Possessions as Social Capital

[redfox]

Look it up. Use whatever search engine you like.

Ok, victim mentality: The delusional belief held by a small minority of people that poor folks get what they deserve. Those who suffer from victim mentality often express anger, revulsion, and blame directed at others. No known medications treat this disorder.

[dmc]

Ok, victim mentality: The delusional belief held by a small minority of people that poor folks get what they deserve. Those who suffer from victim mentality often express anger, revulsion, and blame directed at others. No known medications treat this disorder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_mentality

[dmc]

Maybe if some would stop blaming others for their place in life and look for solutions they would be better off. I guess its easier to just blame others for their failure.

[redfox]

Maybe if some would stop blaming others for their place in life and look for solutions they would be better off. I guess its easier to just blame others for their failure.

I wish we could have this convo in person over a good brew & some wings. I find the written back n forth not very satisfying.

Sounds like you prefer to not hear people complain about their circumstances. I'm not sure I've heard people blaming others.

[dmc]

I wish we could have this convo in person over a good brew & some wings. I find the written back n forth not very satisfying.

Sounds like you prefer to not hear people complain about their circumstances. I'm not sure I've heard people blaming others.

Some people overcome their circumstances and some just complain. It's easier to complain.

[dmc]

I started a new thread in Public Policy. You can solve the homeless problem there.

[redfox]

Some people overcome their circumstances and some just complain. It's easier to complain.

You would prefer a world where no one complains, and everyone overcomes their circumstances?

[dmc]

Some the glass is half empty, others its half full

[JaneV2.0]

Should we hate them only until they have "overcome their circumstances?" Or should we offer help on the chance that they'll take it and better their situation?

[Gardenarian]

To get back to the OP's subject, which I think is an important one (look how many threads it has spawned!)

Anyhow, I think job interviews are a unique situation and don't reflect the way we present ourselves in everyday life. I have one suit and the only time I wear it is to job interviews, funerals, and for speeches.

The way we present ourselves every day is another question. I would say that I don't think about it much, but I've got a closet full of clothes that prove me wrong. Maybe it's all subconscious, but I am trying to project some image of myself out there.

I spent high school and young adulthood in Boston, and people seem to be much more status or class conscious there than here in California, and much more homogenous. As soon as you meet someone in Boston they start trying to place you - how educated you are, what your ethnic background is, if you come from money. (Maybe that's changed in the past 25 years.) In California there is some of that going on, but it is such diverse state that there is no one standard that everyone uses to judge status.

I understand rodeosweetheart's objection to the word "brand." I don't like to think of myself as a product I am trying to sell. It's just a word that has become part of the new vocabulary - perhaps because of blogging?


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