death to america
Yeesh...
Eric Sherman, a counselor at college counseling firm IvyWise, compares the veneration of name-brand colleges to a Hermes bag.
“You hit a certain point where quality is legitimately increased, and then everything above that is just brand,” said Sherman, who’s also director of college counseling at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto, California. “I think that there is a really powerful element here where parents, if they’re at a cocktail party they might want to say, ‘Oh, I drive a Maserati and my daughter goes to Penn.’”
I used to date a pre-law student who frequently talked about all the specific luxury items she was going to have and how she'd have a nanny to watch the kids when she was working at some high paying law firm. She ended up marrying a corporate lobbyist who is now some Republican Senators aide.
I was never under the illusion that we were in it for the long haul tbh, before we had started dating she expressed how she didn't feel comfortable with the idea of her then fiance not making at least a 6 figure salary to compliment her projected high powered lady lawyer income.
I urinate while trying to make out the puffiness of my reflection in the glass that encases a baseball poster hung above the toilet. After I change into Ralph Lauren monogrammed boxer shorts and a Fair Isle sweater and slide into silk polka-dot Enrico Hidolin slippers I tie a plastic ice pack around my face and commence with the morning's stretching exercises. Afterwards I stand in front of a chrome and acrylic Washmobile bathroom sink - with soap dish, cup holder, and railings that serve as towel bars, which I bought at Hastings Tile to use while the marble sinks I ordered from Finland are being sanded - and stare at my reflection with the ice pack still on. I pour some Plax antiplaque formula into a stainless-steel tumbler and swish it around my mouth for thirty seconds. Then I squeeze Rembrandt onto a faux-tortoiseshell toothbrush and start brushing my teeth (too hung over to floss properly - but maybe I flossed before bed last night?) and rinse with Listerine. Then I inspect my hands and use a nailbrush. I take the ice-pack mask off and use a deep-pore cleanser lotion, then an herb-mint facial masque which I leave on for ten minutes while I check my toenails. Then I use the Probright tooth polisher and next the Interplak tooth polisher (this in addition to the toothbrush) which has a speed of 4200 rpm and reverses direction forty-six times per second; the larger tufts clean between teeth and massage the gums while the short ones scrub the tooth surfaces. I rinse again, with Cepacol.
I wash the facial massage off with a spearmint face scrub. The shower has a universal all-directional shower head that adjusts within a thirty-inch vertical range. It's made from Australian gold-black brass and covered with a white enamel finish. In the shower I use first a water-activated gel cleanser, then a honey-almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Vidal Sassoon shampoo is especially good at getting rid of the coating of dried perspiration, salts, oils, airborne pollutants and dirt that can weigh down hair and flatten it to the scalp which can make you look older. The conditioner is also good - silicone technology permits conditioning benefits without weighing down the hair which can also make you look older. On weekends or before a date I prefer to use the Greune Natural Revitalizing Shampoo, the conditioner and the Nutrient Complex. These are formulas that contain D-panthenol, a vitamin-B-complex factor; polysorbate 80, a cleansing agent for the scalp; and natural herbs. Over the weekend I plan to go to Bloomingdale's or Bergdorf's and on Evelyn's advice pick up a Foltene European Supplement and Shampoo for thinning hair which contains complex carbohydrates that penetrate the hair shafts for improved strength and shine.
