4038]

Yeah, i mean we all know that Asmon is rich. But he likes money more as a means to sleep well without the need to give a crap, while streaming and playing games 24/7. He isn't exactly humble or a "good guy", but unlike your typical money crowd on social media his identity isn't centered around "look at me, i'm rich".

[@Dieboard]

​@@peterpan4038it goes a little further than that. He doesn't want to own an expensive car and worrying when going to the supermarket it gets damaged by some careless shopper. There is a difference between not showing off money or not buying high value items that give tension on the way you live. Keanu Reeves is also a example that doesn't own anything like a luxury home or car. It's about not having ownership and don't have to care. Same as Elon Musk doesn't own a home. It's not about status or money but about focus energy on life and not item's that seems to be nice but gives allot of worries. If you have a lot of money and buy a car off one million you will be worried if someone crashed in your car, or when you know it's on a thigh spot and in a bad neighborhood. So, wealth has nothing to do with it, there is no stealth wealth idea. It's about people that have money wearing a t-shirt with a hole in it while the person that doesn't have money wears a Gucci t-shirt he can't afford. If he gets a stain in the shirt i will get paranoid where the wealthy person with a t-shirt with a hole in it won't give a Damm about a stain in his shirt.

[@yeti.6341]

@@peterpan4038I agree completely

[@jonathaningram8157]

@@elliottb7009 because of bad financial management or is she still rich but decided to be homeless ?

[@MyHabbits]

The really stupid thing about luxury goods is that you could use the same money to hire an artisan to make a custom product that is likely better quality and the money would go to people with useful skills rather than marketers.

[@vegetashairline3060]

But you have to understand that other dumb poor people dont care about that, its the brand that activates their pea brain. You can spend 50k on a custom bag, and you have to constantly tell people you did that for them to understand its worth anything, and those people still wouldnt care as much as if it were a 10k bag from a brand they are told to care about.

[@GenericProtagonist7]

People value the brand more than the quality, life will always be shit and that's because other people are lemmings.

[@solarissv777]

@@GenericProtagonist7 yeah, just comapre quality of stitching and fabricks of any "fashion" stuff and at least mid grade outdoorsman clothing/footwear the latter being even cheaper. I just don't understand how some sandals can be more expensive than proper boots, that require twenty times more learhter (and much larger pieces), complex multi layered sole, and way more craftsmanship in general. And you can go thousands of kilometers during several years in those boots, how much do women go in their fancy sandals?

[@Smol_Eri]

I hired a cobbler to make me some work boots. I’ve used these boots for literal decades and never once had to buy new ones. The high upfront cost has saved me way more than the price in not needing to buy new boots.

[@bensheard3969]

​@@Smol_Ericobblers are real ones. Just had redwings resoled and polished for 60 BUCKS. They look new

[@AerysTMD]

My sister once told me, no matter what designer brand you wear, it will never look good if you're fat & ugly. Be fit, pleasant & presentable is what truly matters she says.

[@testAccount-eb2ve]

She is wise!

[@TrueEnspyre57]

Your sister is smart

[@tctrickshot]

my dad use to say "you can stick make up on a pig but its still just a pig" when describing fat ugly women that cake up in makeup etc

[@hectorgarcia3675]

If you wear "designer brand", women will think you're rich and so you will get attractive, even if you're fat and ugly. But if you're poor despite your clothes, they will get sad to know the truth ...

[@truth.LANTERN]

@@hectorgarcia3675 Them thinking you are rich is just going to put the expectation on you to spend a ton of money on them when you are dating. There's no reason to lie about your wealth when dating because it will screw you in the long run. You will attract the wrong type of women and now she is going to come with the expectation to buy her designer bags.

[@indeed8211]

i grew up in a really wealthy family no one wore brands like gucci or armani they had expensive clothing like hugo boss suits but they had watches jewellery or clothing made by brands who no one would ever have heard of they have no marketing they aren't loud they are just the kind of company where they may have a tiny shop in london or paris who sell $10,000 coats which will last forever and have been in business since the 1700s

[@lilbaz8073]

Fun fact. Hugo Boss made the nazi uniforms. They did look smart though. Had a $500 hugo boss suit that moths ate. Get a suit bag.

[@Alblaka]

This. True quality doesn't need a marketing department. But since most consumers don't want true quality, just believe into accessible marketing, marketing still works.

[@MaximilianMusArchive]

@@lilbaz8073Hugo Boss suits usually come with a bag

[@MaximilianMusArchive]

@@lilbaz8073pretty much every suit does

[@lilbaz8073]

@@MaximilianMusArchive not from moss bros. Buy the bag seperate.

[@shibapatrol801]

This is why luxury brands were counterfeited constantly in China and now in South-East Asia because so many people wanted to look like they can afford these brands but they were way too poor to afford them. I went to visit the Philippines where my wife is from and while her family is middle-class and wealthier than most average Filipinos, the stark contrast between how the middle-class and poor people dressed was eye opening. So many people who were financially well-off dressed in Uniqlo (Japanese brand, similar to H&M, Zara etc) while the poor dressed in mostly in fake luxury brand clothing with huge logos and branding.

[@lukehanfett9388]

Yeah man Uniqlo all the way. I stopped buying shirts with logos on them around the age of 25.

[@Fapnyr]

Funny Thing is, the counterfeits aren't even much worse than the "real" stuff. Basically the same quality

[@bighatastrea]

Never once in my life did I meet people who enjoy this stuff for real or know anything about luxury fashion. Not even in elitist college where I met lots of girls with insanely rich parents. You can buy a fake Gucci belt for 10$ and they wouldn't realise it's not real. To this day my mom uses a fake brand handbag that looks like the real deal and people at her work believed it lmao. Legit 99.9999% of people don't know what the real stuff is made off anyway

[@TWHowl]

Funny. I wear a lot of Uniqlo and I’m good w money/well off 😅 never noticed the trend

[@dimasakbar7668]

please also note that in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philipines, the fake branded stuff is WAAAY cheaper than Uniqlo, H&M, Zara, etc

[@Dracusmage]

My uncle was a developer (retired now), and I met one of his business partners at a party a couple decades ago. He was worth about 60 Million at the time. He wasn't wearing a Rolex, he was wearing a Shark watch with velcro strap. He and I (young teenager at the time) talked about how great our digital watches were ( I think I had a Casio) and how he liked that mine had a regatta timer option and how he was probably going to upgrade. To a sub-$100 today money watch. I've never forgot the interaction. Every time I see someone with a Rolex or Louis Vuitton bag or whatever, I think about that millionaire and his Shark watch, politely talking to a kid just starting high school about his similarly inexpensive boat racing watch. You only have to show you're rich if you can barely afford it (or can't afford it). If everyone knows you can definitely afford it, you instead can rock at $30 Shark watch with velcro straps.

[@crashed3927]

I recently listened to a podcast with a guy who manages around 4 billion dollars and one of the stories he told was this one: He once was at a big gala event standing next to some high ranking UN official and it was really hot that day. So the UN guy asked him why he won't take his jacket off to which he replied: "The shirt im wearing underneath has some big holes in it, I've had it for 30 years" and to his surprise the UN guy then showed him holes in his shoes and his shirt and they laughed and talked about how they had both been wearning the same suit for like 30years and never bothered to buy a new one. Broken watches, old suits, holes in their shoes and those are some of the most influencial people in europe but they've never fallen for consumerism... You don't get rich by spending money on useless stuff, and most succesful people who worked for their money know that. Consumerism is for the dumb and the poor to articifially boost their self worth, because haven't archived anything. In germany where I live most of the super rich don't appear on any top lists and their faces are not known to the public. They dress normally and behave normally that way they can live a normal life.

[@jamegumb7298]

I like a good watch. I am not going to get a big flashy watch and do not want a Rolex. At best a bottom tier Patek it I ever win the lottery. Breitling Navitimer maybe, there is not a more beautiful watch on this planet. But that is just my taste.

[@lanovia3838]

I think it depends on the country and mentality. I can imagine an american millionaire in shabby clothes, but a millionaire in Russia? no way, they would be dripping with money, like a christmas tree flashy and kitch as hell.

[@vercingetorix9005]

The biggest fashion hack I’ve discovered was to simply get in shape. You can get away with a $10 crew neck tee if you’re jacked and sub 15% bodyfat.

[@CGCEifel]

You can even get away with being whatever you are when you stop giving af about peoples opinions. In a healthy manner, of course. (Edit Typo).

[@KiesStaminho]

its all about loving yourself and not giving a shit about what people think of you. nobody cares about your fitness or clothes. humar and selfesteem is the stuff that makes you admirable.

[@trevorruth3318]

@@KiesStaminhohe’s 100% right tho, being in shape makes cheap clothes look expensive and expensive clothes look even more expensive

[@GenericProtagonist7]

​​​@@KiesStaminho People always say this yet I know it's false, and I can use myself as the example; I do judge people when I'm out in public, it's completely involuntary and happens at a glance. Am I the only person who does this? Of course not, that's ridiculous. So why pretend that no one judges other people in public? Now with that said; the reality is that people *definitely* do care, just a little bit, but that still doesn't matter. If I walk past you in public and think you dress like you're poor, who gives a shit? I'm just some asshole who's thinking things, you'll never even know I was judging you anyways so it literally can't effect you, so it's not worth worrying about.

[@baron3904]

Sub 15% body fat is considered undernourished in most cases. Be well

[@thegrimcritic5494]

If you know how to take care of yourself and you have a strong sense of style, you could literally just go to Target, pick the perfect collection of clothes, and look like a supermodel. It isn’t about who made the clothes, it’s about how you wear it.

[@duanebailey6253]

Cab literally shop at tj max and goodwill in rich areas and find all top brands for the same price as target clothes. It's silly to spend hundreds on pajamas.

[@AniYirie]

This right here. There are people who are wearing name-brand clothing from head to foot and clash like a discordant cacophony. Logos mean nothing, in the grand scheme of life.

[@thegrimcritic5494]

Well and I specifically said Target because their clothes actually look really nice for being relatively cheap. Target specifically has a few cheap “brands” that they run themselves, and you can put together a LOT of really nice outfits for just a fraction of the price of most designer brands.

[@servalkorion686]

You can buy the same luxury brands at the thrift store for SO much less. Second hand shopping is king buying things for retail is for suckers

[@servalkorion686]

style beats branding every time

[@RazielAU]

For people that want to look the part but not spend the cash, especially for meetings with clients and job interviews, buy a good but standard suit that you like from a store. Then take it to a tailor and get them to custom fit it to your body. If all goes well, it'll end up looking like a custom tailored suit at a fraction of the cost. Just keep in mind they can only make it smaller, not larger, so don't walk in with a suit that's too small and expect them to fix it, find something that already has a fairly good fit which they can just adjust a little to better match your body and give it that custom tailored look.

