this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
152 points (94.7% liked)

196

15693 readers
2251 users here now

Be sure to follow the rule before you head out.

Rule: You must post before you leave.

^other^ ^rules^

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
all 32 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 116 points 10 months ago

Obviously it means that it you want to open a restaurant, you have to own a bike first

[–] Maven 113 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've determined it means that people who ride bikes are smart and rich.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Xanthrax 96 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is all I can think of:

[–] Korne127 45 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I gotta admit, the artist really nailed that "Oh my god what did I get myself into" - nervous fake smile in the fourth panel

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It’s the downturned eyebrows and the slightly wider mouth. It’s the “I’m showing my teeth because that’s what a grin is supposed to look like, but I’m not smiling with my cheeks” look. Because smiling with your cheeks is involuntary, and causes the outside edge of the mouth to pull up slightly more into a “sharper” smile.

Source: Am autistic enough to have studied smile posture to be able to identify when people are being genuine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I am sure they saw it frequently

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago

Give lower income people a chance. You never know which ones secretly own burger joints.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago

I think the moral is that love is transactional?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure it's about conspicuous consumption and how many people live above their means.

In practice, there's many rich people who understand that flaunting wealth is seen as crass, and many who don't want to be known as well-to-do. There are definitely wealthy people who also understand how wealth can taint their interpersonal relationships, and aren't excited to share how wealthy they are initially with a new partner, because they want the partner to like them for who they are, not for their wealth.

The first man appears wealthy, but in actuality has very little money, because he has spent his money on things that make him look wealthy. He flaunts his "wealth" only for it to be a sham.

The second man appears poor, but in actuality has a decent amount of money, because he has spent his money on things that actually provide value, while limiting conspicuous consumption. He would prefer to initially hide his wealth from a new partner.

This isn't meant to be a defense of the rich. By and large, most rich people are all too happy to commit to conspicuous consumption and let their interpersonal relationships be tainted by money. The handful of rich who understand how money twists things I do not think are properly representative of the whole.

[–] Korne127 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

(I think you mean second man in the second last paragraph)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Edited, thank you.

[–] Custoslibera 27 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Why would you hang the opening day picture in the women’s bathroom?

[–] Maven 26 points 10 months ago

This feels like something he does all the time.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

To impress the women he brings to his fast food franchise on a date.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's the door to the bathroom.

[–] Custoslibera 4 points 10 months ago

Ahhhh this makes much more sense.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

Looks like a Dharman video Plot lol

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago

If you try hard enough you can trick yourself into thinking it's loss

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Eating sushi will break your pants and eating fast food will make you go to the bathroom. (Also please don't point at people with chopsticks.)

[–] sploosh 13 points 9 months ago

That woman owns only one dress.

[–] Depress_Mode 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Imagine taking someone out to the McDonald’s location you own as a first date. Couldn’t they afford someplace nicer if they own a restaurant?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They could but if they spent money like that, they wouldn't be so well-to-do. Gotta be a fuckin miser to make it!

[–] PunnyName 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And likely born to wealth, since rags to riches is statically improbable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

and even when it happens it caps out at like, millionaire.

you just cannot get musk level money without being born into it and severely exploiting people

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

People who flex their wealth are vain and selfish