Also the Vivagen Hair Enrichment Treatment, a new Redken product that prevents mineral deposits and prolongs the life cycle of hair. Luis Carruthers recommended the Aramis Nutriplexx system, a nutrient complex that helps increase circulation. Once out of the shower and toweled dry I put the Ralph Lauren boxers back on and before applying the Mousse A Raiser, a shaving cream by Pour Hommes, I press a hot towel against my face for two minutes to soften abrasive beard hair. Then I always slather on a moisturizer (to my taste, Clinique) and let it soak in for a minute. You can rinse it off or keep it on and apply a shaving cream over it - preferably with a brush, which softens the beard as it lifts the whiskers - which I've found makes removing the hair easier. It also helps prevent water from evaporating and reduces friction between your skin and the blade. Always wet the razor with warm water before shaving and shave in the direction the beard grows, pressing gently on the skin. Leave the sideburns and chin for last, since these whiskers are tougher and need more time to soften. Rinse the razor and shake off any excess water before starting. Afterwards splash cool water on the face to remove any trace of lather. You should use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol. Never use cologne on your face, since the high alcohol content dries your face out and makes you look older. One should use an alcohol-free antibacterial toner with a water-moistened cotton ball to normalize the skin. Applying a moisturizer is the final step. Splash on water before applying an emollient lotion to soften the skin and seal in the moisture. Next apply Gel Appaisant, also made by Pour Hommes, which is an excellent, soothing skin lotion. If the face seems dry and flaky - which makes it look dull and older - use a clarifying lotion that removes flakes and uncovers fine skin (it can also make your tan look darker).
Then apply an anti-aging eye balm (Baume Des Yeux) followed by a final moisturizing "protective" lotion. A scalp-programming lotion is used after I towel my hair dry. I also lightly blow-dry the hair to give it body and control (but without stickiness) and then add more of the lotion, shaping it with a Kent natural-bristle brush, and finally slick it back with a wide-tooth comb. I pull the Fair Isle sweater back on and reslip my feet into the polka-dot silk slippers, then head into the living room and put the new Talking Heads in the CD player, but it starts to digitally skip so I take it out and put in a CD laser lens cleaner. The laser lens is very sensitive, and subject to interference from dust or dirt or smoke or pollutants or moisture, and a dirty one can inaccurately read CDs, making for false starts, inaudible passages, digital skipping, speed changes and general distortion; the lens cleaner has a cleaning brush that automatically aligns with the lens then the disk spins to remove residue and particles.
Cars as a status symbol will never not be funny to me. Too poor to afford a driver, but rich enough to sit in traffic and hit potholes on your way to golfing
Driving a supercar in bumper to bumper traffic instead of actually utilizing its performance on a track.
ultimate self own i saw yesterday was a guy driving a lambo suv, lol fucking clown
$230,000 SUV that 95% of people will assume is just another Honda
i cannot fathom the petite bourgeois brain
They just really want to sit in a seat made of whale penis leather and look at a rosewood dashboard
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The mantra for making it into America’s top schools rings from New York City to Kentucky
huh...? :thonk: not beating the coastal elite allegations
Yeah, I can't be that upset about swindling rich people out of stupid amounts of money
One of the things that radicalized me was realizing all the stupid ways rich people like to waste their money and all the scams they fall for
Rich people really don't like it if you tell them that you can be rich and bad with money.
Probably because they know it's true.
Big state research schools >>> Ivy leagues. No I am not biased at all stfu.
I live near Penn, and I know a lot of people who went to Penn, and pretty much everyone I know who went there said they hated 90% of the people there.
but yea affirmative action is the problem. those damn minorities.
Hold up, any way we can get in on that as Hexbear Consulting LLC?
The biggest factors in succeeding are connections and referrals/word of mouth.
One of my partners friends does this, with exchange students from China. Sometimes I've been called upon for comp sci tutoring and getting names on some open source stuff. She had a background in SAT/ACT test prep and had taught at a college prep school. I'm not entirely sure how she got into it but I know she travels to China to do something that gets her business.
In Greek the word "aristocracy" is based on the word "aristos" which roughly means "the best." Rule by the best. Since these husk people have no assets other than money and connections they need the veneer of elite education to polish themselves and appear better than the rest of us. It's all a big dog-and-pony show.
I thought the word aristos was older than that, referring to chariot riders maybe?
What a bunch of rubes. If you want to get into the upper crust schools, you simply adopt a psychic gremlin and marry an assassin by accident.
Do I have to adopt a dog who has gained super intelligence as a result of Nazi experiments as well?
