The classic “OK boomer” still gets them angry, if that’s what you’re after
This is right, where every other comment in this thread is wrong.
Don’t take the bait.
Even just a flat OK is better than taking the bait. Honestly, silence is better.
Do you care? Then you are poor and mad.
Ah unimpressed ok is probably the best response.
Pretty sure no one is replying seriously.
Well “ok boomer” is just replying with another rage bait
Yeah, bait for them. The point is to make them more mad than you are, that’s how you damage their social reputation.
They can hit you with the “you’re cringe” and then your reputation is damaged
“No U” - reputation saved
Oh, the oldest trick in the book
There’s still the uno reverse picture. So many counters! Exciting!
I don’t know if you’re being serious or not.
You’ve got to follow the pulse of the crowd. “You’re cringe” either sounds like the final blow to a shaky-legged cringe lord, or the last gasp of air from a voice-cracking, 14-year-old tough guy, depending on who the crowd is already inclined to agree with and possibly on whether they know what a floppy drive is.
The bottom line, though, is if you can get the crowd to cheer, then you can get other people to cheer.
What if they’re 25?
Then you just give them a hug and tell them everything will be ok.
You must be good at tryNotToGoToPrison%
Uuuh… ok?.. Weirdo…
“Interesting, may I see?” And when they hold their wrist up to you, inspect it closely, then lick it, make some faces like a wine connoisseur, shake your head and say :“It’s fake” turn around and disengage.
“I don’t have a car”
A power move when you know they know you have a car and it’s literally parked right outside
Or maybe double down: “I live in my car.”
“Ok?”
Ok; good for you?
“Well, the jerk store called, and they’re running out of you!”
“What’s the difference? You’re their all-time bestseller!”
“Oh yeah?! Well… I slept with your wife!”
“His wife is in a coma”
awesome :D
The life support machine called…
I also choose this guys wife
Serious answer:
That’s cool. What makes it special?
Sometimes people talk about how expensive something they own is simply because they’re proud that they could afford it and even when they’re being tone-deaf, there’s no benefit to getting offended when you could just move the conversation along instead. (Although you might have to listen to them talk about watches.) If they were trying to brag, now they’re stuck trying to explain why the watch is actually worth what they paid and you’re the one judging them.
Cars (and watches) aren’t so expensive that a middle-class person can’t plausibly already own the one he would buy even if money was unlimited. You can act like that’s true about you. My status-conscious former mother in law was bothered by the fact that I owned an old car, but when she would bring it up I would just say “I really like the 2008 model.” She couldn’t argue with that.
I feel special when my 6 year old laptop runs circles around your new shit because I know how to maintain it and don’t install every fucking app I find.
& also you probably know to spec it appropriately; most slow laptops I see have 8 gigs ram.
8 gigs of ram is plenty to run firefox and microsoft office
Is 8 considered little?
Yeah, it’s fine for now. If you’re doing anything more than the absolute basic, you’ll need 16+ now (on Win 11). Somewhat related, but my work computer was stuck, slow, and crashing at 99% utilization on 8GB until I added a card (my money). Now it stays around 85% on 16GB.
Heh, amateur hour. Let me show you my watch.
The 3rd feature really convinced me
If you need to point out the watch and explain its value, you’ve already lost.
Sounds like you got ripped off
Nooo bro it increases in value bro I’m investing in watches bro
You see this? This is called a “smart phone.” Not only will this tell me the time like your watch, but it can also do a bunch of other things. I can look at pictures of raccoons wearing silly hats or I can use it to insult someone on the other side of the planet. It also cost a fraction of what your watch cost. I’m sorry to tell you this, but I think it should go and get your money back. It sounds like you’ve been scammed. As a matter of fact, let me give you my friend’s phone number. He’s an accountant, and I think he’ll be able to help stop you from making stupid purchases in the future.
Not only will this tell me the time like your watch
No. A cheap $100 phone is way more reliable than the most expensive Rolex thanks to NTP.
If you’re an astute collector, fine watches are (like art) a solid form of investment.
Prove me wrong: Fine art is a money laundering scheme.
You get some guy who went to art school to slosh some house paint on a sheet. You then hire a white woman who dresses like Malian royalty to come describe it in contradictory adjectives “It’s subtle, yet bold” while her gay sidekick in a turtleneck flamboyantly slaps his face and gasps. Sell $20 worth of cotton and $30 worth of Valspar for $3.247 million, and you’ve just successfully covered up the sale of 94 more brown women.
Prove me wrong: Fine art is a money laundering scheme.
Why would I try when it is a fact? I would caveat that fine art “can be” a money laundering scheme (quite easily). It isn’t always a money laundering scheme.
Does 0 to 60 in ONE minute! It’s garbage.
You. You’re funny!
And it tells the same time as a $5 Casio, but it’s heavy and gaudy. I guess money can’t buy taste.
And it tells the same time as a $5 Casio
Assuming the fancy watch is mechanical, your $5 Casio keeps better time with a quartz chip.
If it’s not mechanical then it’s basically the same device with an expensive shell.
Not entirely true. Quartz mechanisms can differ in precision.
They also can have solar charging, atomic clock sync, bluethooth
But mostly true for cheap Casio watches and cheaper lines of G-Shock. They keep the time to a very similar precision.
Barring actual manufacturing defects, the cheapest quartz crystal timing circuit on the market will be far more accurate than the very best Swiss watch movement, by orders of magnitude. A mechanical watch depends on a spring whose behavior is highly environmentally dependent - it will gain or lose multiple seconds per day, being affected by the orientation, vibration and temperature changes it experiences. A quartz watch will drift a few seconds per month.
Hey! My Casio was $21 with free shipping
I think mine was a couple hundred bucks. People mistake it for something fancy, but it’s still cheap enough that I don’t have to worry about damaging it. Also you can get spare parts for Casios!
The $5 Casio is more accurate.
Some Casio watches from the 1980’s are reselling for a massive premium. In fact, the red led ones are making a comeback.
“I don’t have the habit of looking at other people’s watches. Thanks for pointing it out, I guess, I might have otherwise missed that detail entirely.”
(Biz-bro mind cannot comprehend this)
The statement is to set them apart from from you and to display power. So you could go with something like,
“Shit, they still make you buy your uniform when you rich eh. Some things never change.”
But more elegantly. Reassert that they are subject to others’ power/approval and relate to them to assert that they’re no different from you.
“People with true value don’t need trinkets to convince others of their worth.”
“Not everybody knows how to make the best use of their resources.”
“Unless it has a button that stops time, you paid too much.”
All of those likely would make you sound poor and mad to that kinda person. Not sure what you could actually say as a comeback that would work
