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People who believe in being able to buy social status are the ones perfectly fooled by advertisements! Someone can be butt ugly, poor and stupid, but still have
by X4 13y ago
People who believe in being able to buy social status are the ones perfectly fooled by advertisements!
Someone can be butt ugly, poor and stupid, but still have the highest social status and popularity in most social environments. What makes one an attractor of popularity is demonstrating power, will and the ability to achieve what you want.
Who would be more popular?
A) A rich guy who thinks he can buy friends, by inviting everybody to an expensive cocktail to an exclusive restaurant?
B) A guy who own lots of expensive high-tech and luxury car + his own house?
C) A guy with charme and charisma, who can make anyone feel special, or have a fun time, even in the dirtiest place?
Choose yourself. I believe you all experienced A,B and C already. But I would rely on the scientific evidence that C) has a higher long term chance of staying an attractor of popularity. (I'm sorry, I couldn't put the references together, but hope you understand)
Side story: A weird guy in my old class possessed a bluetooth wireless headphones with integrated mp3 player in 2006, a 3000EUR laptop and all sorts of other very expensive gimmickry. That didn't make him cooler at all. People still didn't like him and it just made him more vulnerable to attacks of the some of the more primitive pupils.
- corin_ 13y agoHe said that a product being a status icon justifies a high price, not that a high price makes something a status icon. edit: parent comment has completely changed since I replied
- true_religion 13y agoIf you can't achieve C, you sure can use your money to achieve A or B.
- Joeboy 13y agoAlso if you're lucky enough to be able to carry off C, you're more likely to have options A and B at your disposal.
- thaumasiotes 13y ago> People who believe in being able to buy social status Trust me, you can buy social status. If you pay enough, you have the status. > Someone can be butt ugly, poor and stupid, but still have the highest social status and popularity in most social environments. Most social environments he exposes himself to, yes. Most social environments, no.
- marincounty 13y agoYea, guys can buy people out of their league, but their wives are usually misserable, and cheat. Women have a hard time doing the same. Actually, the whole success thing works in reverse for women. They become less attractive with money, unless they earned that money with their mind. Even then the men these women want still don't want want them. I was trying to soften the blows I will get for this thread. In Marin, I see so many attractive women who settled for some fugly dude just because he has money. Maybe, that's what keeps guy's striving for the next Facebook? I could go on and on about this subject, but I'll get clobbered.