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I know a handful of people at work who bought them in the same suburban tracks. When invited over to one of their houses for dinner there were obvious remarks about who had the largest house or yard. The following day, one of the people who attended the same dinner remarked on the envy within the group...last time I go over there.
Then there are the same types of people who buy cars to impress. There's a lot of this in our country. Not everyone who owns a nice car or large house is like this, but it is at least somewhat representative of American materialism.
What is unreasonable about being competitive when your friend at work beats you to the best deal on the block? How does that show anything about the motivation to buy the home or this perceived 'insecurity'? I would say it's an unreasonable assumption to make about your coworkers.
Certainly there are people out there who buy cars or houses to impress, does that say anything about the cars or houses?? No...no it does not.
You can't honestly compare racist terms about actual people with material objects like a house. One is a thing/style with material qualities; another is in regard to superficial qualities that are backed by thoughts/feelings/etc. Apples to bowling balls.
i'm comparing the faulty logic of using a slang term to suggest something is true simply because of the existence of the slang term
What is unreasonable about being competitive when your friend at work beats you to the best deal on the block? How does that show anything about the motivation to buy the home or this perceived 'insecurity'? I would say it's an unreasonable assumption to make about your coworkers.
I just find it in poor taste and shallow to boast about who's property or house is larger. The quality of the person is why I attended dinner, not to see who has the bigger house; I find that to be characteristic of insecurity IME.
They aren't comparable, that's the point. People and material objects are a world apart.
You're free to love McMansions, but I still think they're ugly and cheesy. It's nothing personal; I don't expect everyone to like bungalows.
What do you mean they aren't comparable? are you missing my point? I'm comparing any two slang words that exist whether they be about animal , vegetable, or mineral, take your pick and insert them into the statement and my point stands.
I just find it in poor taste and shallow to boast about who's property or house is larger. The quality of the person is why I attended dinner, not to see who has the bigger house; I find that to be characteristic of insecurity IME.
No actually that is a characteristic of the competitive tendencies of the human male, if you think that gender is all around insecure than that's another matter entirely. Do you feel the same way when they are boasting about their sports teams?
What do you mean they aren't comparable? are you missing my point? I'm comparing any two slang words that exist whether they be about animal , vegetable, or mineral, take your pick and insert them into the statement and my point stands.
No, you're missing my point. Point being that although the concept is similar on the surface, the reality is too far apart to compare. I mean that people have feelings and thoughts, and McMansions are piles of lumber on a half acre.
No actually that is a characteristic of the competitive tendencies of the human male, if you think that gender is all around insecure than that's another matter entirely. Do you feel the same way when they are boasting about their sports teams?
Sports teams are not reflective of a personal nature, incomes and homes are. The quality of the people and the social nature of the family (laughing, happiness, kindness, memories, etc.) is what makes a home, not the size of the house or the gloating over who's cathedral ceilings are higher. It's sad that anyone thinks otherwise.
It's barely an assumption that McMansions represent imitations of wealth (Hence the "Mc"). It is truly specious to guess that someone is envious, however.
No actually that is a characteristic of the competitive tendencies of the human male, if you think that gender is all around insecure than that's another matter entirely.
Meh not really. Anyone who tries to show off conversationally that my house is bigger than your house would come across to me as shallow, possibly annoying and just too materialistic for my comfort.
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How does that show anything about the motivation to buy the home or this perceived 'insecurity'? I would say it's an unreasonable assumption to make about your coworkers.
Do you feel the same way when they are boasting about their sports teams?
