How Designer Brands Keep You Poor | Asmongold Reacts
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- Why Designer Brands actually target the Poor, not the Wealthy.
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I’m always astounded by his ability to fit in some obscure fucking WoW reference before the three minute mark has even passed
LOVE IT kjghasdjk
Mark zuckerberg min maxing irl lmao
I like to guess what the reference will be. I'm always wrong.
followed by a grosse misrepresentation of the character Hermes.Better he makes wow references than topics he clearly isnt family with.
@@nostalji93
I thought it was okay. Especially as a vessel for his point.
I got a story. Me and my mom both buy used goods from thrift stores, garage sales, estate sales. And a few months ago I found some Dolce & Gabbana shoes that looked like regular sneakers with a velvet crown sown onto the side. They were super dirty. Falling apart and in my opinion un-Wearable beacuse they were so worn on the inside heels that the plastic was popping out and would dig into your heel when you walked. I looked them up and used in good shape they were going for $600. I put them back on the shelf. And my mom walks up and I tell her about them. She grabs them and says she's gunna risk the $10 to see if anyone wants them. I say ain't no way you're going to sell those there un Wearable. She sold them within 24 hours for $225. And all of the issues with them were made very clear with very detailed photos of the damage. It's in that moment I lost all hope for humanity.
Credit to your mom for putting in the effort to try to sell them.
Good on your mom! When I thrift, I can't stand these "luxury" brands considering how well the counterfeiting market is doing. "A fool and his money are soon parted".
Also, the decrease quality of these products are not worth the price. People just buying the logo. For the price these luxury brands are asking, people should just go get yourself a local tailor and support your local atelier.
Low-key custom measured to fit shoes that’ll last you 5 years plus cost what £200? Very attainable if you want to look after yourself and not how others view you
Someone buying for clout can take and have them refurbished, I'm not sure what that cost but may be worth it for unobtainable fashions from previous years.
I was looking for a nice fragrance for my girlfriend the other day and something similar happened to me. I got treated super poorly and lady that was working there was just absolutely rude for some reason. I didn't understand why since I was super respectful and friendly. Within a minute I was out of the store. I just didn't want to keep on shopping at a place where the employees treat the customer like that.
So instead, I went to their competition and got helped by this super kind and helpful woman. I told her about how I was treated and how confused I was about the other store and looking back at it, she didn't seem surprised. It is crazy that people fall for this absolutely wild to me!
My line of thinking is similar to yours. Only thing that comes to mind how this could work is after the customer is belittled, they get an urge to show off and "come out as a winner". Like the comments sarcastically said: "Sure showed them!"
@@Hyjy0 Spot on! The people that have this issue should work on themselves and on their insecurities. It genuinely must be annoying to struggle with it so much that you would go such lengths to "prove" yourself to be worthy of something.
Yeah exactly, what is the point in going back and spending money to a floor worker who will either get a commission on your purchase or they don't and don't care about company profit, sure you get to show the miserable floor worker up for a couple minutes but then you've just given money to an asshole and a corporation
@@milkymilk53 Ah man, all these replies are so accurate. Including yours haha! I couldn't have said it better. The more we talk about this, the more I realise people falling for this are actually such a big joke.
I wouldn’t have left the first store without giving them a ration of shot for being jerks.
There are 80$ jeans that won’t rip down the crotch in a month and then there are 250$ designer ones that have holes in them at the crotch on purpose
Degeneration
Tbh a lot of expensive jeans are worth the money though. Especially American made. Origin denim is amazing.
I have a pair of 250$ jeans that are nearing 6 years old. Some expensive items are expensive because of quality
@@trilltyson7195 Anyways reported for Cp
iphone 15 was made from recycled material, they proudly said it and sold it at a premium. I used to recycle plastic, and... it's crap, loss of elasticity, and brittle, you can recycle it a few more times and that's it. But people will still buy an Iphone, even when they use cheaper material.
Imagine caring about brands.
apple users where you at?
