i cant afford to give you an answer...
Morning Baddog - No its not a british thing - Its my take on how the industry (or the industries perception of itself) has changed.
Think back to 2001 2002 - You would see a thread saying 'Who likes my new Lamborghini' with a generic stock photo. The OP may well have bought the car, or might have been BSing, but thats not the point - The point is that you would get 30 replies saying how people preferred their own Lamborghinis - How there Lamborghini was a better color, or how they bought 2 Lamborghinis themselves the day before, therefore invalidating the OP claim to have bought one etc...
OK, I know it was the way of the board, and people were earning more money back then - But I doubt that 30 odd board members all had multiple Lamborghinis... But everyone was PROUD to say how much they were earning - Even if it wasnt all that true...
Fast forward to present day - Someone posts 'I bought an iPhone' (A standard thing owned by many) So I reply 'i cant afford an iphone...
' as my 'take' on the board today...
Perfect example was a few years ago, if someone got ripped off, they were ripped off (Genuinely) for thousands, if not more, and there would be a short thread about it - Just the other day, I had the misfortune to find myself in a 4 page thread of back and forth over $20.00 !!!
I mean OK, principles are at play, but if the biz is now in a state where $20 warrents a 4 page thread, instead of just letting it go? Then I feel my 'i cant afford...' to be even more relevant.
So in essence, its just my personal sense of humour, as opposed to a 'Brit thing '