[@lamywater]

Great tip. I bought an inexpensive jacket + pants for ~$100 from H&M or somewhere similar, then went to a tailor and paid ~$40, and man does it look great.

[@denen404]

most people i've met that are better off than me don't wear the branded name brand stuff(at the same time most of them spend more on personal tailoring of their clothes than their clothes themselves.

[@murmamirrmohaimen2271]

One thing to note about this is to make sure the suits are stitched. I had a jacket that was had fused seams. Basically joined with heat and glue. Tailors cant adjust that type of suits.

[@RazielAU]

@@murmamirrmohaimen2271Nice tip, never thought about that side of things.

[@WarFoxThunder]

OMFG GENIUS

[@01BLSP4Y]

The big difference between actual luxury and peacock luxury is that actual luxury is just about the quality of the item, its not about showing off the branding so that other people know, its literally just that you are getting a high quality product that will last, simply because you appreciate quality. Its the difference between "I like it because its nice, it will last, it fits better" and "Its nice, it will last, it fits better, and people will see the logo and think its nice. and realize that I can pay for it"

[@Pizzathyme117]

I deleted my social media like 6-7 years ago because it was a waste of time. People who try to flex online are just as pathetic as the people who try to do it in person.

[@thanok7]

you know whats great? to be in between. Not rich, not short on money. Earning a good amount of money and just live your life and be at peace, spending money on unnecessary things cause you can and so on and so on. If only everybody could live like that, I wish you all the best guys

[@dannydetonator]

If you're from US, the "in between" or even most "middle class" Americans would be considered rich by most of the world's population. So in relativity globally you're aspiring to be comparatively rich. Even blue-collar workers in US, Switzerland or Norway earn more money than some considered rich developing countries even after adjusting for necessity basket cost. What i'm trying to say - all this take only works in US and partly in countries with similar or higher average wealth. And So your top 1% in US is much smaller percentage globally, but the global top 1% must include at least 10-20% globally (Americans) on top of my head without looking up actual statistics. There's a good reason American tourists have a stereotype being "the rich American tourists" in most places where they choose for their holiday destinations. Because if you can afford trips like that, you're relatively "rich" for the most of world's population. Many who are average earnersbut no savings or business/investment ventures are forced to get by and consider themselves poor because capitalist/neoliberal system requires too much spending in the national system to get the culturally acceptable living comfort.

[@yellingintothewind]

@@dannydetonator The US poverty line is roughly 80% worldwide median. Obviously expenses are higher too, but Cantillon effects allow Americans to buy luxury goods more readily than most of the world.

[@yeyosilver7067]

Be rich is great

[@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070]

Until inflation and rapacious unethical business practices wipe you our, read, the erasure of the Middle Class

[@omgvague]

Worked as a screen printer. We bought blank Ts at wholesale for like $2.50. Some walk-in orders would ask for a single color print then resell for like $40, when even $10 is too much for what they had printed.

[@OhmmZ33]

Any recommendations for screen printing at home/personal use?

[@omgvague]

​@@OhmmZ33 A small manual press is your best bet, but it will take you many applications before you begin to understand what technique you'll need to use in order to achieve the desired pressure and swipe. other items you'll need to think about: where to design and develop the film, a way to burn the film's image into a pre-treated screen (they apply an emulsion to the screen prior to burning), some acetone inside of a small pressure gun to correct minor mistakes, a rolling oven to cure the image onto the fabric, an area to clean the screen for reuse which will most likely require a pressure washer and some scrub pads but this is also where you will "wash out" the image after it has been burned. this opens the holes of the screen to allow the ink through, and then you'll need the ink(s) depending on how many colors you want and this is also dependent on how many colors your press can do, adhesive paper to cover the platen and spray adhesive for the fabric to stick to the adhesive paper on the platen (the board that holds the shirt in place). you cannot remove the shirt from the platen, cure it, and reapply more color easily with a manual press. you will need to be selective if you want a multi-color design and if you do get a multi-color design, you'll need a way to flash the ink between prints so that the inks don't bleed together. sorry if wall of text... and i'm sure i'm missing some stuff but, it isn't a hard process once you're experienced. it just sounds like a lot when getting started. If you just had the inks, press, a drying oven and a wash area you could most likely get in contact with a local printer to get access to/have them do any of the other steps you can't do on your own. oh, one final thing... i recommend doing this in a garage/shed with ventilation and/or an open door. it can get hot with that oven rolling and the acetone isn't fun to smell for too long.

[@KiesStaminho]

Its only to much when people dont want to pay the price. Its not about cost vs selling price. Its all about convenience, problem solving and emotion. Every salesman knows that.

[@DirtyDadJokes]

*”There’s a Ferrari dealership in Austin. I thought about going there but I ended up going to Taco Bell instead.”* And that’s why we love you, Asmond.

[@jewhunterbiden]

asmondgold

[@TheG60528XiJinPing]

Crunch Wrap > leather wrapped

[@NullaVitae]

They would think he was homeless and kick him out of the dealership

[@fourohsevenfishing]

@@NullaVitae little do they know he makes their salary in a month, don't judge a book by it's cover

[@ohgeezrick2019]

@@fourohsevenfishing Ferrari is famous for monitoring the behavior of their owners. They see it as you being a reflection on the brand and they won’t allow you to be a bad image for them.

[@theveiledghost4414]

My brother-in-law is a multi millionaire. He has an old phone, he has a newer car but he isn't driving this top of the line luxury car. He is wearing clothes from Wal-mart, no designer or name brands. His wife doesn't spend 100s to 1000s on a purse or clothes. If you look at him, and don't know the guy, you'd never guess he is rich. Only time he dresses up is for business meetings. And its not a suit worth thousands and thousands of dollar. While my mom, who has always been tight on money, buys the latest iphone, buys a new car, spends 100s on brand name purses and shoes. The most expensive ipad, spends 100s to add stuff to her vehicles. And about iPhones, they are cheaper than Androids now. I have the 15 Plus and it was $900. My 5 year old Android that shit the best gave me $850 in store credit. I looked at the new Androids, they were 100s more than the iPhone. Used to be the other way around. And no I dont take sides, I just go for the better deal.

[@philipashworth4]

Former employee of Louis Vuitton. A girl I was helping once said ‘’If I buy this I can’t afford rent…….but I deserve this I work so hard, I should have it’’. I’ve seen some version of this story countless time working there. Even when I would jokingly suggest not getting it, people were too hungry for it. As for Asmons comments on fake pieces. You can tell very easily. It was entertaining at times to see wives come in to get their ‘’collector’’ pieces repaired that their husbands had bought them. Seeing couples loose it in front of you over it was always interesting.

[@deucalion5168]

At some point you've got to think that buying stuffs above their means is the only druggery left for a lot of middle class people. It is ultimately better if they can find joy in anything else, but I can't help but to feel bad for them.

[@MAGAMAN]

These are what we like to call "Stupid people". If people were smart, all these luxury items wouldn't exist, or at least wouldn't exist at the prices they are at.

[@TunaIRL]

​@@MAGAMANI'm sure you're a part of the intelligent people "MAGAMAN" lmao

[@hx5525]

⁠​⁠@@MAGAMANLuxury items and stuff like jewelry and decor all have a place. It’s just that the markups on luxuries are artificial and insane.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

Did you get fired after you said maybe someone shouldn't get it?

[@badrequest5596]

Learning a second language as a kid is far more useful than not learning it, even if you never use it. By learning a different language as a child it will mold your brain into a learning pattern. You teach a child's brain to learn and adapt. and if you keep that up past teenage years, then as an adult they'll be more prone to learn and understand new concepts and help learning a third language later in life when you actually need one to get that high end tech job. It sharpens your tools (brain) for later in life. After a certain age the brain sets itself and refuses to mold itself further. So if all you did was to catch up with the kardeshians, that is all your brain will want to do.

[@FedkaSlovanich]

i took russian so i could shit talk on rust better

[@savannahwhitney4031]

Learning multiple languages and musical instruments correlate with higher iq

[@sejithevoid2059]

It's a massive waste in taxpayer money. Most kids can't speak the language they have been learning by the time they finish school. Also, in my life, at the schools I went to, I have had compulsory French, Italian and Japanese... So you can't continue with your studies if you change school. Music on the other hand teaches the same cognitive skills, has the same effect on IQ, and can be studied regardless of what school you go to.

[@georgehill3087]

@@sejithevoid2059 It's a waste because the system is poorly designed. It's not the subjects' fault. There's too much emphasis on scoring high and doing homework than actually learning the knowledge and skill.

[@Julenissen117]

He did have a point when he finished with saying "People can't even use English", I'll give him that.

[@rhythmandblues9302]

I’m a doctor in a shit-poor area. During the pandemic, lots of my patients received social security increases for six months. And what did they spend it on…? PS5s, 80-inch TVs, cosmetic dentistry, weight-loss surgery, and holidays more expensive than I would *ever* entertain. Because - in my opinion - they wanted to cosplay being rich. They could’ve saved it up, learned to drive, studied a course, or even just got a service of alcohol licence and applied for bar work, and pulled themselves out of their poverty over the next couple of years. But no. What was it Rupert Pupkin said at the end of The King Of Comedy? “Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime”. I suppose if your self-opinion and social expectations are dog shit, this was an offer that couldn’t be refused. Very dark, very sad.

[@hiddendrifts]

i think the issue there is more that they don't "value" that money as much as if they'd earned it themselves. they view it as a temporary gift to splurge on themselves with, rather than an asset to make long term investments with

[@tmajec]

Weight loss surgery may be beneficial for them, the rest…… well…..

[@rhythmandblues9302]

@@hiddendrifts Yep, I’m sure that’s part of it. If you’ve never *earned* money but only ever been given it, I suppose you never graduate out of the ‘pocket money’ mindset.

[@rhythmandblues9302]

@@tmajec Y’know, one of my patients has done just that. Saved up her benefits and paid for a gastric bypass. She’s lost tons of weight, and now has a job. I’m really fuckin’ proud of her.