@@r3mxd Least insecure youtube commenter
Did everyone forget about balenciagas literal garbage bag.
i mean you'd probably want a good quality brand vs some cheapo chinese brand knockoff, but caring about birkin or versace is just L
Anime pfp 😢😢😢
Nobody cares about designer but everybody cares about brands obviously
There's a guy that comes into work regularly always wearing designer clothes and loves talking, mostly about how successful he is and brings up how he loves how he's raking it in, huge flags that he's not doing the best. I'm a modest person, quiet, respectful, thoughtful. He once pulled me aside and asked why I "act like a pus*y," and money will fix me, that "once you (I) get five figures in my checking account, I'll hold myself different." People are wild sometimes, assuming I was a lesser person simply because I didn't act like I had money. I would just rather not be seen as a braggart.
I bet he 'owns' a lot of debt.
Textbook narcissist
"the strong do what they want while the weak do what they must"
hes right though. Most people act a certain way because they are poor. Once you have money and you see how it can literally change the world around you, you can start acting how you want instead of how youre told to.
_" How Designer Brands Keep You Poor "_
Almost like *they were designed to do that.* 😏
They are generally keeping SOME people poor and overly exploited. Most often the producing hands in 2nd & 3rd world countries.
I’m so happy my parents said hell no when I was a kid to butting me shoes over 40$. We were upper middle class/rich due to my dad working hard and retiring a colonel. But they always made me work since 15 and never bought me expensive things besides consoles on Christmas. I’m now 33 and have a lot of money saved up and I have never once bought a brand name item. I spend my money on video games and healthy groceries. Stop letting these corporations make you and keep you poor.
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Just think, we laughed at diablo immortal people's going in for 4 figures. And all along we didn't realize we were all standing in the shadow of elite fashion spending.
@@Thanatos2k That can sometimes be worth more than initially
Imagine if a game's season pass didn't unlock stuff; it unlocked _permission to buy stuff._ And on top of that, the pass only progresses based on your previous purchase history.
That's the kind of shit you have to go through to get these designer brands.
Don't give them more ideas 😂😂😂
She's spot on with the rich not dressing rich. I know plenty of "rich" people and a few VERY rich people and you would never ever be able to tell. They don't want to attention.
That saying always sticks with me: Money Talks, Wealth Whispers.
@@rikmik3046but they don’t tell you the clothes they actually bye don’t have bright logos but they cost just as much
"Cause it's Surpreme" reminds me of "It has the electrolytes plants crave!"
"If somebody breaks into my car and steals everything theyre cleaning it" lmfao i hate that i relate
Asmongold designer store: dead rat alarm clock perfume $300, stained white t-shirt $400, swag from twitch con 2018 $500
Woah, thank you for sharing and reacting to my video on designer brands! So cool to see!!
It is a great video!!!!! Thank you for your insight and commentary
@@Nymphadora45uvyu thank you so much!
True wealth is getting custom fitted clothes and shoes that are measured to fit you perfectly, doesn’t matter the brand, if it doesn’t fit you nicely and lasts, it’s worthless.
Most designer brands will tailor your clothes when you purchase them
@@adaelasm6467and the clothes themselves are extremely expensive to just purchase
honeslty my ideal would be nice looking but not expensive looking, well fitting close. I don't want to look like a target with nice stuff, I just want to be comfy, not distracting but still handsom.
The first thing I'd get if I was rich is tailored jeans and t-shirts and shoes and a bathtub big enough for my 6'2 250lb ass to comfortably soak in.
No stupid designer bling garbage.
@@adaelasm6467 they will "adjust" them. huge difference.
I have a rule. If something I wanna buy is more than 10% of my savings, as in pure savings meant for unneccessary stuff, I will not buy that thing. So I have just a few brands I buy clothes for, one of them is Levi's, if I need to buy clothes, I buy up till that 10% from that savings. Few months ago, my jeans needed to be replaced, had €2000,- in the bank. Spent about €180 in total on a couple of discount products. I take great care over my stuff so I don't have to buy a lot of stuff. It's not that hard to buy nice stuff, and not overconsume.
