>The youtube algo got me, I've been watching a lot of watch
>influencer content lately.
>
>1. Goddamn, I am never not surprised at how many rich people
>there are in the world.
>
>2. Watch collecting is fucking weird.
>
>3. Luxury watches are just "acceptable" jewelry for (white)
>men (of certain means) - and like other things the culture
>flows from the top while also flowing up from the bottom.
>Rappers want to exude wealth and class. Rich people want to be
>"in" and cool.
>
>so, through a combination of growing up dirt poor and through
>layers of my own psychology at play, I've never owned jewelry
>or nice jewelry.
>
>Even now, on my ring finger, I'm wearing a silicone band.
>I wear silicone because I still work with my hands and I am
>freaked out about ring avulsion - but still, I could maybe
>stand to have A work/date night piece.
>
>
>I grew up with scarcity I don't think jewelry is a sound way
>to spend money and I think of it as something that will have
>to be sold off to be able to eat because I'm simultaneous
>still "there" mentally of being poor - but I'm also just mad
>uncomfortable spending that much dough on something even if I
>could afford it.
>
>I'm going to just save all of this for therapy. Goddamn.
>
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