[@realhumanbean7915]

Yeah that's why poverty is often generational. People don't learn money management and waste it away on dumb purchases. It's also why a lot of immigrant families (often of asian origin) I've seen have better economic mobility than native residents (haven't looked up the data on this yet)

[@michaelg.4562]

If you see a poor person wearing Gucci/LV, theres a 99% chance its fake and was bought for 5 Bucks at a bazaar. They all know it and its just a normal part of their fashion.

[@bodigames]

in the Netherlands we don’t do fake stuff. Everything is you see here is most likely real.

[@jamegumb7298]

​@@bodigamesShows how much you know. You can spot a fake Vuitton from afar, many many are in fact fakes.

[@blackpillfitness9136]

Whats the point in buying real Gucci when the ripoff brand looks and performs exactly the same for a fraction of the cost? Think about it

[@jamegumb7298]

@@blackpillfitness9136 It does not look the same at all. LV and Hermes you can see very easily especially, even at a glance.

[@pridefall3304]

as a woman I would buy luxury items if the quality was better and I knew it would last me. I bought (when I was young and stupid) expensive shoes/bags that start falling apart within a year. Meanwhile I still have a walmart shirt that I got for $9 in 2016 that I wear regularly. Pisses me off that price has no correlation with quality so I can't buy things for the long term. And don't get me started on the plague that is fast fashion.

[@theoutsider8745]

That's my issue too. It sucks that pricing is never an indication of quality.

[@darkriku12]

Stitches and material are usually the give. I've found some Calvin Klein clothes I got at thrift were amazing quality, but then their shirt packs are also shit at the same time. Always inspect in person.

[@sujanaryal833]

My criteria for buying expensive items is that it should last twice the amount of items that I could buy from the same price. If I can buy 10 tshirts for $100 or an expensive one for $100 unless the $100 one could last twice as long as all of those tshirts, if not it better give the utmost pleasure every time I wear it or it's not worth it.

[@Chocofries]

good investments are cashmere and stuff

[@viktorr7115]

Not really ​@@Chocofries

[@rowandax6189]

I get shirts tailored for $15 and the difference is amazing. You don't need to spend a lot to look good. Get a good looking shirt from a thrift store, have it tailored and you've still paid less.

[@orls9068]

Thats smart, Ive had alterations on thrifted coats, tailoring a shirt for 15 is a great price

[@duck826]

I wasn't aware you could get services this cheap. I will have to shop around.

[@KiesStaminho]

Dude where do you even get a tailored shirt for 15 dollar.... I mean how is the maker even going to survive with hour rates and stuff..

[@h.t.8812]

Exactly, I've been getting some clothes that I wasn't wearing much tailored and they look so much better, I'm back at wearing them

[@johnnyn8654]

Tailor for 15 bucks😢😮

[@minime1988]

I've noticed this is extremely prevalent in certain cultures in the U.S, especially when it comes to shoes where people will literally kill each other to get them... It's insane, I know so many regular people in debt, on food stamps, refuse to hold down a job for more then a couple months yet they're still buying brand name clothes, shoes, jewelry etc. It's sad how badly these people need to feel validated by others even on something as simple as clothes. I remember in high school accidentally stepping on some guy's shoes in the hallway since it was always packed when going to classes people's shoes got stepped on all the time, but this dude went crazy and literally wanted to fight over his shoes that he couldn't afford to have obviously I'll never understand,

[@teaser6089]

Yeah it's crazy, I don't get buying brand clothes. Sure a good tailored suit I can understand, but paying so much for shitty shoes like Nike? Are we fr here bro?

[@KaiserNightcoreMusic]

these people aren't only poor on material wealth, but mentally and spiritually.

[@xxitz_pr0gxx631]

It has been my observation that, *those* people care most what others think about them. They always talk the loudest, play their music the loudest with those huge speakers, and put really expensive wheels that are more expensive than the car they're on. They wear their money, so to speak.

[@liu3chan]

People are paying for art. That's even worse than paying for overpriced clothes because you can't even wear it.

[@xxitz_pr0gxx631]

@@liu3chan This is the dumbest thing I have ever read, I think...

[@schizosamurai8840]

I disagree on the second language tho Being able to think in a different language really gives you a new perspective. Language does literally shape thoughts. If anything, schools are usually just bad at teaching second language, I abhorred learning German to the point I cant stand it, but I learned English by myself and now Im learning Japanese.

[@MissingUploads]

cant agree more my first language is german but i use english much more the whole day i am glad that we learned it otherwise i would not even be on this channel

[@jamegumb7298]

​@@MissingUploadsSame. My dad spoke Papiamentu to me, my mother German, my grandparents Russian. And I had 5 years of French and 8 years of English at school. My ex fiancee I learned a good deal of Sranan in that household. Every day life I speak a load of Dutch still.

[@MegaKuchiku]

I remember my wife wanted a bag from Marc Jacobs. It was a cheap cloth bag that had in bold letters, “The Tote Bag by Marc Jacobs.” It was over $200. It had cost them less than $5 to make

[@yourneighborhoodxenos]

I work a blue-collar job where the average employee makes $15-17/hr, and at least 4 of my female coworkers also have that bag or one of the variations of it. Makes no sense. My backpack cost me $60 but has pouches and MOLLE and can carry more (more comfortably too). I understand wanting a certain type of bag, but The Tote Bag™️ is so stupid.

[@MooseCode]

$200 to become a walking billboard is like music to my ears consider it a stupid tax. Funny thing is that if you don’t buy it whats stopping the guy behind you from buying it and the cycle of self destruction continues. Outstanding 👏👏

[@DrGandW]

I bet you could get some very convincing fake

[@Eskoxo]

just get a plastic grocery bag and write on it "marc Jacbs" :)

[@The86Ripper]

If more people actually looked up the cost of production compared to the selling price, the world would be a better place.

[@Johndoe205525]

Credit card companies still make money even if you pay off the balance in full every month and don't pay interest. It's called merchant fees. Anytime you purchase something using your card at a store the store is charged a merchant fee which is typically 1-4% of the transaction cost.

[@TheHollowBlade]

Except 99% of people dont pay their card within 20 days of making purchases. Shit i work for a credit card company, and the amount of people who load up a card with like 20k then are all confused as to why they pay their minimum every month but it never goes down… i tell try and explain to them how 200$ in interest plus spending 200$ on other things and only paying 300$ every month will never ever ever lower the balance of the card. The worst part is 99.99% of customers i have to speak with and explain how to better manage a credit card they full on do not give a fuck. Not only do we do a horrid job teaching people how to manage credit and how to he responsible but so many credit companies make the customers feel like its not a problem at all to sit on a 15k credit card and the mindset of “meh ill just pay it off later..” shit i spoke with a lady about a week ago who called me to help her with her card because she fell 2 months past due and was unable to make the full payment. I gave her a perfect solution to help her, and the only downside was that she would be unable to use her card, she got so mad at me because she would be unable to pay for her netflix.. i gave her a few ideas on how to deal with it and she only got more angry. She said it was my fault she would have to go bankrupt and i was ruining her name… because i was working i had to be professional but omfg i wanted to cuss her out for being a irresponsible cunt. She ended up not taking the help all because she could not live without netflix.. these people are addicts and these corporations are manipulating people to make them become consumer addicts. Credit cards can be okay and fine but pretty much no one knows how to use one properly to not get fucked. I always give examples to people, if your buying something for 50$, would you pay 100-150$ for that same item? Because by the time they get around to paying that amount off its probably taken on double its cost in interest, if that item was priced at 100-150$ instead of 50$ people woudnt buy it, but because its on credit who cares we will just pay it off later. Its crazy.

[@skylarius3757]

the same applies to debit cards too. Some smaller shops prefer customers to pay cash or will have a minimum spend for card users.

[@ComicalFlask]

There’s a cost to handling cash too, and it’s often higher than credit card costs if you properly account for it.

[@Gravewhisper]

That's why a lot of stores in Germany refuse American Express, their transaction cost is way higher than other credit cards.

[@bitharne]

@@TheHollowBladein all fairness: we’re not gunna develop a way to “fix” it. Your experience with lady just shows it’s a people problem. There’s lots of flaws with society that are intrinsic because people are…human. You can’t fix many of our engrained issues without actual change to human psychology via extremely prolific social engineering or, liberal, biological engineering. Might as well learn to use the system that preys on dumbs to advantage yourself instead 🤷🏼‍♂️ Credit cards used probably just generate free income on things you needed/wanted to buy anyway. It’s also safer for fraud and such.

[@lunaleia952]

I never understood why anyone would be interested in this expensive stuff. I'm glad Asmon is talking about it so more people get to understand that brands don't matter at all :D

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

What is some random guy on KZbin going to do to convince people to not waste money. They've been doing it for thousands of years, and will continue to do so as long as at all possible.

[@mulraf]

@@rightwingsafetysquad9872 i think people with a lot of reach can influence a lot of peoples decisions and thinking. Though i doubt asmongold has the viewers that are the main target audience for luxury brands. so yeah, i think most people that watch this already are of the same opinion anyways (regarding luxury clothing).

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

@@mulraf I think a lot of people drastically overestimate the reach that anyone has, especially in the social media space. I spend >10 hours per week on KZbin, and while I've heard the name Asmongold a few times, this is actually the first time I've seen one of his videos in my feed. Yea, he has 2.3 million subscribers, but most of his videos have less than 500,000 views. That sounds like a lot until you realize 3 times as many people watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians and 5 times as many people watched Tucker Carlson before his show was cancelled.

[@Broomer52]

@@rightwingsafetysquad9872 you’d be surprised. I can rattle off some KZbinrs that have an impressive amount of influence. Jake Paul, Mr. Beast, Pewdiepie, Markiplier they are singular individuals yet each of them can start entire trends and movements with their words. Humans are tribal by nature, we’ll always form groups of like minded people and identify ourselves by a handful of traits, we’re very easily influenced by people within our tribe. A face online that has followers can do a lot with that power.

[@thatboymeak]

Because some people like nice things. That’s all. Designer brands usually are always better quality, but you are also paying for the name.

[@firelordkagami6793]

I enjoy my $20 pack of 6 shirts with a pocket my boots were $300 but you have to buy a good quality pair of boots working blue collar or you'll be replacing them within 3 months costing you more money in the long run

[@AriesFireTiger]

I'd pay $350 for an awesome pair of work boots.... no way in hell I'd spend that much on some regular ass shoes though 😂

[@stich6543]

Yup same here. My employer pays for my work shoes.

[@CC-ru8pi]

If you want a pair of bona fide, high build quality shoes - the kind that you might actually consider maintaining instead of replacing after a couple of years of daily use, they might run you into that price range. The Air Jordans, mall luxury brands, etc. are just disgustingly overpriced, cheaply made shoes with logos on them.