I still have a 15 year old G-Star jeans I wear when garderning/doing stuff around the house.
Granted it's a short one now with "ripped look" legs and washed out as hell (but guess that's in fashion anyways), but that's down to one leg being caught over and over in my bike's gears. Crotch and other connections still holding strong, despite suffering more abuse in it's current use than any of the jeans I wear everyday.
0:05 it costs 300 thousand dollars to hold this bag for TWELVE SECONDS.
I can kind of understand why so many people take status and appearance so seriously but I'm honestly fine if those people want to look at me and pass me by.
Especially when it comes to dating, it's a damn good filter, just having simple clothes, cheap car, etc.
You don't want to date a girl who was attracted to you by your car.
My dad ran his own business as a mechanic, he did pretty well in life and had what I'd call f*ck you money. But he was in work clothes almost 24/7, like oil stained leather jackets and jeans. A lot of people disrespect someone dressed like that and I think I learned from watching that. It really doesn't f*cking matter what those type of people think.
Lost it when Asmon said that "it looks like she's trying to apply to a GDKP Ulduar raid" LMAO
I have no idea what that means but it sounded so oddly specific i can’t help but laugh along 😂
I love that Asmon is still down to earth. He could afford this stuff, but chooses to not engage. Love this guy!
I think he can afford that stuff because he lives below his means. That's really the key to amassing wealth for the long term.
@@truedarkness4052
Lol, no. He earned so much fucking money from Twitch.
@@Bollibompaand he's said before he's just going to keep accumulating money because he doesn't have anything that he wants to spend money on
Google says Asmongold is worth $11M. That’s rich in my books. If true, I fully agree with you.
@@ReceptiveRaptorthe only thing he buys is cheap steak and dr pepper, a homeless man could be rich with his budget
Someone said that Ferrari does this too and yeah sure they do but externally Ferrari is a sculpture on wheels and underneath the bodywork, it is an engineering marvel. Last weekend Ferrari 296 GT3 won the 24 hours of Nurburgring. The money you spend on it is ridiculous, sure but I believe there is more merit behind that price tag. Than paying 300k for a bag, like does this bag have 4th dimension inside so that my inventory can be endless, will it blow me at least? The R&D going into cars like Ferrari is bonkers and we are benefiting from it too, supercars and luxury cars are the cutting edge of development and that's where most innovation happens. Thanks to economies of scale it becomes cheaper with time and gets introduced to cheaper models until it becomes standard. Mercedes S class is a great example, it introduced fuel injection in 1958, Passenger safety cell with crumple zones in 1959, Anti-lock braking system ABS in 1978, Driver airbag and belt tensioner for front passenger in 1981, and the list goes on. If you want to know what regular cars will have in 10 years look at the S class.
That said, Ferrari are a bit full of themselves as a brand and take themselves too seriously. A good example would be what happened to Deadmouse's Purrari. Also Ferraris were cooler with manual gated shifters. Currently only Porsche is keeping the high-performance cars with manual alive and I salute them.
“They’re not breaking into my car and stealing shit - they’re cleaning it” HAHAHA
Unfortunately my sister has a habit of doing this. Though not enough to ruin the home, it's come close. I've even spoken to her about it and she legit said "idk it's like, if I have extra money I just HAVE to spend it on anything"
Que the several times she's behind on something and needs me to save her with some cash.
Stop enabling her
The best thing you can do for her is let her reap the consequences of her own actions. She will never learn to be responsible if people are constantly bailing her out.
@@metallboy25 Very true, but easier said than done. I've tried convincing my mother for years to stop enabling my brother's drug addiction by giving him money. It's literally killing him while making her poor. People just gonna do dumb shit at the end of the day, then complain that they're broke.
She's gonna be in trouble when she's ready for retirement
While I agreed with most of what she said, I have to say that not all rich people live cheap. They dont, they just spend it on things they truly like and not to show or prove something to other people. Like there are alot of rich people who wear brand clothes etc and others spend it on expensive cars, while other on expensive drinks, golf, mansions etc etc, bc they like those things. Not all millionaires drive a kia, but also not overly loud, jacked cars either.
