# You might be a yuppie if ... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 13, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829 "2003-08-13T04:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/41 "2003-08-13T19:01:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\*I’m a redneck trapped in a yuppies lifestyle. > > I drink expensive imported beer while watching a big TV out on my deck, in my boxer shorts, grilling lobster-tails. > > My BMW has “Grateful Dead” stickers on it. I park it in the 6-car garage between the livestock truck and the pile of junk auto parts. The Italian sports car and the roto-tiller is in front of it. > > I watch NASCAR on the plasma big-screen. > > I pay for my Wal-Mart purchases with my platinum credit card. > > (ok, I was kidding! I don’t watch NASCAR!) 😃 > \*\* Woah. Are you me? Except I actually do watch NASCAR. On 2 tvs at once. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/42 "2003-08-13T19:10:43Z")
Platinum? \>yawn\< Titanium’s the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/43 "2003-08-13T19:15:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*Platinum? \>yawn\< Titanium’s the way to go. \*\* Titanium? :rolleyes: Try my aluminum foil card. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/44 "2003-08-13T19:24:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*The smartass in me wants to tell you if you look forward to a $5 value meal you’ll never understand, so don’t waste your time. You’re right. I really don’t understand. A friend’s parent once took us out to a $30/plate restaurant. That’s the most expensive place I ever ate. Not wanting to drain the poor lady’s wallet even more than it was already going to be, I ordered an $11 (!) bowl of soup. I guess it was pretty good, but if it was my money, I’d have just bought 11 cans of Campbell’s. Is that soup really 11 times better than Campbell’s? Hell, no. So, in my eyes, it’s a fucking rip-off. > [@](#): > > The polite person in me (yeah, I’ve got one, shut up) wants to tell you to each his/her own. To each his own, indeed. You keep choosing your restaurants and automobiles based on what Biff and Muffy think of them, and I’ll keep choosing mine based on actual content/value. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/45 "2003-08-13T19:37:09Z")
Life’s too short to live cheaply. I don’t choose my restaurants and autos on what Biff and Muffy think. I choose them based on what I want to drive, where I want to eat and what I can afford. I’m not driving Bentleys and Maseratis (yet), for Pete’s sake. You’re living within your means and I’m living within mine. I don’t want to look at the price of my meal and think I could have gotten a (seemingly) comparable item for cheaper if schleped to the Safeway. Where’s the fun in that? lol @ World Eater, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/46 "2003-08-13T19:43:30Z")
Hell, did ya know they now have **black** American Express cards now? They come with a personal assistant via phone to make reservations and stuff for you…but the ctah is you don’t qualify till you spend $100,000 a year with their cards… ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/47 "2003-08-13T19:45:37Z")
O and thanks for noticing me Mr. Eater, sir 🙂 I took a month off, but I was drawn back lack a moth to the flame… (not sure if puns are intended or not) lol ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/48 "2003-08-13T19:46:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*Life’s too short to live cheaply. I don’t choose my restaurants and autos on what Biff and Muffy think. \*\* Then who, exactly, is it that’s going to catch you dead eating at Ruth’s Chris? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/49 "2003-08-13T19:57:09Z")
Ah, I see. The ‘wouldn’t be caught dead’ expression is just a bit of hyperbole. I explained the whole restaurant thing a couple posts back. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/50 "2003-08-13T20:02:56Z")
Ah, I see. Okay then. Say, trade your a quarter pounder with cheese for a hunk of that filet mignon you got there? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/51 "2003-08-13T20:14:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cowgirl \* > \*\*Show Labs … am I the only one thinking of the Weimeraner people in _Best in Show_? > > “I’m so happy we get to live in an age with so many catalogues …” \*\* Nope, you sure aren’t - I’ve been thinking of them throughout this thread. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/52 "2003-08-13T20:21:54Z")
Make it a double quarter pounder with cheese and it’s a deal, neutron star. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/53 "2003-08-13T20:53:00Z")
