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Old 02-21-2008, 04:34 AM  
kane
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Originally Posted by Diligent View Post
imsokeblunts: good points there, I see a *lot* of truth in all that...

I see that difference You're mentioning between myself and many people around me... all the time.
Many people being constantly & almost obsessively materialistic, whilst I'm "chasing" a LOT less material but rather more genuine "food for the soul".
I am very non-materialistic. I have a house and a car, nothing fancy, and some average furniture. I have a decent TV and a computer for work, but nothing over the top. I hate spending money and would rather save it. to me going on a cool trip somewhere is much better than owning something. That said, I see some of my friends falling into middle class consumerism. They are buying bigger houses that they can barely afford and new cars and $300 purses and wallets all for what? I launched into a monologue about it a few weeks back and many of them actually agreed with me and told me they were going to curb their spending on things they don't really need. I wonder if it will really happen.
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