Ferrari works the same way. Doesn't matter who you are, how much money you have, or how into cars you are..... They will turn you away if trying to buy a new Ferrari, and they will reject your request to buy the newest limited-run models. They will point you to the used/certified pre-owned lot. Where a guy will sell you something to get you in the "Family". Basically the way it works is he chats with you for a bit, gets an overall feel of you, asks you a few questions and what you want in the future. He darts off to do a little of his own homework, when he comes back he will either take you to a section of the lot where you can pick (you don't want this) what you want, or if they feel you will be "Good" to the brand and come to events, he will present you with "a car" he tells you, you are buying this one (This is what you want, you are into the promise land) you at no point are compelled to buy it, but you have to understand, this is a test, that lasts between 1 and 5 years.
You pay for it, and you will be asked if you want to factory option it (about an additional $100k), you say yes, sign the paper work and come back in a few weeks to a month to organize delivery.
Depending on your behavior and willingness to cooperate with the brand, showing up to events (they take attendance), do your service at time intervals (doesn't matter if you have driven it) and be nice to the reps, staff, don't trash talk, if you have an issue with the car, no public stunts, trashing the brand, keep the car clean and conspicuous.
After you make it past their trial, you will get a phone call. This phone call will be fteindly, you will be informed they have a car for you.... you are expected to buy it. It may not be new, it may not be the latest, but it is a part of the process. After some time of this rinse process repeating, they will call and ask if you are willing to part ways with all or a few specific models you own. You don't have to if you really like them and have time to bring them to events. Later on you will get a phone call asking you if you want to get on the list for a few specific cars some rare , some new. You only put your name on what you are actually willing to instantly buy at full retail (with options). Time goes by, and you get that phone call for a car on your list. You buy it.
Then one day, you are "by invitation only allowed get a new rare model"
This is the literal embodiment of "Well call you, don't call us".
Over all this time (3 to 8 years) you have built a relationship with the reo, local dealer, and Ferrari corporate is fully aware of you. Corporate will invite you to finally come pick your colors, leather, options, wheels, nearly every darn little thing you can spec you can. It will feel like you are the Pope, British royalty, and the President of the United States at the same time. Now, you get to order any car you want at anytime m, the only limitation is rarity and production run, you have just purchased and passed the test to be a part of an extremely exclusive customer base.
I know it seems a bit much, but I understand it too, they aren't trying to sell millions of them, and they don't want to be on every street corner like a Toyota and a Honda. You have purchased exclusivity.
The other way to get in is to be extremely popular and liked by many around the globe.
You ever wonder why Jay Leno doesn't have a Ferrari? Because he has never gone through the process or shown that he will be good to the brand. Thus they have never extended him an invitation. The last thing they want is this guy trashing thier car on live T.V. on something stupid like coffe and cars. Also why a guy like Jeremy Clarkson has all the acess.
I had a Saddleback Leather bag that I actually used and it held value for years, ended up selling it when I no longer used it. It started out as a work bag, then it became my D&D bag for my binder and books, then I sold it for basically cost. It was well used but in good shape.
I love products like this, it tells me you're an idiot AND you're rich (or bad with money). Happy days.
This girl made a really good video, watch more of her stuff.
I remember there was a dude sitting in line for hours for a supreme crowbar. Didn’t even know it was supreme. Just wanted a crowbar. Absolute legend.
I bought a real leather coach purse 6 years ago, still use it all the time. Since I've taken good care of it, I haven't had to buy another one and shouldn't have to buy another one. It was 350 dollars on sale during Black Friday. There is value in quality, expensive products. Kind of the same as earbuds. My mom would buy $7 earbuds from the library. They would last MAYBE a month, and then she would have to buy another pair. She did this for a few years before I convinced her to buy a single pair of $50 ear buds, they lasted 3 years. Single use products and cheap quality products are the opposite side of this same coin.