[@traincore1955]

I had a pair of Whites I found behind the dumpster barely used and they lasted me 3 years

[@wobblysauce]

Shoes, seats and beds… things you spend time with.

[@nerfedJAB]

I have to spend 150+ one reg shoes cause no cheap one come in 13 4E, I hate buying shoes

[@analogueapples]

I grew up in Eastern Europe in the 90s and 2000s. It was actually strange that people bought comparatively more expensive clothes than today, because we didn't have the cheapest fast fashion brands like H&M or Zara. It is a small country and# everything was expensive. So it was common that people in middle class bought more expensive things, but on the other hand they only had a few items - for instance, you had 1 pair of jeans, 1 pair of formal pants and maybe one pair of old jeans. The same with shoes, one pair for every day, one formal. And everything had much better quality, you could wear something for years. So, I am not really against for buying something more expensive, as long it lasts, because fast fashion has anyway artificially low prices. You think that a t-shirt should cost only 8 dollars, but it comes at the expense of low quality fabric, toxic dyes and underpaid workers. I personally would buy rather less, but good quality and the style I really like. Gucci and Louis Vuitton, especially with logos, are very tacky though. Women's handbags are almost always either old people style (which is fine when you are old I guess) or just ugly, like the ones with golden chains. This is why bling bling rappers like them.

[@ΤάσοςΚαυσοκαλυβίτης]

> And everything had much better quality, you could wear something for years. I am from Greece and I have sweatpants and sweaters that I've worn for 15-20 years. There is the very nice black "winter blouse" that I have been wearing for years and I was wondering a few days ago "how many years do I have this blouse, for God's sake?" and I found the answer in one old photo. I was wearing it in 2009 and I know it was not new even then because I couldn't have bought it then ahahah. That thing is immortal or something! And my semi-boot shoes ... I remember buying those in 2006 for a specific occasion and it was the "most expensive shoes I've ever bought" at 80 euros . I still wear them though, so they really were worth their money. Never worn any brand things though. Those things are not even quality anymore. Maybe they were once, where some of them had pride in their product, but not anymore. I swear if everyone bought clothes and goods like I do (once in a blue moon) the economy would crash in three months.

[@bAtACt1X]

@@ΤάσοςΚαυσοκαλυβίτης "the economy would crash in three months." Sure, but we would live on a more healthy planet and people could focus on other destructive habits (or get closer to what they really wanted to achieve with this consum-cult : Respect, Love, Meaning)

[@ΤάσοςΚαυσοκαλυβίτης]

@@bAtACt1X Well, yes, but it is a fact that societies and people in general rarely make wise choices. If you want a similar example, if the ancient Atheneans lived more like Diogenes the Cynic, things would have been better there, as well. But that didn't happen. I think that it is true that people, as individuals can be smart and wise and respectful and meaningful. But people, as a whole or as a society, leave much to be desired. It is a problem that greater minds than ours failed to solve through millenia of thinking and thus we are doomed to repeat the mistakes and cycles of the past. Have a happy 2024 with health and good fortune. :) P.S. When asked why do people give money to beggars, but not to philosophers, Diogenes replied: "Because they worry that in the future they themselves might be blind or disabled or poor, but they are certain that they won't be philosophers".

[@bAtACt1X]

@@ΤάσοςΚαυσοκαλυβίτης well, Diogenes was funny. The joke still works. But I`m quite sure his answer is bullshit. Sounds like they argued and the question was a rhetoric punch making fun of Diogenes work/life/persona. A very clever and quite funny counter. But still bullshit. Just guessing

[@ΤάσοςΚαυσοκαλυβίτης]

​@@bAtACt1X > But still bullshit. Think about it next time you give money to a beggar. There are kinds of beggars you give to (e.g. people that are disabled) and others that you don't (people that are drunk or addicts). Why is that? Try to explore your motives (that is philosophy, practically) and you will see that Diogenes is not just talking smack. ;) As another - more modern - philosopher pointed out, humans are a wilder animal than we imagine. Diogenes was just smart enough - and bold enough - to say such things out loud. Sure, he liked to be quick witted and funny, but he always seemed to have a good point underneath. Continuing on the point of frugality, one of Diogenes' few possessions was a cup, out of which he drunk water. One day he saw a child drink water out of a spring, using it's hands as a cup. Diogenes threw away his cup then and there shouting "a child beat me in frugality!".

[@oszaszi]

Worst thing is when you have a family member with this brand obsession and you can see how they ruin they life but they are so deep into it that its at an addiction level, but you are unable to explain to them cause they are validated by most other people around them and of course the shop crews.

[@Volvith]

I buy 850$ cowboy boots. They don't look like 850$ cowboy boots, but they sure as shit feel like them, because they last for 20+ years (with resoles, ofc), and they have the absolute best internal lining you can buy. They're plain as fuck brown, they're scratched and dinged in places... Basically: There's 2 types of people, people who buy 'luxury' items because they want people to show them to, and those who buy luxury items for them being luxurious, better, over the top. For the record, i don't spend thousands on clothing, i'm not insane. But i do go the extra mile to be as comfortable as i can be within my price range. That's what luxury is: Excessive comfort. This isn't luxury. This is vanity scams for the 0.01% who can afford it.

[@HisBladee]

The older i get, the less i spend on stuff like this. I find myself just going to walmart or target. Though my luxury spending is food.

[@user-unknown1705]

hell yeah, brother!

[@spenroe9458]

I don’t buy crap like this. But the older I get. The nicer materials I buy. Just have to find the line between usefulness and quality of materials and brand name.

[@HisBladee]

@spenroe9458 not going to lie, sometimes I buy stuff that I don't really need but during the process of seeing it, I thought it would be cool to own it.

[@tinykass]

same here, what you are putting in your body is way more important than what you put on it.

[@HisBladee]

@kass6261 agreed though I don't know if I should say the food I buy is healthier lol but I can say that I don't eat it has much has I used to and now I just eat probably once and a snack.

[@aarodful]

I worked at a country club as a life guard for 2 years, and everyone there were very wealthy multimillionaires. The dads who were executives or whatever worked all the time and when I did see them, they dressed very basic or wore business attire just off work. It was their wives and kids who wore the luxury stuff who didnt work for it. The families also spent very little time together. During the summer, the moms would just drop their kids off at the pool all day and play tennis and shop while dads golfed or worked. It really opened my eyes to what money does to people and families.

[@TheGrmany69]

Country clubs are perpetual networking events, so they are raising the kids within that type of society. Aside, if you don't use them correctly they are also a black hole for your personal finances so they are a deterrent for new riches and posers.

[@bAtACt1X]

yeah...they are living the dream I guess. (they just suffer from very small imagination)

[@CalebTheOwlBoy]

*Opened your eyes to how some behaviours are amplified in people when they have accessible money

[@AA13494]

not having it is way worse. i will choose having a rich dad with slightly dysfunctional family over being poor anyday. this is the type of shit poor people tell themselves to justify their incompetence and make themselves feel better

[@bAtACt1X]

@@AA13494 money is maybe the most effective tool in the world. It can do a lot. But there is still so much it cant solve or repair. And your post is a small but good example. Its a so ignorant, hostile but common point of view, often self serving. (and a huge part of popular US ideology that showed more and more cracks) and even it can be true in some cases or many, it ends up being more self hurting than selfserving to most people who share it.

[@imissyoumom7644]

There’s a reason they don’t train kids in high school anymore. When my grandpa was in high school in the 60’s you could take electives like agriculture. Imagine that.

[@hawaiianlolo1066]

My school had thay

[@sanjuska.01]

Thats common in Europe. In Serbia, when you're in high-school, you already start getting trained in high demand occupation courses. Especially trade jobs. Doctors etcetera. And its free.

[@bossnonlinonliyoyo]

Louis Vuitton worker here, most of the time we just gift products to celebrities and it's almost guarenteed they'll be seen wearing what we gifted them. And honestly, you'd be surprised how well the advertisement works. A bit of a side tangent: once you work there you get access to private sales on the brands of the LVMH groups, most of the items are like at -70% to -90% of the original price. You'll also get to know people that work in other groups like Kering for example which owns Yves Saint Laurent or Balenciaga, and these people can give access you to the private sales of their group

[@StuartRobertson-y4n]

They also ban chinese people from their stores due to them fabricating the designs lol

[@ZM-dm3jg]

Bro you work in retail customer service, stop fronting like you understand corporate

[@insertname950]

​@@ZM-dm3jg I don't think you need to be CEO of a company to understand the absolute basics of marketing 😂

[@PineappleBaconPizza]

@@ZM-dm3jg I am just curious, but what makes you assume he works there in retail customer service? Even if he is, it's obvious what he's saying is true.

[@physetermacrocephalus2209]

​@@ZM-dm3jg Yeah listen my guy; Louis retail isnt target. They are not Astronaughts or anything but OP deserves more respect than that especially since they also brought the tea out for all of us normies.

[@louiemarsella7409]

Birds getting nerfed line is too hilarious 😂

[@Koppu1doragon]

Yeah but that's actually a myth, no birds actually do that.

[@zomfgeclipse]

Dinosaur meta was too op

[@AbsentQuack]

And some birds are crazy intelligent (corvids). His point was still funny though.

[@yous2244]

It's just a theory

[@dixion1000]

Pterodactyl is probably closer to Asmongold than peacock DNA wise.

[@omfg322]

My dad knew a really rich guy who wore the most plain clothes imaginable because not only it saved money but because he didn't feel the need to flaunt his wealth and they were more practical

[@MAGAMAN]

We had a client that had his own private jet, owned expensive cars like Lamborghini, high end Mercedes, Porsche, etc.. He walked around in regular jeans and a t-shirt and tennis shoes. No one would ever expect this guy to be a multi-millionaire.

[@Slash12131415]

Great Gatsby happened right before the Great Depression. Spending money to show you dont need it is a sign of an impending economic crash

[@xiopode1]

Dumbphone is the ultimate status symbol, speaking from experience. Boys, girls, coworkers, bosses, clients, they are all amazed and wonder : "How do you do ? What if people send you an important email or something ?" And I reply : "well, they will have to wait until I’m available to care about that." Dumbphone guys.

[@dysfunctionalsteve]

You convinced me, I'm in!

[@bararobberbaron859]

I'm a fan of the 100 IQ phone ;) It's a smartphone without internet or wifi. So you do get the screen, the music player, touch screen, calling and texting but not all the annoying pings that come from Discord/Facebook/Email. But yeah, I like the dumb part of the phone where only those who know me can reach me, and the strangers can wait.

