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.
1. "just watches and the wedding band..jewelry is gross to me" In response to Reply # 0
>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. > >
For what it's worth, I was "there" for a while because I literally couldn't afford it, but now that I can afford it, I find myself battling between what I want to wear, how much I want it to be of a certain quality, and how to practically think through how much I choose to spend on each piece
Short answer to your question: I currently rock beads and a watch. I will likely own two chains soonish, and may look into rings and bracelets at some point in the future. I do think it's a form of expression and I like the way I look with jewelry on
7. "20 dollar wedding band, 80 dollar watch. that's it." In response to Reply # 0 Fri Jul-23-21 02:30 PM by PROMO
now, both look nice and have fooled some folks.
i don't even know if those things are even considered jewelry. i don't consider them to be unless you wanna get wild technical about the wedding ring but that's not jewelry to me - that's just a requirement, LOL.
only expensive thing i'd ever wear that isn't shoes is a watch. i'd love to have a collection of expensive watches but the way my bank account is set up...
but i mean, earings, chains, bracelets, etc? not for me.
8. "RE: Men, do you own or wear jewelry?" In response to Reply # 0
Yup…
Rangs, bracelet, watch and chains, dangle earring
Sitting somewhere between a flamenco guitar player and old african slanging incense and telling the future.
First its an easy collectible from world travels… paris, middle east, mexico, Native American jewelty etc..
And I just like that it easily steps up a fit…
And rap life
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10. "diamond cut chain with a mariner's cross, and a gold watch" In response to Reply # 0
an assortment of beads also. when the ship comes in def gonna upgrade the chain game just alil bit. wouldnt mind another diamond cut for that 2 chains look and maybe a nice cuban...gonna upgrade the watch too. im a grown ass man but that hip hopper in me just cant let it go lol.
Since I've gotten older I've really stopped wearing jewelry altogether outside of my wedding ring. Just don't have the same interest I once had. My wife jokes now that the only thing I wear is a fitbit these days after all those years of chains, watches, and rings lol
13. "For me, it's slave shit and..." In response to Reply # 0
It advertises your wealth to wolves already hungry. IMHO, the media marketing strategy of encouraging black society to pursue jewelry as status is an attack on black society. Enjoy your riches fellow black man and black queen save those resources for your family and or invest them in things that appreciate in value.
No empathy for white misery (c) BDot
"root for everybody black haters say that's crazy, wow..."
22. "RE: Men, do you own or wear jewelry?" In response to Reply # 0
Was never a jewelry person other than wearing my wedding band. Owned a few watches in the past that I hardly wore. Recently purchased an Apple Watch. I’ve actually been looking at gold chains lately. I want a small rope chain and/or a Franco chain.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79515 posts
Mon Aug-02-21 12:47 PM
25. "nah.. wedding band and apple watch" In response to Reply # 0
and I forget to put the watch on half the time.
Never got the appeal of jewelry
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