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>It's the smartphone equivalent of getting chrome rims on your car wheels. which people in poverty do all the time. even on shitty cars. what is your point?

by oxide 10y ago

M_Grey 10y ago
As JayZ once explained... Rap critics that say he's "Money Cash Hoes" I'm from the hood, stupid? What type of facts are those? If you grew up with holes in your zapatos You'd celebrate the minute you was having dough.
- exergy 10y ago
  And that's not problematic? I'm from India, and in general, the Indian attitude towards money is "you only spend it if you have it" and even then, essentials came first and then money saved in a shoebox for a rainy day. There is no concept of borrowing money as a "personal loan" to afford a new MacBook or new Chrome wheels. In my very limited, east coast experience, this was not the attitude of the American poor.
  - M_Grey 10y ago
    Of course it's a problem, and one you solve by educating people, not scolding them from behind lace hankies.
  - oxide 10y ago
    Poor people can't get a personal loan in America. Maybe in 2006, but not in 2017. Maybe from some kind of loanshark, but no bank is going to give someone a loan, especially if they don't have the means to make the payments, to go out and buy a new MacBook.
  - kenjackson 10y ago
    Borrow the money when you'll enjoy it. I can't get my dad to spend his money. He's older and he's happy with what he has. I want him to spend it, but he says its just a waste now. I honestly wish he could have loaned some of his money to his younger self. He's legitimately happy now spending almost nothing, and has by far more money than he has ever had in his life.
    - AstralStorm 10y ago
      You've missed the part where he is actually donating this money to either you or grandkids, instead of saddling you with debt.
    - khedoros1 10y ago
      > He's legitimately happy now spending almost nothing I don't see the downside. Happy, and has a cushion if circumstances change? Awesome.
- oxide 10y ago
  Well said. I'm afraid I had to edit my comment, my point wasn't clear and I was bordering on rambling. I tend to get a little lippy first thing in the morning, but I'm glad someone caught the point regardless.

>It's the smartphone equivalent of getting chrome rims on your car wheels. which people in poverty do all the time. even on shitty cars. what is your point?

by oxide 10y ago

>It's the smartphone equivalent of getting chrome rims on your car wheels. which people in poverty do all the time. even on shitty cars. what is your point?

M_Grey 10y ago

As JayZ once explained... Rap critics that say he's "Money Cash Hoes" I'm from the hood, stupid? What type of facts are those? If you grew up with holes in your zapatos You'd celebrate the minute you was having dough.

exergy 10y ago
And that's not problematic? I'm from India, and in general, the Indian attitude towards money is "you only spend it if you have it" and even then, essentials came first and then money saved in a shoebox for a rainy day. There is no concept of borrowing money as a "personal loan" to afford a new MacBook or new Chrome wheels. In my very limited, east coast experience, this was not the attitude of the American poor.
- M_Grey 10y ago
  Of course it's a problem, and one you solve by educating people, not scolding them from behind lace hankies.
- oxide 10y ago
  Poor people can't get a personal loan in America. Maybe in 2006, but not in 2017. Maybe from some kind of loanshark, but no bank is going to give someone a loan, especially if they don't have the means to make the payments, to go out and buy a new MacBook.
- kenjackson 10y ago
  Borrow the money when you'll enjoy it. I can't get my dad to spend his money. He's older and he's happy with what he has. I want him to spend it, but he says its just a waste now. I honestly wish he could have loaned some of his money to his younger self. He's legitimately happy now spending almost nothing, and has by far more money than he has ever had in his life.
  - AstralStorm 10y ago
    You've missed the part where he is actually donating this money to either you or grandkids, instead of saddling you with debt.
  - khedoros1 10y ago
    > He's legitimately happy now spending almost nothing I don't see the downside. Happy, and has a cushion if circumstances change? Awesome.
oxide 10y ago
Well said. I'm afraid I had to edit my comment, my point wasn't clear and I was bordering on rambling. I tend to get a little lippy first thing in the morning, but I'm glad someone caught the point regardless.