[@tihonannenkov4114]

The funny thing is, the rich don't care what you wear either. I was invited by a friend to a private piano concert which turned out to be taking place in a villa with a world famous pianist playing for like 10 people including me. I was in my twenties sitting there in a t-shirt and shirts with my visible tattoos, a foreigner, while everyone else in the publicum were old Germans dressed in a way that I could see they were well off. I felt really unconfortable at first but then I just enjoyed the music and ended up drinking expensive wine with the villa's owner, having a great conversation and all these old people were happy to have some "young blood" there. Now I get e-mails with personal invitations to other private concerts once in a while. Another situation I had was when I applied to join a freemason loge - I ended up chilling with some middle aged businessmen who ended up saying they would love to have me.. I ended up changing my decision because the mandatory donations as a member were too expensive for me. You can be dressed in rugs but if you don't care and have social skills you can chill with the King of England and nobody will bat an eye.

[@whereschavo3953]

thats incorrect, just being there is the status symbol, and that is why they dont care what clothes you wear, you should be clean and well dressed, you can not look homeless and dine with rich people, high end restaurants have dress codes for a reason

[@NightieNightskies]

​@@whereschavo3953 There is the difference of wearing like a "homeless" or wearing a tanktop + shorts with wearing a long pants + tshirt or "normal-looking" clothes The op did typed "you can be dressed in rugs"...kind of a twisted meaning, but ofcourse, at least wearing a "normal" formally clothes to attend in some events or visit friend's homes is needed Without luxury brand or diamond gold looking clothes to prove yourself as "baddie and rich" ... be normal

[@thespanishinquisition4078]

I actually saw the difference to a striking degree last summer. Was on a acience conference all week, and most days it was just us lab techs and scientists, now we were all generally dressed "normal", jeans, t-shirts, maybe the odd jacket for the photo. Most "posh" attire you'd see was Germán using a sweater, jeans and shirt. Then one day next room was a big one day event for the economics division and the place got full of students trying to impress the economics bigwigs. I swear to god it was like the invasion of the bodysnatchers. All of a sudden the corridors were full of dunces with the same damn haircut, suit, bloody sunglasses (in Galicia, where you get like 1 hour of sunlight tops if you're lucky!) the whole god damn men in black cosplay. And attitude too! Like they'd see us and almost sneer on sight, and act arrogant 100% of the time... And then there was 1 old guy dressed like Argentina's soccer uniform talking with everyone normally and having fun. Wanna guess who was the only actually rich person in that group? Who was the one that got invited to explain his success and not some failure turned teacher or total novice? Yeah the one with MESSY written on big letters on his back. Most talented or actually rich individuals I've met do not care. Most people I've met who care are poor AND talentless.

[@dbix11]

There's a high probability they are using you as a token guest and virtue signalling off of you. "Oh look at the outsider peasant, so quaint" sort of thing.

[@TheMrKeksLp]

Bro got invited by the free masons 💀

[@nguyenhuyminh4945]

Asmon is the perfect example of how to do a reaction video bro

[@martymcfly88mph35]

Nah. He could discuss this without reuploading an entire video someone spent a month making. You really don't need the background video to talk about this topic lol. But he is better at it than most, but the bar is set awful low by Xqc, Hasan, Pokimane, Sniperwolf, etc.

[@jokerman9623]

​@@martymcfly88mph35 Nah this is completely fine.

[@whytho1690]

@@martymcfly88mph35 It has more to do with a shitty system that doesn't already have something in place to accommodate reaction content. It's been years and it STILL isn't a thing.

[@DB1Dragoon]

​@@martymcfly88mph35 Bruh, he's using the video as a jump off point for these topics. I always go to watch the original video to get my own perspective on it without him then i come back to see his perspective

[@Kurzxclan]

Just watch the actual vid in the description. Idk why yt is giving me this instead of the actual video i'm interested in. Don't even know who Asmongold rly is besides a streamer. I don't even like twitch.

[@FeliPeltier]

You say birds are stupid, but many scientists believe that ravens are the smartest animal on earth

[@blackpillfitness9136]

Why? Did they invent a cheap nuclear fusion system for sustainable energy or something?

[@JurasJankauskas]

I think a lot of people don't understand that there's quality and "quality". You can pay 500$ for a really high quality pair of shoes and those shoes are gonna be the best goddamn shoes you've ever had, but it's not gonna be a luxury brand that you'd even recognize. Sometimes you pay for actual quality and sometimes you pay for the little logo. People who are actually rich, not pretending to be rich, know the difference between these brands and buy actual quality. It's not "stealth wealth" because they're trying to hide how much money they have, it's because they literally don't give a fuck about the logo and pay for actual quality.

[@soojincho2829]

My mom had clients who had never seen presliced bread, never been in a walmart or target and she had to show them how to eat pizza. Thats true old money wealth. And one of my fashion classes I learned there are people who fly their tailors and seamstresses to them on their personal jets for every little bit of the garment making process. And those people also make sure they track what wealthy person is wearing what to each event so no one shows up in a similar or the same outfit

[@deborahcurtis1385]

My grandmother had a dressmaker, and she dressed high quality fabrics she bought in Europe. This is just commonsense in that those clothes look fantastic because they're made to fit your body, not attempting to perform the other way around (which cannot usually happen, even models go to fittings so the clothes look perfect on them or they get adjusted at a shoot with pegs etc). Plus the clothes last decades and often get passed down within families or sent to charity. Old money detests waste. It's unseemly.

[@terryjones9784]

lol taking “who all over there” to the next level

[@dieengie337]

Finally someone who shares my point of view on this bs. I hate how I was the "weird fashion" guy in high school because I didnt wear Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Supreme and other bs for SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. And I was the weird one because in colective I didnt pay for this crap. Stay poor mfs xd. Still remember how I bought better looking suit for graduation than my classmate, he paid 500 dollars, I paid 40 from second hand, and everyone damn thought that its some super brand they haven't heard of.

[@Greatestnesss]

Rap music fuels a lot of this and these rich designers and business men know this.

[@ikhbjhbkm5]

I definitely have the "collector bug". I hate that collecting has just basically devolved into buying stuff usually online. It's hollow, and has prevented me from partaking for many years now. You really have to be careful what you collect these days.

[@Mupyeong]

I mean for some items like rare Gundams it's probably better to also utilize online spaces considering a lot of global trade but I get what you mean. Collecting turned from a fan activity into hollow mystery boxes with exchangeable, painfully "cutesy" creatures. A lot of the items aren't rare or well made, they're just cheap and mass produced in the worst way. It's not about finding that one book with the print error but spending hundreds to open plastic baggies for product and consumables. No shopping around, no finding, no comparing, no discourse.

[@Willy_Tepes]

The worst thing about "collecting" is that you fill your house with shit you never use.

[@bellad1063]

Buy now pay later is worst than credit - because the payments are 5 or less, they are not subjected to the federal fair lending act. They can charge 40% of the purchase price is you default.

[@aunderiskerensky2304]

LOL man this breakdown is gold. You are right about the young generation too, my nephew came and worked for me as a tile installer's apprentice last summer and told me he was going to save up to buy a supreme hoodie. I told him I would just get a hoodie and paint Supreme on it for him and he can work for the whole summer. *ended up building him a computer instead*

[@brokencreationlordmegatrol3037]

Rise up fellow based uncles

[@teaser6089]

Based Uncle, I hope he learned a valuable lesson!

[@aunderiskerensky2304]

@@teaser6089 I think he did, and he recently started learning more about hardware finally and is using his job back home to upgrade it even more. Proud of him.

[@thatboymeak]

So you mocked him for something he wanted and decided to offer him garbage in return? Every Supreme hoodie I have ever bought and then resold returned me profit upwards of multiple hundreds, sometimes over 1k… For one piece of clothing I bought for under $200… It’s not just the new generation that are full of idiots, you’re the prime example of it.

[@aunderiskerensky2304]

@@thatboymeak You say that without even asking what kind/level of performance of computer we ended up building together, let alone the talent and skill he acquired to be able to BUILD a computer as well as the tile installation skills he learned over the summer... oh wait. that's right. I forgot. work. that's the scary part for you. my bad.

[@togotfury]

it's a stupid tax

[@BitsOfInterest]

It's a good filter for people you don't want to hang out with. People that care about luxury brands can't think for themselves and make poor decisions in general.

[@carlo8108]

Sounds like a way to make yourself feel like you're better or smarter than others.

[@Jonifico]

@@carlo8108 Maybe, but if it helps filter out people who are not aligned with your mindset it's a winning strat

[@carlo8108]

@@Jonifico sounds like elitism with extra steps... I wouldn't call putting yourself in an echo chamber, a winning strategy.

[@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned]

100% cotton is my favorite brand, lmao

[@derBene]

​@@carlo8108 Generalization has its downsides, of course. The upside is that it's useful when you deal with many decisions in a small amount of time. There probably are smart and reflected people in designer clothes but the statistics tell otherwise: Many don't buy smart but get themselves in too much debt. Also not so smart doesn't necessarily mean that they are not likable and friendly people. My personal experience is unfortunately that people who were like hypnotized by brands were also quite ordinary and very seldom had their own thoughts and always ran with the crowd.

[@Iquey]

The peacock is colorful because its a signifier of genetic health. It takes a lot of nutrition and rest to grow all those nice feathers. In environments like the tropics, where there's a lot of threats of pests, mites and other parasites, the sick birds like parrots don't have as nice looking feathers, so they might be snubbed by the female bird. So the peacock does have one ot two yhings on their mind, but probably mostly mating, flying and eating😂

[@harosokman]

There is no point trying to bring up any science in this thread. Asmongold clearly identified he's ignorant of it, hence the numerous flawed arguments, plus stating learning fractions, literally a basic cornerstone of simple math, is useless. Then again, taking advice from a KZbin reactor is not really sound life advice.

[@greenherooftheinterwebz7078]

@@harosokman its sad, I work at a liquidation retailer that has stuff on for 90% off. the amount of people that don't understand you can just move the decimal by one position to calculate the 90% is astounding.

