Anonymous #1 3d

So these were actually Christmas gifts heavily on sale, which is why I called it a win..the only thing I wanted all year. I didn’t want clothes or material objects I’d leave in drawers. I wanted pieces I’d use over and over. I’ve said this for the last few years. I actually got no presents last year because they couldn’t find anything I wanted. I loved this collection and wanted it all year. My mother, father, and uncle saved all year to get me the peices as a graduation and Christmas gift.

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Anonymous OP 3d

Plus they told me they got it on sale, 45 percent off th original price. Which is only reason I didn’t feel upset.

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Anonymous OP 3d

You don’t know what you’re talking about. This isn’t “excess wealth” I’m blessed and extremely lucky that I have family that would pick up extra hours and get me these things. It’s the first nice gift like this I’ve ever had. It’s a win

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Anonymous OP 3d

As one example

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Anonymous OP 3d

damn that’s a lot of replies, seems like I struck a nerve. an assortment of 10 different Vera Wang pieces at 45% off is absolutely still excess wealth lmao, you’re obscenely out of touch if you can’t understand this

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Anonymous #1 3d

My nerve isn’t struck. You just don’t know my life. I’m lucky that each member of my family saved to get me two peices at a discount and a BOGO. It’s not access. The wanted to get me something nice (a rare thing for me) because I graduated this year.

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Anonymous OP 3d

okay, I can acknowledge that this is much less expensive than I would’ve guessed, but that’s just one item and I’m looking at 10. I’m not asking you to post prices for all of them, but my point remains

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Anonymous #1 3d

But my point also remains, you don’t know what you’re talking about. I can show you all 10 times and even tell you the price all together and it still wouldn’t be considered access. Each of my family members got me two pieces. So roughly max 60 dollars (without deals) per person if that becomes some are cheaper than 26

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Anonymous OP 3d

never claimed to know your life. god forbid someone on the brink of homelessness find a “check out my brand new designer accessories collection, a win for the community” post distasteful

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Anonymous #1 3d

And that brings back the issue you didn’t say “as someone on the brink of homelessness” how am I to know? We both know each others lives. If you would have said “I find this distasteful” that would have been different. I could have said “oh gifts and sales and so on” but it’s the fact that you assumed it was excess wealth that has me like this

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Anonymous OP 3d

I didn’t expect you to somehow intuit my exact circumstances, that would be unreasonable. but generally when someone has a visceral negative reaction to perceived flaunting of excess wealth, they’re doing so because of destitution… and I’m not some rare exception, the actual majority of people in the US are living paycheck-to-paycheck at this point

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Anonymous #1 3d

That I can understand. I’ve been there. That’s probably why I got so worked up, that’s not on you. It’s actually (like I mentioned earlier) the first Christmas I’ve had something nice like this. I suppose “excess wealth” just upset me because I know I’m not living like that. I apologize, I can admit not knowing much about my situation you can see it that way

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Anonymous OP 3d

if I’d simply called it distasteful I would have been doing so for the same reason—stocking up on designer jewelry unquestionably constitutes excess wealth to me, as someone who’s far behind on bills and has to hit up my local food bank every week just to survive. being able to put aside money for things like this is unfathomable to me. you don’t have to be so personally offended by *my* hardship

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Anonymous #1 3d

I also (in hind sight) didn’t know she was designer /gen

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Anonymous OP 3d

I’ve quite clearly explained where I’m coming from. the specific price point of each individual item is really the only area where I “don’t know what I’m talking about”, these are luxury items regardless

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Anonymous #2 3d

Thank you :) Merry Christmas

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Anonymous #1 2d

Bruh this is costume jewelry at best, you can get this stuff at kohls (not downplaying the gift)…it’s really not a display of wealth. These aren’t designer pieces or even considered assets or anything…

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Anonymous #3 2d

No it’s fine! My parents literally got it at kohls!! :)

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Anonymous OP 2d

You have no reason to apologize or explain yourself OP

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Anonymous #1 2d

Idk you could’ve just kept this to yourself, there’s worse shit to be mad at.

