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[–] Zink@programming.dev 50 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 2 hours ago

So sexy! 🥵

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 4 hours 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 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

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

Buy a massive long gun to compensate

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 19 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 111 points 7 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 59 points 7 hours ago (16 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.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm an enthusiast with no kids (and a vasectomy to make sure it stays that way) and I've driven both around a track. Glad to have done it once, but I'm not in any hurry to do it again. Wouldn't buy either one over my Miata.

Supercars are vastly overrated.

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If he didn't realize these things before making the purchase, it would seem like he falls qualifies for the idiot side with a sprinkle of luck.

By chance was he able to afford it because of inheritance? Only a fool takes that kind of money to splurge on a vehicle and he would then fit exactly into the sot op laid out.

Do you think your reply was rational given you have never met him?

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago (2 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.

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

That's agile for you.

[–] kossa@feddit.org 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours 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.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Oh look it's the wankermobile out for an afternoon drive.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 56 minutes ago) (1 children)

Where’s the line drawn here?

Like I never like to label all X as Y for a start, but if you own a Porsche are you a wanker? I own a Mercedes ~~I am~~ am I a wanker?

Is it sports car with little utility? I have many things that make me happy with little utility.

Edit: Removed the Freudian slip 😦

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 35 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 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 17 points 6 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 7 points 5 hours ago

Oh definitely. At its heart is the grift

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 47 minutes ago)

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

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 22 points 7 hours ago (1 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.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

As someone who owns a vehicle, I feel more like I've escaped the matrix when on public transportation than when I'm driving. I still have to have a car to get places public transit won't go, but I always look forward to the completion of each new station, one more area I don't have to drive to.

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 34 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

man, those guilt coping posts. maybe just do the right thing, so you don't need to make up bullshit to feel good

[–] Szewek@lemm.ee 31 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You mean just take the bus?

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 24 points 7 hours ago (8 children)
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