Biggest brand loyalty I had was Adidas football shoes. Reasons:
1. Nike and Puma only had very lean ones my feet wouldn't fit and Lotto wasn't available, anyrhing else is/was trash (Adidas always kept the "old" broader designs so it wasn't even expensive).
2. Our little shoe shop in town used to be Adidas exclusive for that.
Now both changed so I own a fine mix.
"I don't buy it because it is expensive"
Exactly!! I am not buying those designer goods because I don't want to spend money on it.
I am okay to be called poor because I don't have them.
Few years ago a had a minor workplace injury and I choose to burn my vacation and take a few weeks of unpaid leave rather then be a fucking door greeter.
My boss looked at me like I was insane and couldn't understand how I could afford to not get paid for a few weeks.
I told him a had good savings because I don't throw my money away on stupid shit.
300k bag is CRAZY lmao😊
If an outfit isnt tailored and hand made to fit me then im not paying a premium price
Ya know when I was young I was into paintball and airsoft for like five minutes and remember looking at designer fake cosplay military shit and realised most of it was more expensive than the actual real equipment, seriously I could buy a russian helmet with a bullet proof visor for a lower price than a plastic mask or a set of goggles.
I remember that put shit into perspective for me as a kid...I instantly understood that most popular mainstream fashion brands don't mean shit...they don't mean superior quality or they're more comfortable or durable and longer lasting...they're just a logo and most of the time it's plasted on garish, gaudy coloured and weird un-optimal disfunctional designs.
Yep. I know a few people that need designer bags and I never understood why. Thanks for the explanation. This seems like another mental health issue we have around the world.
The Leather quality is maybe 350$, maybe. And that’s for the entire piece that they’ll use to cut from.
Wrong. I make exotic leather items and a single alligator or croc hide can cost more than $1000 - $2000 and you need more than one to make a bag. Fact.
@@mrresident You’re getting robbed. And it depends where you live.
The trick is to always find manufacturers that make the REAL product. You buy real quality. They usually have timeless designs and products. Youll never have to replace em, save sh*t loads of $, and nobody will ever know. Been running the same belt for decades.
gold is NOT down -1.5% since 1981, i just googled it and it's up over 600% since 1980 lmao
It's crazy how people just keep throwing money to factitious items and turns around wondering why they're still poor lmao
They don’t know DTI from PITI from a credit score anyway. Sentenced to poverty and paying someone else’s mortgage - possibly mine.
Not all designer brands are predatory and over priced. Also Birkin bags are insanely expensive however most of them appreciate value…so you buy one at 300k if you keep them in pristine quality in 5-10 years they can be worth 500k to a several million.
I think caring about brands is goofy however I do think that if you have the money to spend and can afford more quality products then I don’t see the problem.
However the majority of people who can not afford to shop at designer stores who do to try to be perceived as being better off than they are is insane. And some luxury designer brands do try to prey on those who want to be a part of something outside their tax bracket.
I mean... TECHNICALLY, a $300k bag is like a really fancy hypercar (Pagani, Bugatti, McClaren)... You're not dailying these cars, you sure as heck aren't hooning them in the snow... But, you can at least SIT in the darn thing. And, the engines actually go brrr... so like the music of my people and all that! It's a bit sad, because I know in the old world there truly were brands that were hand-made, stitched, sculpted, painted, architected, assembled, etc. and truly were pinnacles of peerless excellence and timeless design. Now, we all know those skills were lost to bulk manufacturing overseas circa 2003 🤪
I'm into fashion and i would agree to some extent that designer items makes you poor. It is all about buying items that has a meaning for you and to buy less but smarter.
Your profile picture is my PC background 😊
@@dangusprimeI remember that one
As a man, my idea of a brand has to do with "does this thing work as intended and is the machine work decent?"
Clothing doesn't have brands because I am pretty sure Walmart 5 dollar shirts don't have a label.
My family owns a large janitorial services company along with a tequila business, they have to use sometimes private jets. Not because they want to for looks or can afford it but because they are asked to go to events in New York and then need to be back in Texas for other events later that week or even day. My mother still is stingy with money and saves where she can. Shows between business people and wanting to be luxurious I guess.