[@DainZinyarus]

@@harosokmanhe has the opinions of a man who exits his house for 5% of his natural life its perfectly expected. He doesn't need to know what photosynthesis is. He hardly sees or feels sunlight. God forbid touching a plant

[@maozedong8370]

Dude also said birds used to be pterodactyls and that they were like huge meat eating dinosaurs despite the fact that the reason birds have even survived to this day was because their ancestors were also small feathered dinosaurs who were the only ones who were capable of surviving the KT extinction. ALL birds come from a small group of therapod dinosaurs, NONE of them were t-rex's, they were just related. Not to mention the fact that pterodactyls weren't even birds or even dinosaurs for that matter, they were completely separate.

[@pikadragon2783]

@@harosokman Truly the one L take in this video. Yeah, your job probably doesn't require you to know what powers your cell. But without education you are one step closer to the age where paying some mystic to fix your crops with rituals was a real consideration.

[@CodeCal]

My wife works in luxury fashion industry since 2010. We live in Paris, France. Her job is to select european fabrics providers for the brands. Those providers also work with small independent brands made in europe that cost WAY cheaper and they provide the same quality of fabrics. Luxury brands like LVMH are a scam. They sell overvalued stuff. If you like quality you better buy small independent brands with ethic values.

[@deborahcurtis1385]

I just bought 2 pieces of clothing from Target, top quality and off-season so on sale. This is how I like to shop. "Buy straw hats in winter", the saying goes. And that's an 'old money' expression. I've seen luxury brands selling handbags made out of Terry towelling, or plastic, and they are charging like wounded bulls. Wealthy people still buy luxury brands, but they have an acute eye for quality.

[@r3dsnow757]

Bonjour, vous avez des marques à recommander?

[@lewisyeadon4046]

The fake "old-money" fits are hilarious, because it's so obvious. A $1,000 Gucci shirt is obvious a status symbol because you see more dye for branding than the white background of the shirt. A knock-off, quick-fashion, Zara or Uniqlo shirt without branding is still clearly $25 because the fit, cut, colour, and material is all as cheap as possible. You've got 30 seconds to machine the shirt, rather than months for a line which will sell to 500 people globally and will never have two owners meet.

[@hirokomlm131]

You also have to remember that status symbols are different depending on your culture. A rich guy might have on a cheap $30 outfit, but keep looking around and you'll eventually see he has a $40,000 camera, or an old $200,000 guitar signed by John Lennon. Untrained gold diggers often miss these subtle clues.

[@Big_Red1]

I worked as a valet for several years at a 4 star boutique hotel, our wealthiest regular (drove into town for business and to visit family) drove 15 year old Toyota Camry (cause it was indestructible) and wore clothes from Macy's... except his shoes were Crocket & Jones loafers that cost like $1200 and he wore a vintage Rolex Daytona(cause he found the shoes comfy and collected old watches). The real kicker though... he always had his assistant with him whenever he was at the hotel. The ultra rich may or may not have things that they like to spend exorbitant amount of money on (cars, clothes, jewelry, etc) but almost all of them will spend tons of money on things to save time, aka, have staff and expedited services. The dude tipped us well cause he wanted to be able to get his car and leave quickly, so we made one of the spots right in front of the entrance was "his".

[@The86Ripper]

@@Big_Red1 Also known as having an actual brain and common sense. I applaud this. (the saving yourself time and effort thing).

[@clownworld360]

@@Big_Red1one of the famous quotes time is money , you make more spend to save money vice verse also with time its not how much you have left it is how you use it vice verse 🤡🤫

[@Tasaq313]

This makes me think of the running gag in tv shows and movies where that 'nerd' guy that collects plastic figures and tv shows/movies/anime merchandise can't get a girlfriend because of that. Oh boy, if only gold diggers knew how much money such guys spend on all of that 🤣

[@MAGAMAN]

Rich people don't get rich by spending all their money on stupid stuff. My boss has a lot of money and my boss really doesn't like spending money on anything. This is the main reason my boss has a lot of money.

[@Spladoinkal]

This is so true. As far as cars go, when the wealthy DO drive their own cars, it's typically a Mercedes, Audi, etc. Very comfortable cars but not something that "Shows off" like a Lambo. If they decide they do want to drive a Lambo or something, it's typically rented.

[@madcapx]

regarding the math question: It might indeed be that most people will never use it in their lives if their work is not centered around it. But it's important to learn non the less because it's all part of the brain's development. You want to keep developing it by feeding it more and more complex stuff. Also; you are absolutely right about everything else you said in this video.

[@invaderjoshua6280]

I don’t understand people who buy stuff like clothes for a brand. I only care about two things. One is how soft is it, and two how durable is it? I go into a clothes store and the first thing I do is look at its build material and feel its texture. If it isn’t soft I move on. Same with phones. I only buy a phone for two reasons. One is it has to do what I want it to do, and two it needs to have an easy way to get it fixed or replaced under warranty if something happens to it. That’s why I buy a I-phone not as a status symbol but because they have dedicated stores. If Samsung had dedicated stores near me I’d consider their stuff. People are stupid and need to learn to focus on reasoning for purchases. Every product you buy should serve a purpose that makes it the best at its job over its peers. Not as a status symbol.

[@FragLord]

Learning a second language is always valuable. Knowing Spanish in any of the southern states is a huge plus on your resume. I live myself in a multi lingual country and I speak 3 languages fluently and have basic knowledge of 2 others. It really helped me a lot in life, work, personal relations. I would say learning other languages is the only thing that was useful that I learned during High School. I use them almost everyday, it also opens up an entirely different world. Because you are able to watch and read media from other countries and you are able to obtain totally different perspectives and cultures.

[@iTzYoHero]

Yeah but most US schools make you take one semester of a language. What is that one semester going to do for students when most of us don’t pursue and keep taking more semester’s to keep learning that language. Learning something else that is beneficial for the average American would be far more beneficial. Like he said, if you were in a different country and they make you learn English, that is beneficial to them and many of them will use that outside of school.

[@FragLord]

@@iTzYoHeroWell it might expose you to other languages and develop an interest into it. If you never get them at school, how will children find out what they like or what they are good at? Again, having any level of Spanish in Florida, California, Nevada, Utah, Texas or New Mexico is an instant boost on your resume, regardless of position and rank. And I've been to many places small and big across the US and especially in the South, you hear a lot of Spanish, I hear people talking Spanish with the cashier at Walmart. Like Sure in Wisconsin it might not make any sense. But learning Spanish as a kid in the southern states these days is a huge investment in yourself.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

but is it more useful than knowing how to not get crushed by debt? Because that's the point here. Knowing everything can be useful but there are some things that are more important

[@GuyInAHotdogSuit69]

Who... asked?

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@GuyInAHotdogSuit69 asmon during the video

[@DecayC]

Asmond, the idea of teaching people to solve fractions and other stuff is to teach people the skill to solve abstract problems they don't really understand, how to identify the proper tools to solve the problems and how to reach a satisfying solution. As an engineer I don't use fractions ever, computers solve everything for me, but the same mindset I had when solving a fraction has been the same one I apply every job I've had, so it's not really "unnecesary".

[@pharoah327]

Agree! I think people completely miss this point.

[@Tentegen]

I had to stop watching his video at this point. He has good points sometimes............but he's too much of a Nihilist. Hes too quick to think nothing matters.

[@Argowin]

I quit at this part too. Amazon proves once again he's the smartest idiot in the room.

[@axon589]

L take from him tbh. Education of all forms especially when young is super important to foster basis of thinking, problem solving and curiosity. Life skills are important sure and it should be integrated better with the public school system but not at the cost of learning how to do math, read, history and science. Asmon can't both complain about how stupid people are(in both education and decision making skills) and then complain how schools use tax dollars to teach about cells and not life skills.

[@DivineChaosLord]

On the topic, I don't think Asmon is necessarily "wrong" in saying that tax dollars are being spent on the incorrect priorities. But I do think that it is fundamentally important to learn about science, math, history, etc on at least a fundamental level, and then if it's in the interest of the student, to pursue that interest further. But at the bare minimum, schools really do need to teach more life applicable lessons - about how taxes, interests, and loans work, and even stuff like home economics. People don't understand how many (or rather, I should say, how few) of the younger generation just don't understand simple things that contribute to personal wellbeing in life. Imagine people growing up, in college, graduate from college, or etc, who still can't cook anything beyond the simplest meals (like boiling water for ramen or just putting rice in a rice cooker). People who can't properly finance. People really should be taught life skills above all else with government tax dollars at the very minimum. And not pretending like AP Calculus or Trigonometry is important for 99% of people not in pursuing STEM careers. Or even for people in STEM careers, I can assure you I'm not manually making up equations and integrating between two values for that equation. A lot of data can be, and are, manually integrated via software.

[@PaulGirdlestone]

Luxury items are things that you don't need. If it isn't essential to your life to survive, it is a luxury. In Asmo's case, the camera is required for his work, which by extension is how he survives. Therefore, for him it isn't a luxury.

[@AbbyCatt5]

Wrangler jeans are about $20 to $30 and they are better quality than most jeans on the market. I told a co worker this and they said they don't buy cheap generic clothing. Wranglers are name brand and they are one of the original jeans. Some people really do see a higher price and just assume there is a higher quality. Yet people go buy a $100 pair of jeans that already have holes in them. You can't fix stupid.

[@FreshMelonWater]

"Women are more interested in confidence and stability than luxury goods" absolutely true.

[@thatboymeak]

That’s ironic, considering every woman I’ve ever been with considered me stable due to the fact I could splash on designer items whenever I felt like it.

[@abaque24]

@@thatboymeak seems like you are attracting a specific type-- skill issue, tbh.

[@sloth3456]

The Birkin bag is the perfect example because it might be 30k but you cant even shop there to buy a 30k bag or be on the list to have a chance if you havent spent 30-50k in their store already

[@pranavalajangi9371]

I may sound stupid for saying this but I watched a Business Insider about why Birkin Bags are expensive. They are made with more high end leather like Crocodile, Ostrich or Calf than an LV handbag. They are also an investment piece too. They increase in value aswell (appreciate) compared to an LV handbag

[@lukasvrana6388]

Just for fun, I was civil engineer overwatching Louis Vuitton shop construction. For the price of 3 storey small shop unit you should easily build 60 houses (I am not kidding, the construction standars where over the top).... so the feeling to buy something here is probably awesome for many people (not for me however) :)

[@gorrilaunit99]

*Asmongold not knowing the #1 thing women want is a guy who's taller shows his pure ignorance*

[@Aeqstaw]

I don't necessarily disagree with you saying some classes/subjects/etc should get cut; however, I would say that it does still need to be introduced at some point. If it was never introduced in schooling, then I think it's a bit of a jump to get some student to voluntarily take classes on it since they may not even know it exists.

