I’d like to get in on some of that chest-thumping action!
Can I stereotype people, too?
That seems to be popular…and included in your post…
Guilty, as charged! The stereotyping goes both ways. Many of the posts here are equally stereotyping, lumping together many that drive new vehicles as those needing a status symbol they cannot afford, on welfare, etc..
My second sentence states that this thread is different from the past. Better (a compliment) because there is a legitimate reason to harp about the crazy way some people are way overspending this time around. The judgemental nature of BITOG has ebbed and flowed over the decades. During the Pop Rivit era, one could not even think about mentioning a car loan, eating Fritos, or watching television.
If you go back to most financial mismanagement threads here, you rarely see anyone participate that is a bad money manager. Even people that borrow money responsibly engage defensively. Lots of us have responsibly financed cars and other things and we are doing just fine.
After about age 30, I let go of the need to keep telling people how I started working at age 12, put myself through college 100% with zero loans, bought our house and all cars without any outside assistance, worked my way up the career ladder from the bottom rung with hard work/integrity, walked 10 miles to school, bare foot in 2 ft. snow, uphill both ways, yada-yada-yada. Lots of people do this. No big deal.
Again, this thread is better than past thrashings of the inept. And, I did fail at my attempt to be somewhat tongue-in-cheek about the chest beating.
Thanks for calling me out. You are correct (seriously). I will no longer lump everyone in these threads as chest beaters.
Just some of them, lol.
