Are These Status Symbols Timeless or Tired?
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- Опубликовано: 19 май 2024
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What do puka shells, waterbeds and lifted trucks have in common? They’re all status symbols (or were at some point). In this episode, Rachel and George will unpack the most popular and bizarre status symbols from throughout history and around the world. They’ll also reveal which ones are worth pursuing-and how to not break the bank in the process.
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Having a “lake house” or a “summer home” is a total status symbol and flex in the Midwest
I remember growing up as a kid and thinking the most EPIC, rich people had the following 3 things: (1) a trampoline, (2) a pool, and (3) a 2-story house. The ULTIMATE trifecta for my childhood self.
Exact same😂 The stairs omg🥰😂
When I see someone driving a Lux car, I wonder how far in debt they are, not if they are successful or rich.
The only status symbol I care about is my net worth, and I keep it private.
I wear normal clothes, eat normal food, and drive an inexpensive used car.
If you have consumer debts, your net worth isn't what it should be.
That takes too long for most people to prioritize!
Yes!! Thanks for commenting on Producer Lindsey! lol my comments have been seen/ heard 😁
I ended up in the ER last May and needed emergency surgery. The doctor who was going to do the surgery walked in and stood next to my ER bed. I turned looked at him realized he wasn’t a nurse and said, “You must be my doctor?” His response was, “NO, I am your Surgeon!” I got this confused look on my face looked back up at him, and said, “But don’t you have to be a doctor to be a surgeon?” I thought the ER doctor was going to pee her pants laughing when I said this, and the nurses were busting up laughing too. The SURGEON smiled kind of embarrassed as he realized I had just called him out and said, “Well yes, I do have to be a doctor to be a surgeon”. I told my sister this story, who worked in healthcare and she said, that the surgeons all think they are better than all the other doctors. They are SURGEONS! Hahahaha!
There's a joke, heart surgeons think like they're God. Neurosurgeons think they are above God 😂
I have been more impressed with doctors that AREN'T surgeons but have to figure out what is wrong with people through only the patient's layman's descriptions, usually a lack of recordkeeping by said patient and blood tests that can mean any number of things. Surgeons get to actually LOOK at the problem directly! lol
Would love to see an episode on wealth shaming. Kind of the opposite of what today's episode is about. When people say "must be nice" or other passive aggressive saying towards someone who has accomplished a certain level of wealth. Not flaunting it
Oooh that’s a good idea. I’ve caught myself saying that in the past, but only started noticing others say it to me after I paid off my debt.
Yes!! I don't know if it's always intentional but it definitely bothers me
Oh yes, please do one on wealth shaming.
When someone says “ must be nice” to me I reply with yes, yes it’s really nice 😂
@rory644 That's my new go to. Yes it is nice
Growing up in a very small town, the status symbol was having a home built. Didn't realize until I was in high school that people thought my parents were rich.
As a kid, any clean house was a symbol of wealth. 🤦🏻♀️
Or a house with stairs. 😆
Oh that's sad...
When I was newly married I had a friend who had elementary age kids. At their school they had an orchestra and there was a kid who came every morning before school but he couldn’t afford a violin. It was only a few hundred dollars. I told myself I would make sure my kids could play an instrument if they want. I just got my son a trombone this year and plan on buying an instrument for a kid in need in the next few years.
Love this ❤
I used to care about brand name clothing and cars in my youth, now a day all these stuffs don't mean jack to me after I'd discover financial independent. Now, I focus heavily on saving and investing. I drive 2003 and 2008 vehicles and feels so great without having any car payment.
22:00 Louis Vuitton sells a $2,000 vinyl canvas (I.e. plastic) bag. If you want quality, buy from a craftsman and not a brand
Freedom is my status symbol.
👐🏿👐🏿👐🏿
Well said!
This is the ultimate status symbol. We are losing it every day.
My husband went to a fancy work lunch and they were asking each other “ Where do you summer? “ and he was like “ummm Wisconsin Dells?!? “ 😅 😂
Northern MN here, -60F hits different George...goose down coats definitely keep you warm. I would never personally buy a $1000 anything when it comes to clothes but my winter coats are the most expensive clothes I own.
I think differentiating clothing and gear should be a thing. Motorcycle gear is a good example as you need to keep yourself safe so that costs some coming. A budget friendly outfit is probably sitting at $500 base. Anything less and you’ve missed a component or picked up sub par quality.
I use “Dave Ramsey” as a verb. I Dave Ramsied my life 6 years ago and proud to tell everyone.
When I was a kid, houses like the Full House house with the stairs that go up in the living room and kitchen was a major status symbol for me.
Yes! Having a multi-story house was "rich people" stuff.