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Anonymous OP 2d

She’s not. She’s “designer” in the affordable, department store sense. You’re not seeing Vera wang at a luxury outlet mall or overseas js, it’s not that big

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Anonymous OP 2d

I just felt the need to defend you bc #1 was going in trying to guilt trip you and it wasn’t fair…there are literal billionaires having yacht and space races & they’re mad you got some Vera wang as a gift?? Like bffr

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Anonymous #3 2d

I appreciate it. Like I ended up apologizing because I wasn’t sure. I know for damn sure I don’t have wealth. 🙂‍↕️

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Anonymous OP 2d

Happy for you & your gift tho! Happy Holidays OP!! 🫶🏽

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lmfao yeah buddy, I’ll just “work on myself” til my lifelong physical disability is magically cured. I was spending time on my 4 year-old janky phone on Christmas because I don’t have family to celebrate with, not sure what you want from me

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Anonymous #3 2d

obviously there’s worse shit to be mad about? I can find this distasteful and also take more important issues seriously 🤡 calm down please

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Anonymous #1 2d

Bro, if I told you everything going on in my life right now..you’d feel like shit. Genuinely

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Anonymous OP 2d

okay? that sucks and I’m not saying you don’t deserve sympathy, nor am I saying you must live a perfectly easy charmed life. I’m only disclosing this shit about myself because it’s apparently totally incomprehensible to harbor a little class resentment unless everyone understands that my specific life circumstances are about to send me into an early grave and now this white knight here wants to talk like it’s just because I’m being lazy or something

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Anonymous #1 2d

Lmao the fact you called me a white knight while I’m Black and probably deal with worse life circumstances than you is hilarious 😂😂😂

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I’m only even mentioning the disability part because you were talking like me being impoverished was a result of my own choices, thanks

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$200-worth of jewelry is a lot to someone who’s struggling to save up $170 to pay an overdue bill. again, you can choose to not have a big reaction over that

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Anonymous #1 2d

No definitely not. You choosing to focus on this and it be what is upsetting you today of all days, is what I mean. That’s part of the reason for your misery because you’re sulking in negativity. I get it. Life sucks and so does capitalism, but OP is not your enemy nor a rich person for showing these very reasonable Christmas gifts. Now if it was a brand new 2025 vehicle, I’d be more understanding to you. But you’re being ridiculous. That is all. Good day.

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Anonymous #3 2d

google the term “white knight” for me, it has nothing to do with race. I haven’t made a single presumption about your life circumstances either, where is all your defensiveness coming from?

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Anonymous #1 2d

Dude I can’t drive currently bc my car is out of commission, been unemployed the last several months, and I’m on food stamps. I JUST paid off overdue cashapp bills bc I borrowed money. $80 mind you. So yeah, I’m definitely not wealthy or thriving rn, but I’m not making it everyone else’s problem either. Especially people just showing gratitude for a gift.

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Anonymous #1 2d

Honestly it sounds like jealousy. But I digress.

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Anonymous #3 2d

you talk as if I was sitting around all day plotting against OP rather than having a single thread of interactions with her spanning less than an hour. I’m miserable because my life is unsustainable, and you don’t know the half of it. you’re free to find my initial remark annoying, but fuck off with all these baseless dismissive presumptions about where I’m coming from

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Anonymous #3 2d

okay! sorry you’re in that position. never made any claims or presumptions about your life but at this point you’re just overreacting to the fact that I made a couple unfriendly remarks on an anonymous app

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Anonymous #3 2d

I’m not jealous of owning jewelry like that but yeah, maybe I am a bit jealous at the thought of having a loving family and being able to afford nice things when I presently can’t even afford socks that don’t have holes in them, is that really a surprise?

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bro I didn’t ask for your pity, I’m explaining my circumstances because they’re extremely tangibly relevant as long as you’re on here making assumptions about the position I’m in. not even sure why you think OP needs a stranger to sling hostility at me on her behalf, this interaction was already long over

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I’m replying because you’re taunting me with falsehoods about my own life and making a big deal out of not caring what I’m going through while also expecting me to care about Your circumstances lmao, and I’m not letting that slide without pointing out to you just how goofy that is. you’re free to quit engaging at any point as well btw

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Anonymous #1 2d

No I’m just going to block your annoying ass. Bye!

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Anonymous #1 2d

hm, seems like maybe the mods weren’t a fan of some of #3’s comments

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Anonymous #1 1d

You ever heard the saying “If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all”

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Anonymous #4 1d

you’re definitely on the wrong app if you expect other people to operate that way

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Anonymous #1 23h

That seems like just a you problem ngl

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Anonymous #4 23h

take a look around the app, buddy 💀 I promise you’ll find plenty of other people you can lecture

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Anonymous #1 23h

You’re the one lecturing random people on their Christmas presents bro 💀💀 The call is coming from inside the house

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Anonymous #4 22h

she made the post in a public space, I reacted. that’s how the internet works 👍

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