I like many luxury brands. They actually typically have great quality and last longer. Sometimes you buy cheap you get worse quality. That said however...
I buy majority of my stuff 2nd hand. People that own it tend to take good care of it. So I'll get some 150$ sweater for 30$. It's great lol. That's smart shopping.
FYI almost all stores destroy their merch this isn't exclusive to luxury brands. It's because people go dumpster diving...and instead of buying from the store they just wait. And yes because people will dumpster dive to return to the store. It's bad for buisness. But many businesses do it.
Pretty Much Every Major Business Throws Everything Away & Some are Forced to.
My parents owned a Pizzeria when I was young into early teens.
Pizza place in NY you always have like 5/6 Types if pizza on the counter.
We threw away an Average of 4-6 XXL Pizzad , Calzones , Pizza Rolls etc , we wanted to Donate all of our left overs to a Homeless shelter that was Literally 1 Block over from us & Legally they are Laws in Place Preventing Food Businesses from Giving Food to Shelters/Food Kitchens.
We built a wooden Box & we would put close to the dumpster (couple feet away) and we would put any food that didn't sell in that box for the Homeless that were dumpster Diving.
Clothings Stores will either Cut Up their Items or Simply Pour Bleach on it.
They rather it Be Destroyed then its a Tax Write Off & Nobody will be getting their items for Free.
Lol @ the Wow analogies ... why I love this guy! and btw, it was Steve Jobs that wore the same thing every day to avoid decision making
Bro, your videos are so funny and are always a banger. The commentary is unmatched on the internet.
I do real estate and I never had anyone who wears those brand that would actually go to contract, real high wealth buyers often show up in polo shirt with shorts, if it is a bit colder they show up in polo shirt with chinos 😂
A lot of rich people are actually frugal (not Asmon frugal, but still) and that's partially why they're still rich. I agree that it's mostly middle class morons who spend outside their means to get this trash.
not rlly, most rich people are subtle, not frugal, its very different
I'm definitely into the "buy once cry once" thing. I can go through a pair of vans in 3 months. A pair of gripfast or solovair lasts me 10 years. So $250 on a pair of boots in 10 years vs 40 pairs of vans at $60 a pop?
Agreed. But then there's overpriced brand name sneakers that are just as shit as the Walmart sneakers, which are more in line with the sort of stuff the video is about.
Just raid their trash bins and sew it back together. Not only will it work fine, hell, it'll look cool with an accent line of a repair across it.
Only time I ever cared about the quality of my clothes was for 1 simple reason, it was because they were work clothes and I needed them to be sturdy, my work pants although more expensive then cheap jeans probably saved me from a lot of cuts and injury, also I tried cheap walking shoes and they lasted only a year, afterward bought under armor shoes, I used those shoes for over 3 years and I still have them in a good condition, only other pair of shoes I have is some steel toe shoes which has also outlasted those cheap shoes.
10:47 - They wear expensive clothes. The really expensive stuff is about quality and fit. Zuck is wearing $400 plain gray t-shirts.
Get a Tesla or EV in general. Never have to stop by a gas station to fill up once in a while. Maintenance every 2+ years instead of every year. Talk about min-maxing. On top of having a nicer and/or faster car in general. It really is something not having to ever go back to a gas station and having your car "filled up" every time you leave your house (assuming you leave it plugged as you sleep or more time than that). Tesla has Autopilot, which is admittedly flawed, but the free version that comes with the car is massively useful for bumper to bumper traffic. You literally don't have to look at the road when traffic starts and stops every 15-30 secs.
Asmond was absolutely hilarious in this video, the jokes were on point haha
At a certain point, the brand might be worth its money if quality is good enough and performs the way you want. Like New Balance or adidas shoes, like santoni shoes, like garmin fitness watches.
