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[–] 133 points 9 months ago (11 children)

A Corvette is definitely a midlife-crisis-mobile BUT, people misunderstand what a midlife crisis actually is. It's not about trying to be young again, it's about finally having the money to buy/do the thing you've wanted to the whole time.

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago

    Money and time. I was on the grind for 20 years and poor as shit for the great majority of my life. I didn't have the time to go do all the things I do now.

    So I'm the middle aged guy riding a motorcycle, playing in bands, drinking too much in public as long as I'm not driving, going to every concert of nearly every genre I can get to.....you know, living. I'm not in crisis, I'm having the time of my life. I'd say the last 8ish years have been the absolute most fun of my life.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    This is also similar to why there is about a 15 year lag in nostalgic items becoming more expensive to collect. That’s about how long it takes for people to get enough of their own money to buy the things they missed out on as kids. I have actually started hearing people refer to this as the ‘quarter life crisis’ and there seems to be an equal misunderstanding around it.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    My husband said he wanted a sports car once, kind of joking, and I just looked at him and said "huh, I figured I was your midlife crisis"

    It's true we can do some things we definitely couldn't have done or had when we were single parents, before we got together and became a two income household, but not a corvette, no. More like a beach vacation (20 miles away, lol).

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Yeah, I have picked my midlife crisis and I won't have money for it until either my mother dies when I'm 60 or, um, never. It's a $300,000 musical instrument that takes 15 people to play properly. I W̸͖͂̈́͋̐A̷̡̞̠͎̱̿͜N̴͉̗̽͋T̶̠͑̔ one.

    Most folk think my bike is my midlife crisis. That's just my ride.

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  • [+] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Try it sometime… say her Labubus are a midlife crisis… better be wearing a cup…

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  • [–] 39 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    My all-time favorite review is easily this one:

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I appreciate the (icky) subtext that the reviewer is not only eating a good amount of food off of that, but is casually wearing it around town and also touching elevator buttons with it.

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  • [–] 91 points 9 months ago (12 children)

    I keep seeing more and more of these "reviews" for fast food chain, and they are obviously advertisement trying to go viral. Almost always the same format, with the big logo clearly visible on the top and the wholesome employee being super nice. Seriously, don't fall for that bullshit.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    there's a famous instance of this particular chain restaurant in my town. it's funny that people come from all around to go there but I don't know anyone that is local that ever goes there

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    I can’t believe someone would see this and go “Hahaha, man, Chili’s DOES sound good” and then go to Chili’s.

    I have to imagine the vast majority of people see this, have a lil chuckle, maybe toss it an upvote, and continue on with their day. Or just ignore it all together

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  • [–] 35 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    Well sorry to tell but you're a little naive.

    Nobody expect you to directly buy a product because of an ad. Ever noticed how most ad don't even mention or show the product they're selling?

    The idea is to create associations in your brain. Something perceive as positive + brand name is always a plus value for the brand. A "lil chuckle” is exactly what they aim for.

    A post like this going viral is probably more valuable for a fast food chain than a multimillion dollar ad campaign.

    Funny cause I had almost the same discussion last week, in a similar post. And will probably have it next week when a young woman who just broke up with her boyfriend will write a wholesome review about getting offered free fried chicken by the manager of fast food restaurant when they realized they both have a goldfish name Billy. https://sh.itjust.works/post/53828922

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Yeah, that's not how this kind of advertising works. Check this out.

    Look at that ad for as long as it takes to read the article, then look away and immediately name the first three restaurant chains that come to mind.

    Unless you're coming from a place that is critical/cynical about the invasive nature of advertising, it's possible you'll just go along with "Chili's" as one of a handful of options and not give it a second thought.

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    People worry too much about what other people think, especially strangers who most likely devoted zero brain time to your situation.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I hope Kyle swiped his keys.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I hope he didn't drive his new Vette home after 4 margs.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I know he didn't because that's a Dodge Charger in the picture.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    The picture in the meme is probably added

    The car in the picture is probably not theirs

    Someone caring enough to post a picture with their review and had their car parked in front of the store. You'd be lucky to read Chillis.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Okay but why is "Chili's" not centered above the door?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    the top down cruising home after work on a warm sunny day is the best way to deal with the midlife crisis

    mine is a hardtop bmw, it's got its issues but thankfully I discovered a rubber mallet fixes them

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Is this the key lime pie guy?...

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