A _double_ quarter pounder? Christ, the name’s “neutron star,” not “Nelson Rockefeller!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/54 "2003-08-13T21:24:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kferr \* > \*\*Bunnies with wheels? \*\* Yup - they’re made by Volkswagon. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/55 "2003-08-13T21:38:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*That’s how I interpreted his post, too, lezlers. Although I could be wrong. > > What say you, Brutus? \*\* How much a person has certainly has no bearing on their schmuckitude. But if a person make 30k/year, _and_ they are a schmuck, I dub them a ‘30k/year schmuck’. **neutron star** , regarding the restaurants, it’s not how much they cost that matters; It’s just that a decent local restaurant blows any ‘chain’ restaurant out of the water, may _Applebees_ and _TGI-Fridays_ burn in ‘same bland menu’ hell. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/56 "2003-08-13T21:46:40Z")
Yeah, I kind of gathered that that’s what Juanita was referring to - perhaps a little too late, but I did. I was just kind of shocked to see someone claim they were too good for what is probably the most expensive restaurant in my city. I kind of see her point now. Even if I someday become rich, I can’t see myself blowing that much money on food. Then again, I _could_ see myself blowing a fortune on computer parts that I want but don’t need, so, diff’rent strokes for diff’rent folks and all… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/57 "2003-08-13T23:21:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*Can I borrow some money **Gato**? > > 😃 \*\* Sure! The redneck part of me is reaching for the Jack Daniel’s comemrative holiday tin can full of cash under the bed and the yuppie part is drawing up the standard contract for 14% interest. 😉 **Bruce** , you ain’t me, but I know we would get alone over a beer and racin’ talk at the Martini bar. I’ve been to Greenville and found it quite nice, by the way. * * * She told me she loved me like a brother. She was from Arkansas, hence the Joy! ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/58 "2003-08-13T23:31:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neutron star \* > \*\*Even if I someday become rich, I can’t see myself blowing that much money on food. Then again, I _could_ see myself blowing a fortune on computer parts that I want but don’t need, so, diff’rent strokes for diff’rent folks and all… \*\* Not only the food, mind you, but the wine gets rather pricey, too. I’ve been to dinners where the combined cost of the meals has reached nearly $1K. And that’s dinner for four people. 🙂 But hey, if you have the money available, want food better than what Chili’s (and, as others have mentioned, we’re talking much, much better) has to offer (not to mention the improved atmosphere and professional wait staff), then I don’t think you’d blanch so easily and spending a lot of money. Especially if you’ve done it at least once before. Which isn’t to say that Chili’s is horrible for food or wait staff–please don’t think that. It’s just that, in comparison, a non-chain, local restaurant (sometimes they even show up as hole-in-the-walls… and have the prices to match, too, luckily enough) will almost always beat out a national chain in terms of food and enjoyment. I may not be as picky about my eating places as **auntie em** (I’ll happily visit the chain restaurants of bland, casual dining, where **auntie em** will avoid them as much as possible), but I’d much rather spend my evenings at the Plaza III here in Kansas City. Best steaks, EVAH! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/59 "2003-08-13T23:38:28Z")
Diff’rent strokes, indeed. For example, I once made the mistake of trying on some really expensive clothes. Whoa. It ain’t always just the “label” that makes the difference. Those suckers are made better, out of better stuff and fit and feel better. I never realized just how uncomfortable cheap clothes really are. My bunny don’t got wheels, but that’s what I’d spend a bundle on if I could. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/60 "2003-08-14T00:23:41Z")
> [@](#): > > … you have at least one classic French advertising poster in every room of your house. :GAG: That French advertising thing is so _done_! > [@](#): > > … your favorite restaurants have the words “trattoria,” “bistro,” “ristorante,” “cucina,” or “New American Grill” in their names. :eek: Are there restaurants without those words in their titles? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829.md?page=4)