Currently owning a house in the United States, and not being house-poor, is a status symbol.
True. A paid off house is the status symbol now imo. It gives you much more freedom financially.
I love you both! Thank you for making my mornings less boring 😄 and giving me something fun to watch or listen to. Also a shout out to all the Ramsey personalities! Thank you for all you do! 🥰 You've definitely helped me out in my life too in so many ways with all the advice.❤
Growing up it was anyone who shopped at mall stores. Limited Too, Holister, etc. anything in the mall. Now as a mom I feel like it’s the stroller or the wagons other moms have.
I look forward to these episodes every week! I guess my status symbol is that my husband and I travel a lot. People ask us how we do it but the truth is most of those people are paying student loans and car notes. However, we don't have car payments and we didn't take out student loans for college or my husband's MBA soooo it's not that we have more money than others our age, it's that we don't spend it the way they do.
I was always taught: people who look like they have money rarely do. Those who look normal may be very wealthy.
Glad Lindsey is good!! 😂😁😄
Anyone who went to Harvard will somehow manage to work it into your first conversation within minutes.
🤮🤮🤮it’s like the college cheerleader that still has her pom poms in the rear window of her car at 45yrs old.
Great show. I like the perspective of what is truly important in life. One status symbol that was popular when we raising our family, was the stay at home mom. Because it meant you could live on one salary.
Yesterday I ran into a former co-worker at the post office. We both drive used vehicles and don't care about vehicles as status symbols. He said that one of his team members asked him about the age of the truck that he drives. When he told him that it was a 1998 truck but still runs great and is dependable, the student told him that it was older than any of the kids on the team. We both got a good laugh out of that story which also served as a teachable moment for the student. Don’t let the world and its status symbols define your worth as a person.
In Argentina, one status symbol is playing polo, and owning your own polo team
Thanks for updating about Lindsey!
Definitely debt free for me. We look way less than average but have no debt whatsoever. But I know. I still think that pride goes before a fall and try to see it more as a blessing and result of hard work. I feel we can be in danger of using that as our worth instead of we have worth because the Lord choose to create us. I strive to feel that because when you do you treat others as such. Hope that makes sense. Humans are worth something just because the were chosen to be created. Isn't that just awesome!🌞
Status symbol for me is a large kitchen or a bathroom with more square footage than a postage stamp
6:40 when Rachel says “people say ‘where do you summer’ I’m like oh my gosh, you’re on like a different level.”
George *with great disdain*: “I’m not friends with those people”
I say this! Always to be funny though. 😂
i don't have this but feel like having house cleaners is a status symbol.
Shoutout from one of your youngest viewers, my 1 month old loves listening to you guys
Can’t wait for Linsey to come back.
I almost died laughing at their reactions to the drink
Episode idea: Will you discuss the stores that push applying for their credit cards! Sometime I have to say no at least 3 times before they stop pushing it.
I agree with Rachel. People in general care about the object, not the person with the object. And if they do CARE about the person, the feelings are usually negative, not positive! Envy isn’t positive.
I have a down coat, its over 20 years old and its from lands end. I can only wear it when it gets beliw freezing because it's too warm.
Best coats for the cost and the quality is wonderful.
My status symbol is a paid-off home mortgage. I’m so close!
I live in NYC. I have a $1.7K Canada Goose jacket. I caved and purchased one in 2023. 😅 I saved over a year and used my birthday cash for it! As for warmth?….its subjective. I wear skirts in the winter no matter how cold it is so the Canada Goose (CG) jacket doesn’t keep me warm at all. In jeans…it’s better…. It’s part status and part warm. The other jacket that’s popular and comparable to CG is “Moose Knuckle” and the price is slightly cheaper but it’s there!
Sell it Noone can tell the difference from a 40 dollar jacket that's crazy
Dear word! I'm Canadian and we don't pay that kind of money for Canada goose😂
Growing up I always wanted to get into falconry. That leather glove and a beautiful bird perched on it 😍🥰 Alas, I am but a peasant 🥺😂
In the King Arthur 6 king did this.
In my immediate neighborhood, the status symbols are as follows: 1. In ground pool 2. Underground sprinkler system for watering yards and plants 3. Natural gas generator for emergency power. I don't have any of these, unfortunately. I am tempted by the generator, I have to admit. Great episode!
Natural gas generators are really cool, and a much more useful flex than a pool or sprinkler system!
We put in an inground sprinkler system a couple of years ago, but not for the "status." It was strictly for convenience. I water three times a week in the summer. It was an all day proposition, and tied up my entire day where I couldn't leave the house for long because I had to drag the hose in a bit. We saved up and paid in cash.
