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Fanatic15- summed it up perfectly my ma. if u cant decide from that then i feel sorry for your kids.
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This is on point. /thread
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That's what you get for spending $540 on a belt.
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YOU'RE BOTH MATERIALISTIC AND INTOXICATED... CHEERS...
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Every person is different but my view of materialism is when a person bases their views of others by what they have.
I once had a friend I called materialistic because he judged everyone based off what they wore and had. If you drove a car without certain luxuries, ordidn't keep up with fashion trends, he wouldn't associate with you. Also he always had to have the latest and greatest of everything (jeans, shoes,shades, video games, etc) and had to make it known to the world that he had it. And if someone else got something before he did he would find something aboutit that he didn't like. For example, one day we're at one of my other friends house and she got a new iphone and he was like oh that's a waste ofmoney because a,b,c, but the days before he was saying how he was planning to get one. Then on another occassion he saw someone playstation forces who hadswitched the laces to black, and he was like they look so lame without the purple laces blah blah blah. The first time he came to my crib he was snoopin aroundto see what I had smh. Idk I think he was that way cause he didn't have a lot growing up. Needless to say I couldn't stand being around him anymore.But anyway, he was the most materialistic person I ever knew cause his world evolves around THINGS. As long as you don't judge others by what they do ordon't have then you're not materialistic imo.
I once had a friend I called materialistic because he judged everyone based off what they wore and had. If you drove a car without certain luxuries, ordidn't keep up with fashion trends, he wouldn't associate with you. Also he always had to have the latest and greatest of everything (jeans, shoes,shades, video games, etc) and had to make it known to the world that he had it. And if someone else got something before he did he would find something aboutit that he didn't like. For example, one day we're at one of my other friends house and she got a new iphone and he was like oh that's a waste ofmoney because a,b,c, but the days before he was saying how he was planning to get one. Then on another occassion he saw someone playstation forces who hadswitched the laces to black, and he was like they look so lame without the purple laces blah blah blah. The first time he came to my crib he was snoopin aroundto see what I had smh. Idk I think he was that way cause he didn't have a lot growing up. Needless to say I couldn't stand being around him anymore.But anyway, he was the most materialistic person I ever knew cause his world evolves around THINGS. As long as you don't judge others by what they do ordon't have then you're not materialistic imo.
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I like material things, but I do not value them more than family/friends etc.
However; I do get kinda anal when people start abusing/taking my stuff for granted. Everything that I have I had to work my butt off to get. There were nohandouts. So when people start messing with my stuff it irritates me.
Example would be letting somebody borrow a DVD but when I get it back the disc is scratched. Just goes to show they don't care cuz it's not theirs. Notthat I value the item more, but that the person shows no respesct for something that doesn't belong to them.
I don't get caught up in buying prada, gucci, D&G, etc. though. I really could care less about those items. Spending $100+ for a belt is bothimpractical and wasteful IMO.
However; I do get kinda anal when people start abusing/taking my stuff for granted. Everything that I have I had to work my butt off to get. There were nohandouts. So when people start messing with my stuff it irritates me.
Example would be letting somebody borrow a DVD but when I get it back the disc is scratched. Just goes to show they don't care cuz it's not theirs. Notthat I value the item more, but that the person shows no respesct for something that doesn't belong to them.
I don't get caught up in buying prada, gucci, D&G, etc. though. I really could care less about those items. Spending $100+ for a belt is bothimpractical and wasteful IMO.
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The difference between materialistic and not is simple.
Person A) and person B) are both wearing a Versace sweater.
Person A) got his off ebay (or second hand/not retail price) and the sweater has "VERSACE" is 10" x 30" logo across the chest.
Person B) purchased his sweater from a Versace store. He didn't post it online pickup thread. He doesn't keep the VERSACE bag laying around in theopen, or even the tags that came on the sweater. Those are not important because he purchased the item for fit, quality, and style. The sweater's logo issmall and discrete. Unless you know Versace, you were unable to identify it.
This has everything to do with how you grew up financially.
My defense for having really expensive lables is that I am not opening telling the world I spent $600 on this or that, and I try to avoid large logos. Also Ican pair a pair of $500 sneakers, $400 jeans, $350 wallet, $300 belt with a $14 Haynes teeshirt.
It doesn't matter what it is or how much you spent, it matters how good it looks on you. That's the point of designer stuff.
I think judging by your avy, you are in fact a bit materialistic. Nothing wrong with this as long as you keep it to yourself and don't put yourself on apedestal compared to people who spend considerably less on clothing/material goods
Person A) and person B) are both wearing a Versace sweater.
Person A) got his off ebay (or second hand/not retail price) and the sweater has "VERSACE" is 10" x 30" logo across the chest.
Person B) purchased his sweater from a Versace store. He didn't post it online pickup thread. He doesn't keep the VERSACE bag laying around in theopen, or even the tags that came on the sweater. Those are not important because he purchased the item for fit, quality, and style. The sweater's logo issmall and discrete. Unless you know Versace, you were unable to identify it.
This has everything to do with how you grew up financially.
My defense for having really expensive lables is that I am not opening telling the world I spent $600 on this or that, and I try to avoid large logos. Also Ican pair a pair of $500 sneakers, $400 jeans, $350 wallet, $300 belt with a $14 Haynes teeshirt.
It doesn't matter what it is or how much you spent, it matters how good it looks on you. That's the point of designer stuff.
I think judging by your avy, you are in fact a bit materialistic. Nothing wrong with this as long as you keep it to yourself and don't put yourself on apedestal compared to people who spend considerably less on clothing/material goods