I work in a factory as an precision mechanic and we make many parts for high end brands. One example is mont blanc pens ... I mean dont get me wrong they are pretty and the amount of work i put into setting up the machine to get the quality is insane but ive never get how you can spend 1000€+ on a fucking pen ... I mean wtf?? There are pens by mont blanc that fucking laugh at my monthly salary and i think i get paid well ... Also hansgrohe for example.. they have their normal products but the luxury line... Damn what blows my mind is the amount of parts they buy from us. You'd think it might be a few hundret but no thousands Sometimes tens of thousands. You gotta Wonder how many people buy these kind of things
It’s interesting that she’s targeting Hermes in this regard, its ridiculous how much the stuff costs, but then you can also trivially resell it if you want. Like if you can buy a Birkin you absolutely should, because you can walk out of the store a resell it for probably 3-4k profit without even trying. My wife was offered a limited edition bag that someone offered her $40k for the next day, she turned them down because that was a lowball offer. There’s an excellent book about this called “Bringing home the Birkin” that talks about the culture behind it, the guy figured out how to get Birkins easily and would buy every one he was offered because he had multiple clients who would buy as many as he could get his hands on.
So with the bag burnings, is the 37M the cost it takes to make and transports the bags, or the price tag of the bag. Because they could have a 10x mark up, and suddenly 3.7M in bag burnings to secure insane margins looks pretty good. Or they could pay to transport all the bags back and recycle the materials, which probably would cost more then just burning them.
My wife unfortunately loves designer bags, however, she pretty much buys exclusively second hand. You get shit for 20% of the price and still get to enjoy it.
Imagine if that bag gets stolen, or worse, it gets a stain that doesn't come of!!
Asmond was on point with his reason for the danger of a stay at home gf 😂
for a $300,000 price tag, that handbag better has a pocket dimension inside offering infinite luggage capacity
I’ve never viewed your videos before, but if you changed up the background(the bricks)image every now and again it might help with my adhd. This is just what I noticed. Great video tho, liked and subbed. Excited for more vids
I don’t quite agree. There’s a good amount of “rich people” who care about luxury items/status.
But there’s a certain type of rich person, the super hardworking, entrepreneurial, wasn’t raised wealthy, who don’t care about appearing high status. The giga rich billionaires fit this category as well
My Dad told me a long time ago "it's better to have a Honda with $50k in the glove compartment than a Mercedes with $0 ... Fortunately that stuck with me!
wow this takes me back to the days of Highschool in the 90's early 2000's. When girls would brag about what brand their bag was, but i had no idea about any of these brands so i didnt give a fawK! all the bags looked ugly anyways.
Buying brand bags as investment is some insane copium
I like to imagine that the way rich people feel when they get a burkin bag is the exact same feeling I get spotting an awesome thrift find, and you can't convince me otherwise
There’s nothing wrong with wanting nice things but there is an extent. There are designer brands who specialize in certain items (e.g., Oliver people glasses, Gucci leather shoes, etc). I have a philosophy to buy something only once. So I own high end leather shoes which have lasted me many many years and provide comfort and fashion not available otherwise.
Don't go to the same store that treated you badly - that's dumb. If you must buy "designer", go to a different brand and buy from them then give a shoutout ti the brand/store that treated you badly lol.
Anyone else feel like Asmon is reacting more and more to things you do not find interesting?
Nah
Slashed product is easy to repair its fine, but yeah burning those products its quite a waste
360 p gang
For as long as I can remember I have thought branded goods are lame. I remember removing labels from my clothes when I was barely 10 years old. I thought branded goods was a way to show off how bad someone is at handling money and I still do.
The phrase "intentional living" is a phrase invented by NPC's to refer to people who are not NPC's
Under rated comment. That is so fucking apt.
28:24 Yeah a lot of stores have to break the defects and products they can't sell anymore. Dumpster divers will make a living off of trying to return merch they never bought.
porsche/ferrari does the same thing. u have to own X car to pre-order/own X car. its just a status thing.
Lol my friend insisted on buying a burberry purse for £300 gbp and tried encouraging me to spend in the shop. I REFUSED due to the mark up for the brand name. Suffice to say I found a hand made Italian leather purse and bag for less than £120 and still used today 10 years later.
I paid cash she paid on a credit card and I know she does not pay her card in full every month.
