What’s the most pretentious thing you’ve ever heard?

Vita said:
Moving into a new home more than a few years ago, a neighbor I never met before walks up after noticing my rather long 210 Cm Rossignol snow skis I just carried into the Garage.

Back in the day that meant something, but this dude starts up like this ...

Him - "Nice skis, you any good?"
Me - "Not too bad"
Him - "Yeah? Well I'm better!' (With his chest all out, and an ear to ear grin)
Me - (With a crooked smile) "Is that right? How's that?"
Him - "Because I'm the local Ski Instructor."

:pound:

Turns out he was, and he was pretty good, but not so good to come off like that. He had a lot of style, but tips down he couldn't keep up. What a way to meet & greet your new neighbors, eh?

I guess that was a pretty damned pretentious thing to hear, just for the fact that I still remember it after all these years!
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@Peter Gozintite likes to go skiing… especially with two guys after a few drinks. 😉
 
“The home values in our sub are sky-rocketing from all the CA and NY buyers.” heard in rural-ish MI.
 
ill said:
how is that pretentious?
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I could see pretentiousness through the assumption that someone from CA or NY is by default a better home owner than a native Michigander.
 
RP-29 said:
I could see pretentiousness through the assumption that someone from CA or NY is by default a better home owner than a native Michigander.
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:dingdingding:

Was that so hard? Because being surrounded by high rollers from CA and NY all of a sudden makes you a better Michagander.

Wasn’t true anyways. But the illusion/delusion was strong.
 
RobBase Drinks 60 Eggs A Week said:
:dingdingding:

Was that so hard? Because being surrounded by high rollers from CA and NY all of a sudden makes you a better Michagander.

Wasn’t true anyways. But the illusion/delusion was strong.
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so the housing market in MI is high because sellers are raising prices to sell to out of staters from CA and NY?
 
Hu War Yu said:
I figured its more about the "my home value has skyrocketed, I'm rich BIATCH!"
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That’s part of it too. Everybody’s home value has increased. But some people live in a bubble and don’t accept the realization that all the great things that happen to them happen to other people too.
 
RobBase Drinks 60 Eggs A Week said:
That’s part of it too. Everybody’s home value has increased. But some people live in a bubble and don’t accept the realization that all the great things that happen to them happen to other people too.
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shrug
 
RobBase Drinks 60 Eggs A Week said:
That’s part of it too. Everybody’s home value has increased. But some people live in a bubble and don’t accept the realization that all the great things that happen to them happen to other people too.
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Well, I think one thing we New Yorkers and Michiganders can all agree upon is: @ill needs things explained to him
 
Hu War Yu said:
Well, I think one thing we New Yorkers and Michiganders can all agree upon is: @ill needs things explained to him
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I don't see "housing prices are high" as being all that pretentious when it's true
 
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