<p>I was talking about that today :P
I was arguing about the price vs. coolness factor in clothes with a guy... (he supported that only expensive clothes were cool and I supported the opposite)
everyone agreed with me that "wealth doesn't buy class"</p>
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<blockquote> <p>"wealth doesn't buy class"</p> </blockquote>
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<p>I agree completely, randomgr. Some of the wealthiest people I know are the most trashy - they flaunt their money around in the most obnoxious manner. Haven't they heard that if you have it, you don't need to prove to everyone that you do? People who do that just make themselves look like trashy, new money types who don't have much at all.... <strong>vents</strong></p>
<p>and go for it, philntex, lisae sounds fab-U-lous (and oh-so-pretty)</p>
<p>as a friend put it:
"We washed your brand new jeans with acid to make them look faded... Pay us more now"</p>
<p>and doesn't that just sound idiotic? I mean...I could do that. I'm satisfied with my naturally faded, coming-apart-at-the-hem jeans that I've had for years. Clothes are just...meh.</p>
<p>wow, that's the best - that IS so pointless!!</p>
<p>or like the new j.crew jeans, which have patches all over them and are basically threadbare - $300 for something that's falling apart:</p>
<p>are you kidding me? Wow. That's really...sad? I don't know how else to describe it. But if that's what warms your mocha...</p>
<p>woohooooooo back to the eighties... that's so kitsch</p>
<p>wtf are those? who would pay 300 bucks for that?</p>
<p>Sadly, I think I know people who'd shell out the money for those.</p>
<p>that's so sad... I mean there's a lot of things I can't do because I don't have 300$ to burn... (like buy a clarinet)</p>
<p>thats what happens when you give tax cuts to the rich</p>
<p>with 300 bucks i'd probably buy some new clothes too..a lot more than 1 pair of ugly pants, though</p>
<p>Hmm...interesting post...mwahahahahahahh</p>
<p>yeah, i was waiting for your comment on this one, ilcap... but your lack of snarkiness has let me down! ;)</p>
<p>we love you for being our token rich brat, don't you doubt it for one second</p>
<p>well, i'm not so sure i am much of a rich "snob".</p>
<p>in fact, most of my friends are not like me at all - one of my best friends is a girl who couldnt break 1000 on her sats, was hispanic, was very poor, and now goes to ASU....one of the reasons i am such a fan of affirmative action is because i want to go to a school where i can meet people that are incredibly diverse, but incredibly intelligent as well...</p>
<p>however, its often hard to avoid being percieved as a snob - simply because i spend alot of my time doing things other people can't afford (something i am thankful for)....i.e. going to nice restaurants, travelling, wearing nice clothes, etc.</p>
<p>once you graduate from princeton though, the likelihood of you becoming incredibly rich is probably much higher than if you went anywhere else.</p>
<p>very good, ilcap. very good :)</p>
<p>oh, i was just teasing you ilcap, i'm sure it's evident from previous comments i made on this thread that i'm not a "snob" either. nonetheless, that was very well said.</p>
<p>i am v. thankful for the advantages i have been given, as well.</p>
<p>(continuing with the thanksgiving theme, hmmm... not so thankful for those pounds i surely put on yesterday ;) )</p>
<p>hah gracey mansion. allah bless you.</p>
<p>i think that a lot of people make assumptions based on outer things, like some days ill be chilling around union square in torn jeans and a tee and ppl will think im totally a bum, and then the next day ill be on madison with an lv bag and ppl think im a snob. im not either, im just someone who's lucky enough to have parents whose jobs rake in a lot of $$, and theres no diff btwn me or anyone else.</p>
<p>mansion? i wish... fifteen years post pton graduation, maybe... i want a tudor mansion, or an italian baroque style... that would be gorgeous. the best part of where i live is it's so easy to distract oneself while on runs - there's all these gorgeous old homes, and it's easy to do an informal architectural critique when the middle miles get too painful!</p>
<p>my house was built in the 1920s, it's mid-age for my area. anyone else have radiators? vile things, they sound sort of devilish when they squeal in the middle of the night...</p>
<p>too bad i'll end up living in a small flat, making no money because i'm still in debt from grad school... but that's okay, paying for pton undergrad was worth it :)</p>
<p>gracey mansion... where the mayor of ny lives.</p>