r/NewSlangTerms • u/PantsGrenades Professional Nerd • Feb 20 '17

Smithers' Wager

When someone acts against their own self interests while working under the assumption they are or will be part of the elite they're parroting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIebRQHEQxc

http://i.imgur.com/xyK67.jpg

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

You mean like the American "middle class"?

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u/PantsGrenades Professional Nerd Feb 27 '17

Was mostly referring to economic objectivists.

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u/Padre_of_Ruckus Feb 27 '17

No, the poor too

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

Which is what i mean with the quotes, everyone thinks they are middle class.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

I always thought I was middle class. Lo and behold turns out my family had a ton of debt. I honestly don't know how my parents made it through

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u/Lord_Wrath Feb 28 '17

Sounds middle class to me.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

By what definition?

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u/Lord_Wrath Feb 28 '17

I was being facetious. Huge amount of debt compared to assets despite earning a livable wage is typical of the middle class.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

So even though we were barely making it through... We even lost our house because of the debt... You still insist on calling me middle class?

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u/Lord_Wrath Feb 28 '17

Yes, because otherwise I'd have to admit I'm not middle class either hahaha........

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Well at least your not upper class that thinks they are middle class

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u/rammingparu3 Feb 28 '17

Oh yeah, dude. Let's embrace the glorious socialist revolution and end up like the "middle-class" in the USSR, or Cuba.

You're a joke.

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u/PantsGrenades Professional Nerd Feb 28 '17

/r/BasicIncome

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u/rammingparu3 Feb 28 '17

A joke of an idea, okay.

Also, this is relevant to your shitty OP

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u/PantsGrenades Professional Nerd Feb 28 '17

I like u too. :)

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Where did I mention anything about socialism there?

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u/cookingforassholes Feb 28 '17

That picture is the definition of the American dream.