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[–] Zink@programming.dev 7 points 31 minutes ago

Notice the implied and unquestioned assumption that “life goals” means accumulating resources and not building relationships or contributing to society. In fact, it’s expected that personal relationships and societal responsibilities shall be neglected in the quest for resources.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

People who are serious about life value long term benefit over short term material goods. Public transportation is a public good for all and in the long term will save you a ton of money.

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 2 points 20 minutes ago (1 children)

But how else can you show off how much money you have and how insecure you are?

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 14 minutes ago

Buy a massive long gun to compensate

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 15 points 1 hour ago

If you need a meme to feel good about your decisions, then maybe make better decisions.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 15 minutes ago

Yeah, you lose the friends because you have shitty life goals.

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 1 points 18 minutes ago

Always making friends on the bus..

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 46 minutes ago

Replace second speech box with “two, because people who buy are cars are losers”

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 89 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

A lot of people I've seen in Lamborghini cars aren't serious about their lives. They're spoiled idiots who lucked out and got a ton of money handed to them and are driving it around to show off how much money they have as if they deserved it.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 46 points 3 hours ago (9 children)

I have a buddy who wanted a Ferrari and a Lambo since they were a kid. They finally got to the point where they bought the Ferrari only to realize he has a wife and kid. The kid can’t safely ride in the Ferrari for 12+ years and he can’t fit 3 people in the car so he sold it. These aren’t cars for people with normal lives.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)

It's a great meme, but I do cringe a little bit at the idea of engineers designing the car while already having built most of it.

[–] kossa@feddit.org 3 points 44 minutes ago* (last edited 43 minutes ago)

Those engineers just got serious about their lifes. You can crank out way more products if you skip designing them, it is the engineer hustle 🔧😎

And if they didn't decide yet, they could always just bolt more seats to the roof.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 29 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

I listened to a really interesting podcast the other day about how the current online alpha male culture, the kind we see propagated by Andrew Tate and co, actually emphasizes an incredibly lonely existence. It’s almost hermitical. Whereas masculinity in the 80’s up through the 2000’s or so was about getting rich, partying in incredibly conspicuous ways, and getting laid all the time.

This lambo meme (first part) falls right in line with the Tate mentality for sure. There are people who read that and go “yes, that sounds great.”

[–] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I think the current online alpha male culture is a marketing tool meant to validate the antisocial beliefs of potential customers in order to convert them into paying customers.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago

Oh definitely. At its heart is the grift

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

It’s very likely that it’s all about justification of where someone is more than it is about getting to where someone truly wants to be. Making a lot of positive changes is hard but claiming that you actually really wanted whatever shitty outcome is “easier”.

In the ‘80s it was about claiming you definitely weren’t buying your friends and, if you were, that was some kind of cool power thing and not horrifically depressing for all parties involved. These days most of the world hates these losers, and for good reason, so they shift the blame away from themselves in a desperate attempt to pretend that they aren’t at fault.

We’re social animals and we want genuine connection. The alpha males are deeply lonely and angry about it all the time but try soooo hard to pretend they aren’t which only makes them sadder and madder.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 19 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

I fucking hate people that act like they escaped the matrix because they drive a personally owned vehicle.

Like wow you're really showing us public transit welfare queens what true independence looks like, gripping a steering wheel in a vehicle they can only legally operate with a government-issued license, on a road built and maintained by the government, cleared of snow by government workers driving government-owned trucks, fueled by government-subsidized oil, and parked in government-funded lots. Let’s not forget they had to go to a government building, talk to a government employee, and pay a government fee just for the privilege of registering their car — which they’re also legally required by the government to insure. And after all that bureaucratic red tape and recurring fees, they have the audacity to act like they're the icons of self-sufficiency. The cherry on top? If their precious symbol of ‘independence’ breaks down, the government isn’t going to help — they get to shoulder the repair costs entirely on their own.

Meanwhile, I swipe a card once a month and get access to a system that moves people efficiently, doesn’t ask for my blood type, and doesn’t require me to pour thousands into maintenance and paperwork — and I’m the one supposedly suckling at the teat of Big Government?

Ok.

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[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

TIL: The people on the bus are my friends! Yay!

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 minutes ago

Commute friends are great. You've got a pleasant conversation for the ride, and another source of information when your ride is canceled.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

The bus on the bus go bus bus bus!

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

But the car on the second panel is a Ginetta G58 (with a Chevy engine) for LMP3, not road legal ... witch ... ok, it does have two seats, so it checks out, carry on.

The seats:

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 58 minutes ago* (last edited 46 minutes ago) (1 children)

Nice catch.

That's a straight up racecar, though. Like it's built exclusively for entertainment and fun, not epeen.

I'd respect someone driving a Ginetta G58 around (or, more practically, an Ariel Atom, a homogilation special or something) way more than a chonky, overpriced lambo. That screams "I don't care what you think, I like to drive" instead of "hey everyone, look how rich I am!"

Like this people driving around these monsters. That's beyond flaunting wealth, that's someone's neurotic hobby, and most bystanders aren't going to realize how special they are compared to the Porsche trailing them:

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 20 minutes ago

Love those bbs rims on the Peugeot.

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