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[-] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 28 minutes ago

I'm going to put maintenance costs aside here for a minute, but from what I've heard the V8 manual R8s are pretty reliable.

But I can find two R8s within distance of me for $100,000 CAD. Driving one of these around, everyone thinks you're a rich showoff. But drive around in a Denali Ultimate pickup (starts at $107k) or a F150 Platinum (starts at $103k) and nobody thinks twice. For work I understand an expensive truck, but these people who drive to their office job, I don't see how a flashy sports car is seen as extravagant but a new pickup truck is normal.

[-] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 13 points 3 hours ago

I like how they've obfuscated the number plate of a bright yellow Audi covered in graffiti so no one can ID it.

Also, has he tried simply covering it up?

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Simply add the words "olive oil" and people will think you're Filippo Berio!

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 17 points 5 hours ago

Side note.

Back in 1960, minimum wage was $1.00/hour and a new Jaguar was about $6,000.00

If a minimum wage worker really wanted one, he could buy a supercar. $1.00 x 40 x 52 =2,080. Three years ot buy the car.

$15.00 x 40 x 52 = 31,000. Ten years work to buy that car.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 12 points 2 hours ago

Three years of not paying tax or buying food, but I get your point

[-] adam_y@lemmy.world 19 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Back in 1960 this story is in the UK and we were never paid in dollars.

If a minimum wage worker wanted a jaguar his mam would have clipped him round the ear and told him to get a grip.

Edit: there's some confusion that I've conflated minimum wage with teenagers... But here. In the North of England, we still have multigenerational houses in the working class... And more than that. If I act like a dafty, my Mam would still happily travel across town to clip me and I'm an old man.

[-] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 2 points 48 minutes ago

If a minimum wage worker wanted a jaguar his mam would have clipped him round the ear and told him to get a grip.

That's a bit beside the point, innit? Whether the wealth inequality started high enough that it was unattainable then, it's surely a bigger gap now, right?

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 14 points 3 hours ago

I like the way you buy into the myth that the only people who make minimum wage are teenagers.

That's a mythical myth that isn't true. Hence, calling it a myth.

[-] adam_y@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I like the way you assume that anyone in the UK who has a mam that would clip them is a teenager.

You made a massive assumption on how the working class lives here.

[-] spooky2092 2 points 2 hours ago

Well yeah, gotta denigrate the youth so we can ignore systemic problems.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 14 points 5 hours ago

I know Lemmy hates rich people but am I the only one who thinks this is too much?

[-] spooky2092 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Nah, I don't particularly care about property damage to wealthy people. They have plenty and it gets money back into the community they're stealing their wealth from. Especially when on a societal level, they care about property more than people.

[-] 10001110101@lemm.ee 22 points 5 hours ago

Nah, it's fine. As another commenter pointed out, owner said so himself:

it’s not much of a loss for me, I make £6-7,000 in my sleep.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 10 points 4 hours ago

I mean the guy is an arrogant prick, but still, just... why?

[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 7 points 2 hours ago

The "virgin" feels targeted so "the guy is an arrogant prick" is a good candidate for your why.

However even it was just opportunistic tagging of someone's conspicuous show of wealth, I'm definitely not against people becoming aware of how their community sees them as compared to how their Instagram following sees them.

[-] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 37 points 6 hours ago

"it’s not much of a loss for me, I make £6-7,000 in my sleep."

Whereas most people would need to work full time for three or four months, whilst being very much awake, to make the same amount, you vile, immoral parasite.

[-] Soulg@ani.social 6 points 3 hours ago

Yep that's exactly where I'm at.

I never understand where these people just obtain their free money glitch. I work hard and can barely sustain things even with absurdly cheap rent.

[-] Didros@beehaw.org 3 points 1 hour ago

You don't become wealthy from hard work. You need to lie about the value of your labor or get others to do tge labor for you.

[-] pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I mean he's probably lying. But with enough money and enough lack of morality you can still make money pumping and dumping shit coins, I'm sure.

[-] Soulg@ani.social 1 points 1 hour ago

with enough money

There's the problem lol, every time I think about trying to start investing I realize how little money it would make because of how little I have spare to invest.

Maybe a bad way to look at it but it just feels hopeless

[-] jonesy@aussie.zone 56 points 7 hours ago

"Even if you are doing something good in life, there is a lot of hate. I don’t really have any enemies, I think a lot of people just can’t see someone young, do good. I have a supercar at 20, they can’t put up with it."

Bro is trading crypto and thinking he's a modern hero. I hope someone tags the car again when it's cleaned.

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 13 points 5 hours ago

Maybe it's the "Superman does good. You are doing well." situation.

[-] Zip2@feddit.uk 22 points 7 hours ago

Doing good would be donating that money to a good cause, not buying a salesmans super car in attention seeking yellow.

[-] Trebuchet@lemm.ee 8 points 7 hours ago

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