@@bettedavis9261 Very good. I understand about needing one in order to help save your yard. Since my husband had a stroke back in November, he is no longer able to pull hoses across our yard now. So I might have to consider an underground sprinkler system in the future. Something to think about…
@@deborahmaehs7604 I highly recommend them for people who water their lawns on a consistent basis. They can be pricey, but they are well worth it. I especially love mine when we verticut and overseed in the fall. Dragging the hoses all around three times a day for ten minutes a spot was a time killer. Best of luck to you!
THANK YOU for the update about Lindsey! Seems so silly that I would wonder, every time she wasn’t mentioned on the show, “what happened…”
But also - Skyler has been SO great!! Can we have them both!! 🤔🙏🏼
One day a wise man once told me "the point is to be wealthy, not look wealthy"
Landscaping can be a status symbol.
Absolutely. The landscaping in some of the wealthy old neighborhoods in San Antonio are impeccable.
OMG puka shell necklaces!! Those made a comeback in the 90's... I wouldn't buy ANY modern cars if I wanted to drive a status symbol. They all look like pregnant roller skates. Give me a classic Caddy or Mustang any day of the week...
29:40 I miss that tagline sooo much. I always wonder why it was changed! 😊
I love you George !! You’re awesome, just be yourself always okay. Haters gonna hate
I don't know why this episode was so funny but the little things like George telling Rachel Nope!! because she mispronounced a word lol. George comparing Uk nannies uniforms to UPS drivers is hilariousssss.
Rachel is a wonderful positive light… I see her evolving in to a leader people will want to listen to and thru listening, there will be a shift back towards healing and family wherever she is heard..*+💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
Can Rachel start linking all her outfits in the description?
Yessss
I was thinking the SAME thing!!!
Status symbols are tired. Not the objects in themselves, but thinking of them as an indicator of your value. Comparison is the thief of joy (I think T. Roosevelt said that).
Perfectly said!
Thank you for addressing my concerns over Lyndsie!
I used to have a finance manager at one of the stores in the region I cover always see me and say “can’t hide money”… and I literally was driving my cash Ramsey car and a coach purse from tbe outlet mall lol. 😂 but somehow he knew… I am pretty much borderline millionaire.
The Canada Goose jacket is the warmest jacket I have ever worn. I live in Colorado and can never wear it because it is just too much warmth 98% of the time
My status symbol is going on cruises with my family.
I love this show so much! Look forward to this every week! ❤️🎉
Rachel, I was just at the Dallas Museum of Art for the Impressionist Movement: From Monet to Mattise. I was so surprised to find out Picasso, Degas, and Van Gough
all died in the 20th century!
I too thought they are all 16h/17th Century artists!
Jackets or coats have different ratings for cold. You don’t want a coat rated minus 32 in Nashville. When I lived in Eastern Washington, I had to buy coats rated for - 20. It didn’t get quite that cold, but it did get into the minuses, and you need to have a coat rated for that. In Chicago and much of the Midwest you will need a coat rated to probably negative 50 or something like that. I don’t know the cost of making something like that, but it would be a little more expensive than say a negative 20 rated coat. That said, the Canada Goose Brand is probably a status symbol, and you can get other coats rated that low is my guess. But I am not familiar with it so I may be mistaken.
I look forward to this podcast every week!
Status symbol: 2 kitchen: 1 indoor and 1 outdoor/open/dirty
I never thought I'd say this but these two have me cracking up.
I’m 55 and have wanted a Rolex Submariner since I was a young teen. Character in my favorite book series wore one. Someday. But for me and no care for what others think.
Go George! Canadian here- parallel to Chicago. No One here needs to where Canada Goose. It gets to negative 30-35. Not negative 50, unless the Biden Administration makes hell freeze over!
Buying Columbia, Eddie Bauer parkas are good enough for $199-399 USD for our winters.
I'm in Manitoba. We can get - 52 for weeks on bad years. - 40 every year.
In Northern Ontario, the Canada Goose is actually necessary! LOL It is extremely warm which is needed, but I’m sure there are other warm coats. I saw someone wearing one in April in Toronto. That is when it becomes a status symbol. 😂
I dunno which construction workers George has been around, but the welders at the company I work at drive the lifted, six-figure trucks...can't fault them for it they work hard and make bank.
26:47 Me thinking George was going to say, “Time with my family” but instead said “making drinks at home”😂
“I graduate high school in 2017!”
I am sure that somewhere in the world it is forbidden to say something like that 😂😂😂😂😂
❤
Edward Scissorhands haha remember that well, and that waterbed scene!
Try The Verbena with a Schuan flower cocktail. 😊
Skylar does an awesome job- but so glad Lindsey is doing well! ❤🎉
Harvard is a joke now....
