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She understands I'm sure

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[โ€“] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

You live in an appearance obsessed fantasy world full of people who say that "YouTuber" and "Influencer" are their #1 career choices.

Sensible people don't see anything wrong with a Civic.

[โ€“] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

I also realized if OOP is a man, that sometimes women will judge men on their financial status because the traditional path assumes "the woman" will need to depend on "the man" financially as a stay-at-home mom, and so a desirable man to a traditional, straight woman is usually a wealthy man.

Since I'm a gay woman and I accidentally assumed OOP was also a gay woman, I found it really confusing why she was worried the girl she is going out on a date would judge her for her old but reliable car.

The whole meme makes more sense to me with OOP being a straight man ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

My ex and I were joking about that. I asked her what kind of car would instantly cause her to nope out if someone came to pick her up... "PT Cruiser." No hesitation.

I am inclined to agree.

As for the "assumed OOP" thing - we all do that, I think. I know I do constantly and have to check myself, even though I think it's pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. That is, of course, as long as we can all agree about PT Cruisers. ;)

[โ€“] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think a Hummer would give me the ick faster; I feel like a PT Cruiser is ugly and poor taste, but I would at least find out if like they inherited the car or someone gifted them the car before nopeing out, whereas a Hummer wouldn't probably get that level of benefit of the doubt, I would be looking for the quickest opportunity to nope.

I think I would also feel that way about Corvettes and certain other luxury cars. BMW is also a red flag. Lexus is borderline.

But yeah, I'm also not a typical person who actually went on dates or participated in much courting. At some point it was my goal to never have a romantic partner, and I see it as a fluke (even a failure) that someone found me anyway.

[โ€“] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sometimes a joke is just a joke. But I get your meaning.

[โ€“] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

oh, I'm dumb then, oops ๐Ÿ˜

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