If you want to stay poor carry on buying branded goods
If i ever splash on something, i make sure theres a history of durability behind the brand behind it and looks atleast decent. Like with boots, i bought a pair of whites perry moc toes and theyve breezed by 3 years of semi daily usage. My nikes that i get fall apart after 3 years of one wear a week
"I can make a plain white shirt and sell it for 100$"
OR
You can make a plain white shirt, wear it for 3 month in a row as usual and sell that smelling, stained previously plain white shirt for over 1k$🤣
“When somebody breaks in my car, they’re cleaning it”
Overtime when people criticize something usually becomes or purchase that thing they criticize at the beginning, and deep inside wants it, so the ability to not criticize and just know becomes more important
Asmond: Don't you guys have phones?
Blizzard: ...
If someone breaks into my car, they’re cleaning it that was classic
12:35 No. My Civic is loud cause the exhaust fell off somewhere on a highway and I do not wanna buy a new one
The Zuck thing comes form Einstien IIRC, who had a closet full of all the same clothes so he didn't have to think about what to wear. I apply a similar philosophy, I have similar clothes for day to day, different colors but same type of shirts, jeans, and boots, so I just pick a color and that's it. Takes me no time to get dressed. The exception is when I have to dress nice, but those are scheduled so I have time to plan what to wear.
Brands in general not just designer, evergrowing population + evershrinking ressources, being able to buy food will soon be luxury as well too, we are lucky they didn't tax the air yet.
Great video. Just wanted to add some additional info to her claim at 37:40. It is generally agreed in large parts of climate economy that those who are the poorest will suffer most economically from climate change impacts. An interesting report is the "Climate inequality report 2023" by the World Inequality Lab. The bottom 50% of global emitters contribute only 12% of the world's emissions, but face 75% of the income losses. Conversely, the top 10% of people (AKA the rich people) emitting greenhouse gases are only estimated to face 3% of the economic losses. It's largely because of food insecurity, disease spreading, mental health decline, flooding and heatwaves (Many of these factors being most prevalent in poor countries in hot areas with high risks of floodings). So, the poorer you are, the more you economically have to lose from climate change. And that large effect is starting to be seen even at mid-income levels globally, increasing class differences. If you got this far, thanks for reading.
The thing is, some of these luxury items actually hold their value. Its not all that different from buying any other collectible item. Some lose value, some hold value, some gain value. Also, a "poor" idiot isnt buying a Birkin Bag. And those who do arent actually spending money. Theyre parking money.
This is a story as old as time, South Park did a good episode on it "Cartmanland". If loads of people could buy one, no one would bother. The second you say "nope, fuck off you can't buy one" people are outraged and NEED one. EZ marketing.
Got to disagree with you on the car stuff.
I build my cars from the ground up.
A lot of the cars I’ve built were 700+ horsepower.
There’s a point where it’s just loud.
It’s like rarity drops in mmo’s or shiny pokemon cards. Artificial scarcity, brain go bling blop
i know ferrari does this. you need to have a lower tier car from them in order to get a higher tier car. to an extent with cars it makes SOME sense. if you're not used to their cars and jump straight into an F50 or something, you're going to crash the thing faster than it goes from 0 to 60mph. but with watches and bags? i guess it's to make sure you don't slap someone with a 300k bag i guess
It’s true that they own the products. And have the right to do what they want with them. And what they want to do can be shitty or commendable. And what they do is shitty. Two things being correct at the same time!
You can’t eat a shoe, but not having to buy more shoes means extra money that can be spent on food which you certainly can eat. Not really a soap box issue in my opinion but companies can most certainly do better than producing waste in an exponential way.
Bro. You wonder why? The things that piss us off are the only things we have in life. While it’s nice to say hey just change your situation it’s not possible for most of us. We only get to try and risk a life change a couple times at the most. After that you’ll have the slim chance that we will succeed but most likely fail and fall back into the life we hate or have a worse life with even less
Imagine paying 8k for a bag, and then someone runs by and snatches it off of your shoulder