The entire Ivy League period
I sent my falcon to harvard
Love you two! Our flex was that I was a stay at home mom. :) I also thrift shopped all my life which is now an ecological flex for the younger generations
❤ this show! Always insightful and funny!
My net worth, which I share with no one - most important.🙂However, I CAN tell you, living in the Great Lakes region of the country, you had better have the warmest coat available for at least 6 months out of the year, but no, it doesn't have to be $800.
I remembered that wearing red bottom shoes was a sign of status.
In the late 90s, having Manolos was the epitome of high status for women.
Such bs 😂😂😂😂
I think there has been a recent trend with bougie gyms being a status symbol as well.
I'm a canadian prairie girl who has circulation issues. Canada goose is worth it. Not only is the quality superior and the warmth needed in - 50 but its also made by people making a living wage.
Status symbol in Texas, having your own land and your own custom built home on that land.
My status symbol... a full pantry!
Yesss. What a blessing!🙏🏿❤️
From the midwest. The Canada Goose jackets are not worth it. They definitely are a status symbol. I got an Eddie Bauer coat with synthetic sown feathers on the sale rack in the middle of summer for $70. I sweat during the winter at 0 degrees F. Just my opinion. Often times if it's above 32 degrees I'm just wearing a light coat.
Having a car phone was a major status symbol when I was in college.
Thank you for the update on producer Lindsay! I was worried about her too! Love Skylar though too! 🫶🏻
When I see a lifted truck, I roll my eyes and snicker. Especially if the driver looks older than mid-20s. So juvenile. I also figure they're overcompensating for the lack of something else😉.
From "chicago" my winter coat is Kirkland.
I have a Canadian jacket from a brand called “Noize” and it is truly the warmest jacket I’ve ever worn. I live in Michigan so it gets very cold here too. They run $300 on average but I got mine on sale for $160ish. Best money I’ve ever spent. Would not spend $800 though.
always makes my Thursday watchin SMHH! :)
My status symbol is my Wrangler. We are so up on ourselves we even give eachother ducks and wave when we see another one. Love my Wrangler
"Or a CrossFitter" 😂😂😂😂
I'll buy some things that could constitute as status symbols but i buy them for quality. like I buy kinda stupid expensive pants but at my job its worth it because the $15 Dickies only last a couple of months while the expensive ones last over a year. i had to stop buying duluth though because the firehose material bothers my skin too much now so im still looking for replacements.
I’m only 15 minutes in so maybe they talk about it later. But I work in Scottsdale AZ and a HUGEEE status symbol here is body/face work. Everyone has lip fillers, face fillers, boobs etc. it’s a status symbol it have ot done here. It’s wild. People talk about getting Botox like it’s getting a coffee.
Same here in Dallas!
I feel like my flex is that I raised my daughter to understand to go out and bust her butt at work and to work hard…..now if I can finish the rounding of “don’t spend every dollar you make!”
George! Let's see some status symbol DC shoes or Etnies on those feet. Bring the skate back!! LOL kidding obviously, but love to see when you talk about your skate days. Come to Vermont - we have a very mellow park here in Manchester! Loving the content you guys put out...its been super helpful in life. Keep on keeping on George and Rachel!!!
“Let’s talk about story time” and then George’s face😂 10:42
My 63-year-old self LOVES that my lifestyle belies my financial situation. Comfortable, not flashy. I don’t need others knowing my $$ business
I watched some clips on Instagram where a guy in Phoenix owns falcons as pest control birds. Stores will call him up and he will bring out his falcons to kill pidgons building nests on their signs and what not. Absolutely incredible
Minnesota chiming in here. It's the patch! The North Face. Fjallraven. Columbia. L.L. Bean. Eddie Bauer. All JUST as warm as the Canadian parka. It is just a flex.
Lol my eddie Bauer is for -25 & warmer. I bring out my goose when it goes below that. Usually - 30 Celsius means - 50 with the windchill.
Kellys and Birkins for upper middle class ladies and the game they play to get it directly from the store💸 one need to prove the brand that they’re worthy to be sold this items! Crazy!
A 50k bag is upper-middle in your world?
The backlash for Stanley is that their cups have lead in the bottom, as do most insulated metal containers. If you look at the bottom of most insulated water bottles and cups they have a metal circle, the lead bead is under that so as long as the metal circle remains intact the user shouldn’t have contact with the lead. Some have a larger metal bottom to the cup that would be more difficult to fall off with normal use (like yeti)
I was a Colombia jacket gal for forever, but I got a $1500 Canada Goose as a Christmas gift a few years back and it’s a legit game changer for the -30deg weather in South Dakota!
Come up to Canada in a decade when you need a replacement. They aren't that much up here😂