[@SimonAeberhard]

So, I definitely used to be the kind of guy that laughed at people buying expensive shirts or shoes. However, I think the real question is: What do you actually pay? About 10 years ago, I used to do some research on the environmental and social issues caused by the fashion industry and this made me feel so disgusted that I chose to only buy clearly labelled fair fashion (or secondhand) now. And then suddenly, you can pay 40 dollars for a shirt, 140 dollars for a pair of jeans, 100 dollars for a hoodie and 150 dollars for a pair of shoes. BUT: You know support people in Bangladesh and Co. that actually get paid a (relatively) fair wage and they only use organic cotton or recycled fabrics etc. The sad thing is that luxury fashion brands don't have a better environmental footprint or social codex than any cheap clothing without a brand. So, in general, you get ripped off hard by luxury items. PS: Since I live in Europe, I don't know how big the fair fashion brand industry is in Northern America. But countries like Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Sweden or Switzerland have now more and more ethical brands. If anyone is interested, leave a comment! :)

[@mattk6502]

Usually, the only rich people that buy that shit are the ones who were born into money... and dad was always gone making the money they were spending to make up for not being around, instead of giving financial advice.

[@MooseCode]

Umm ok lovely projection but adds nothing. Mummy and daddy shouldn’t be teaching you finances anyway it should be a mandatory subject in all schools worldwide as money is almost if not more important than breathing in todays global financial climate. We also need to understand that people are extremely stupid and most people are completely delusional about their own situations which adds no surprise to the current debt crisis “garbage in, garbage out” George Carlin.

[@gdstro4814]

Your parents should definitely teach you about money...

[@MooseCode]

How did your parents get the information was the financial assistance being past down from generation to generation. Funny though it’s expected that parents “should” know how to manage a budget yet people turn a blind eye to actually teaching it in schools. Why isn’t it mandatory you can buy food with money, you can secure future generations with money so why isn’t it mandatory if it’s so significant.

[@Drenaker]

Oh no its the total opposite. It's people who are new rich, " parvenus " who buy clothes like this with the logo of the brand printed as big as possible on it, like rappers or hell even guys like xqc. People who have always been rich don't need to show everyone what brand they wear, and if they spend a lot of money on clothes they buy things that don't show the name of the brand, clothes you wouldn't ever know cost thousands of dollars if you're not into fashion and don't recognize them. But people who spend thousands of dollarson things like Vuitton belts with the pattern and logo printed everywhere, tshirts with " GUCCI " printed in giant letters on the front, everytime I've seen it, it was people who are new rich and who feel the need to show and scream at everyone " LOOK GUYS I HAVE MONEY IM RICH "

[@Chimichungus69]

@@MooseCodeLike the crisis of your intelligence? Mothers and fathers should ABSOLUTELY be teaching their children the lion’s share of what they learn. You trust the state to do this? This is either an AI generated comment to stir up the responses or you are so clueless that I fear if I don’t respond again in a few minutes telling you to breathe you might stop doing it.

[@Alisha-hs8xj]

“You buy Gucci flip flops if you can’t afford them” it’s so true 😅 I am a person who has quite a few luxury goods myself as I am interested in fashion as a hobby and art. That said, I think if you’re truly interested in fashion then it’s not about the branding. For me, fashion is iconic if you can remove the branding and have it still be beautiful.

[@jasonelek9202]

"People are getting dumber!" Proceeds to go on rant about how people shouldnt be taught biology or math

[@DrunkSnowWhite]

23:09 As someone who previously taught middle and high school, while I do see the value learning in a lot of the topics you probably would disagree with prioritizing, I will admit I occasionally found myself emphasizing to kids that Algebra 1 was the only math class that they really needed to master and understand just because of how many other classes, fields, and professions it'll be used in, but that anything past intro-level algebra was getting into specialty territory. I can only think of 2 times I've used something taught in Algebra 2 in everyday life, and both were things I could have brute forced with trial and error in almost the same amount of time

[@mryellow6918]

the only people that don't believe you need to use algebra and fractions daily are people that haven't been taught how to use it properly.

[@omega1231]

​@@mryellow6918 If that was correct then every civilization would collapse. Clearly you don't NEED to know any math, beyond addition, subtraction and multiplication to get on in life and be happy. Would certain things be easier? Maybe, is it a bad idea to learn? Not really no, but you really don't need it evident by the fact that alot of people barely understand any math and yet here we are. Now if we could get people to understand any mathematical concept it should in my opinion be statistics, atleast more so than dividing fractions or whatever.

[@Marxist-Nixonist-Bidenist]

Yeah teaching financial stuff is important but honestly so is teaching things like biology and chemistry. How are kids supposed to know what they're interested in if we don't give them a "taste" of each different subject? It's not only about whether knowing the periodic table makes a huge difference in your life.

[@eatu4tea]

He's 100% right about Luxury brands incinerating unsold / out of season stock. I had a friend that worked at a shipping container yard and a shipping container came in full of Gucci products and for whatever reason filled up with water on the voyage over (Container wasn't sealed properly or something and the ship went through a heavy storm). So an insurance guy came and inspected literally everything in the container to assess the damages and my friend was supervising him and noticed that almost all of the actual products were fine it was just the shoe boxes, wrapping, cloth bags etc. that were water damaged. When the insurance guy was finished my friend said "Lucky everything seems to be in good shape right?" the insurance guy laughed and said "No this entire container will be written off". My friend was shocked and was like "Uhhhh sorry to to be rude but I saw the stuff you were looking at and most them looked completely fine....?" The insurance guy then said "These are Luxury items. People don't buy them for the product, they buy them for the brand and the experience. If anything is slightly off with these products that takes away from the Luxury of the product, everything needs to be in 11/10 condition or it ruins the brands power" Anyway, after my friends supervisor was told the container had to be re-sealed and set aside to be picked up by the insurance company to be "disposed of" they cracked it open again and sold some of the stuff to close friends and family for a fraction of the retail price. I got a pair of $700 Gucci sneakers for $80. Nice.

[@raphk9599]

It's good to know our dwindling resources are more valuable as cinder and ash.

[@kirebub]

$80 is still a massive markup from the production price. It's low to mid quality crap.

[@Jul15227]

Women like it is a cope. Likely just self absorbed in that case, save yourself some grief and just meet someone who doesnt care about a fancy outfit.

[@ayyyizme]

His take on education is actually really shortsighted. It's not about everyone knowing. It's about hooking kids who wants to know more. We should learn the essential skills AS WELL, but acting like biology and math has no value is an insane take.

[@pharoah327]

Agree completely!! Very short sighted. He complains that people are getting dumber and then says we should stop teaching basic biology, chemistry and math concepts. This would make people even dumber! Plus how is a person supposed to know if they're interested in any of those fields if they're not exposed to it in K-12? You don't know if a particular field is interesting to you until you actually start learning some of the basics. Then if you want to learn more, you major in that in college. Taking away the basics being taught at a high school level, would actually lead to a serious decline in that profession. Hell even people who really want to learn that kind of stuff, wouldn't know the basics enough to even start learning more in college. I teach computer science at a university, and I don't think I could possibly do it if the students came in not knowing basic algebra and other basic math concepts! Take that away and it would be impossible to teach someone how to develop software in 4 years! I could go on, but yeah, this is a very shortsighted take

[@retroftw4644]

​@pharoah327 tell me how geometry or biology helps me in my telemarketing job.or stacking shelves in wallmart.

[@georgehill3087]

@@retroftw4644 You wouldn't be stuck in doing meaningless jobs if you paid more attention in school.

[@Alblaka]

@@retroftw4644... the fact you can't make the connection between biology and a physical activity like stacking shelves, that can lead to long-term biological consequences when done wrong, is troubling.

[@retroftw4644]

@@Alblaka touché

[@artorhen]

The irony that in today's world where clothes are bought in bulk as a product instead of visiting tailors, buying premade clothing is always the cheap option. Having clothes tailored for you has unfortunately become a luxury, but it is what rich people actually do. Most people I've seen buy or wear expensive items with no inherent value just because of a brand also have bad financial management in their life.

[@MAGAMAN]

When everyone got their clothes custom tailored, getting your clothes custom tailored was much, much cheaper.

[@heyhoojoe]

When I was between (real) jobs and earning my money as a waiter, I had an 18 year-old co-worker who proudly showed me the Gucci sneakers that she was gonna buy with her money. Those butt-ugly clownshoes cost 2500 Euros, lmao. She didn't own a car or nothing, and she definitely was not born into money. I told her she was crazy but she couldn't understand why I was not as enthused as she. I also got a 16 year old cousin who proudly told me about his sure-fire way of judging whether a person was cool or a loser. He looks at their shoes and if they cost less than 200 bucks the person is probably not worth his time. Young people are so lost, it's actually crazy.

[@NoctisAugustus]

If I was rich then I would focus on fit, quality and style. Certainly not on brand.

[@fenrizragnarok]

"Who would buy those slippers?" "Birds have nothing in their heads.." He's so close to getting it

[@fenrizragnarok]

Oh NVM u tied it together

[@ArtemisKitty]

It's kind of like how true fans of something wear obscure t-shirts or such that would ONLY be recognized and identified by other true fans. A sort of visual shibboleth. Same goes for the truly rich with fashion. It's not what's flashy and visible, it's the little things you try to play down and make less obvious, which, when observed by someone who knows, reveals their true worth, and therefore your presence within a certain social bracket. Like a secret handshake. Edit: I went to school with someone whom, if you observed them as a teenager, you wouldn't believe have 6.80 in their bank account, let alone the 6.8M they actually had. Used to wear old dingy cut off jeans, cheap no-name flip flops, and faded worn t-shirts. Looked like they had nothing to their name... But actually a millionaire. Old money. One of the most money-sane people I've ever met, too. Would never buy just because something was the most expensive, but they also didn't cheap out on things like cars and stuff. Bought high-safety-rating vehicles, even if they were sometimes Mercedes. (And they almost always bought used cars with low mileage and kept them a year or two before getting bored and getting another one used. Very nice person though. Real friendly and down to earth.

[@kirbyseven7]

My company sold out of TVs when stimulus checks dropped.

[@Heygeeee]

My co workers who only sported Michael Kors bag bought LV bags when they were rolling out stimulus checks 🤣

[@PyroMancer2k]

I don't see these at as status symbols of being wealthy but rather of being poor. Once you realize real rich people don't flaunt their wealth you also realize that all those people who are flaunting probably are not wealth and not good at managing money. If someone showed up to an interview decked in a bunch of the fancy luxury items it'd be a huge red flag the person is probably not good with finances and depending on the position they probably also won't make good decisions in that job.

[@DStein22]

The fear of getting sued for every little thing is the most american thing that I would never be able to empathize with.

[@matthewmosier8439]

It's way worse in c hi n a. Those videos of people pretending to be hit by cars and laying down in the road aren't from America

[@abicrystalwing1543]

With the whole "useless" classes thing. I agree that's stupid to have them in college, but not in school. I think exposing kids to a wide variety of topics early on will be very beneficial. The problem is college, which is basically like an extension of high school with the amount of GE requirements for classes unrelated to your major. Also why say algebra is useless when you just said people need to learn financial literacy? If there's any subject that should be required no matter what, it should be math.

[@Xrono666]

cause his take on education is just a big shiny "L". Not knowing that human cell consists mostly of water will result in every 2nd person dying on drinking too much water, not knowing that electrolytes exist and how human body can balance them. Learning a 2nd language is always beneficial, even if you don't end up using in your day-to-day life. Why? Human brain forms new neuro-connections based on experiences and models it faces. Different language (even if it is in the same language group) makes your brain more agile, think more logically as you are exposed to a different logical model. You know what's a clinically recommended way of preventing dementia or Alzheimer disease? Learning a 2nd language. Monolingiustic people are at way higher risk of getting that. If we'd listen to Asmon, we wouldn't have known that. Is school curriculum requires revision and modernisation? Yes. However, "Financial literacy" is the dumbest thing to introduce. Math covers that.

[@CrisRaquelPT]

😮❤

[@randomsouthern3919]

You not allowed to have diverse opinions in college anymore.

[@chucknorris277]

Don't need algebra to balance a checkbook and not overspend on useless crap

[@DanielMCerq]

Well, you're mixing two concepts that are not exactly the same. Math is the whole thing. Algebra is a part of it. The whole elementary school Math is necessary. Specifically, the 4 basic ways to do math: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing. Algebra is something more "advanced". It's a big part of the Math of high school, and College too. It is far more specific in terms of applicability. For financial literacy, Math is necessary, absolutely. Algebra not so much.

[@johngrizzard2]

I agree, although, nothing else feels as good to put on as a 3pc bespoke suit. Something about things fitting to form. Its like a modern day suit of armor. who cares who made it as long as it looks and fits properly. Today everyone is focused on being a advertisement for a company rather than looking like the owner of a company. Wealth does not really mater if you have a tailor.

[@gankt]

3 piece suit? That's goofy. No one wears those

[@wyzkun]

bespoke is the true luxury. got a filthy rich uncle that dont have luxury brand but all of his stuffs are custom made. everything fit him. from suit to shoes. even his plain t shirt is custom. no one will know where he got his clothing if you dont ask him directly

[@staskozak8118]

@@gankt , suits can be non-formal style and it depends on the circle of your communication

[@pilotmanpaul]

​@@ganktAnyone who wants to look professional and serious wears one... and those who just loves suits.

[@f9658]

@@wyzkunThat’s what true luxury is. Custom fit, top quality, and handmade.

[@MrMicahMane]

I love designer fragrances but that’s it. My clothes are basic brands

[@evanpage2540]

I use Afterpay and it's great, but I think I fall into the same category as Asmon's dad. So long as you're not stupid and only buy what you know you can afford you're golden. It's when you miss payments that they get you. I used to work as a debt collector and one of our clients was a rental company. They'd rent out washing machines, dryers, fridges, TVs etc. to customers. Their entire business model was aimed at getting people who couldn't afford to make payments on the books. Then when customers inevitably defaulted on payments they'd jack up the interest which was crazy high. Then when the customers couldn't repay the debt they'd get a court order and go take all of the customer's assets equal to the value of the debt. Absolute rogueish behavior. Modern day banditry.

[@gehirndoper]

What advantage do you gain by using it?

[@theFirstAidKit]

Using pay later services only exposes you to the risk that if something happens and your income drops, you might not afford to pay the payments. I have about 3k always in my bank account to buy stuff with and use it like my personal afterpay where I always save up to 3k again after I spend money from that account. If you don't have money to buy something, wait a month and buy it then.

[@ibEscartian]

​@@gehirndoper​ advantage is it allows you to leverage the money you owe them in the future now. Eg invest that 350 spent on shoes into short term t bills then after three months when the pay time is due sell the t bill for like 350.69 and pay off the debt and pocketing the money that the money earned you during the period between the start of the debt and when you sell to pay off.

[@gehirndoper]

@@ibEscartian I guess, but that's just the equivalent of an average of 2 months of your yearly investment profit. You could also pay with a credit card with some form of cashback (e. g. I get effectively 0.5% discount on most purchases via Amex and PayPal). Seems like less hassle.

[@evanpage2540]

@@gehirndoper I get the shit I want quicker

[@ciaranandrew8905]

Being financially literate or having financial agency is something certain elitist groups do not want. It means less for them to have millions more financially savvy people

[@RebelCannonClub74]

People who are truly wealthy do not buy off shelves. They have things custom made.

[@Omega_thehusky]

as far as school goes my opinion on this has changed pre k - grade 8 should be left alone that should be used to learn as many different things as possible learn your interests and what not. highschool? highschool they need to actually make changes that should be used for finance taxes all the other stuff should be mandatory / actually taught science should be optional history should be optional math up to a certain point should be optional after grade 10 i think? cause i think basic algebra can be usefull at the very least to have a starting to point to ask the questions to solve the problems you wanna solve. p/e mandatory english mandatory especially nowadays (im not excluding myself) but alot of people need to go back to english class even. its probably weird but i think home ec should be mandatory just to be able to cook and fix clothes yourself. i thought that when i was in highschool too tbh

[@hellowill]

Never thought about rich people wanting to hide their wealth so they aren't a target. I.e. using 'status symbols' only other rich people would get. Makes sense though. Also the comment about fighters having the most body guards is bang on. People see fighters and want to challenge them all the time. A local boxer in my area actually died because he was rushed from some guy from behind.

[@Bogo_Bowls]

Gotta say, learning biology in high school I believe enables kids to get enjoyed about science and discovery. I think it’s important. Agreed there is NO education for personal finance, should fix it

[@FireJach]

Or watching some of Discovery Channel

[@exol511]

Absolutely agree, general population should have at least some basics knowledge about science as its literally a explenation of how the world works. Without this basic knowledge you are like a caveman and everything is basically magic as far as you are concerned.

[@SICProwl]

I sucked at science in school, but I loved doing projects that allowed me to get creative which made learning easier

[@brodiethegoaty849]

Asmon made a point mentioning that wealthy people also buy designer. I've personally spent time with the Petty racing family, the Mayweather's, and the Ford family. This happened via my friend Kelly who is the daughter of an auto parts manufacturer. It depends on what they value. Some hate fashion and flashy things. Other's love it. Mayweather was at the summer jams show in Detroit and we made a friendly bet on who would get the most applausal after the performances. I lost and he didn't even want my funky little 20 bucks lmao. He made a quip about not reaching unless it's $20 million. Good times.

[@txmits507]

Celebrities and athletes are absolutely some of the best examples of spending above your means. A lot of them spend like they're forever in their peak. Some spend like they're in their peak before they get to their peak.

[@fanboizmina1102]

I mean some celebs are spent to get sponsors too. So taking celebs as an example too this is never accurate imo.

[@klaykid117]

Celebrities face the public and their image is absolutely everything so they're always doing outlandish things and wearing flashy clothes. The people from the type of wealth that's built on the back of multi-million dollar companies are a lot less showy in how they dress and act

[@RodrigoLoMe]

I'm not on the side of buying this stupid stuff, but from a middle class stand point it serves its purpose when your neighbors give them value and react positively or negatively to you having them, at this level it completely serves its purpose giving some people some kind of plus over another, sad but true. The success of this items lies in the fact that the people around the people that buys them actually crave them as unbelievable as it can sound.

[@wth.happened]

Hey man, i never really watched any of your wow content( mainly because i like things like classic fire mage and shadow priest) but your take on this is pretty spot on. What it really comes down to is that people would rather impress people they dont even like(going broke in the process) than to keep what they worked hard for themselves. I make decent money but you would never know it. Im not worried about looking cool, but rather making sure my kids have everything to set them up in their lives.. you've earned a subscriber. Not that you will notice my one sub but you earned it.

[@ladoslavone1080]

Expensive brands are part of why i started wood working and turning it into a business. Looked at some indirect lighting stuff for my walls and it was like 200 dollars for it. Thought "i can make this shit for way cheaper" so i did. Now i cut out different shapes and other designs for lighting out of wood

[@JordanBWatchGuy]

There is also the who question of value. Expensive handbags are often not even made of high quality material and they are simple to make. Maybe bags that cost multiple thousands of dollars are legitimately worth tens of dollars. I'm a watch collector and while those are actually hard to make I totally acknowledge that it isn't necessary and there are definitely people who buy specific brands of watches to flex even though they cleaned out their savings for it and really have no business owning it.

[@bonestorm2006]

the markup for bags is between 10-20x... so tens of tens of dollars is simply not true at all, unless you mean tens of ten dollars ;)

[@InalienableOtter]

@@bonestorm2006you think that bag has $1500 worth of materials in it? And that’s being generous to you, assuming the 20x mark-up, so the value of the bag is as low as you allowed… The bag has about $50 of leather, $50 of labor costs, and $29,900 mark-up.

[@deusvult725]

HQ material that cost not even a fraction of their selling price, and it's also made in China so the materials and labor cost even less.

[@WwarpfirewW]

I think it has a lot to do with bubble you live in, for example Im not rich but I can spend bigger money on few stuff now and then, still kinda like Asmon not wasting on bullshit and only on clothing which is high quallity, personally on millitary like/urban tactical/hunting/adventurer style stuff and I dont care, it feels good and serves the purpose but if you meet somebody with same style you are like oh hello, I know that brand etc... Its like that small bubble of people wearing same stuff recognising its qualitty and vise versa, you have this kind of people in US but in much pronounced way I would say, who proudly wear their camo hats, its more subttle in Europe although more expensive brands like North Finder makes such kind of clothes too.

[@vsolcarv]

It's all branding perceived value. Thus, although as the consumer you are getting fucked, as a reseller it has a certain value so you'll pay a high price because you know you'll get a higher price for it when you resell.

[@sreed171]

richest dude in my town owns a couple car dealerships and hangs out at our local dive bar, always in faded old blue jeans and a Innout t shirt