Not getting something because someone else has one... c/d?

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Very petty, but I've been guilty of it in the past.

"A Fiesta? No way - my MUMS got one!"

"We can't get a Zanussi - your SISTER has one!"

"I'm not doing the bathroom blue, a woman in the work has a blue bathroom!"

Have you ever been guilty of this?

― Rumpie (lil drummer girl parumpumpumpu), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:37 (twenty years ago)

All the time at restaurants! Oh you're getting that, I better get something else then!!!

― Dadaismus, the Male Poster (Dada), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:41 (twenty years ago)

a gf.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:41 (twenty years ago)

(and bf too - sorry boys)

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

Haha, I was even once told that I should definitely do that at a dinner that was part of a job interview - "you can't have the same as someone else, because then you don't look assertive. Try to give your order first if you can."

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

I won't drink Lambrini because of the adverts.

― Why does the birds always shitting on me? (noodle vague), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Hello you! The stuff I avoid all comes from shops with three-letter acronyms (TLAs): DFS, MFI, etc. Occasionaly the products of shops with four-letter acronyms (IKEA) do not pass muster, and as for ASDA, fuck them.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

x post

Actually that's not true.

― Why does the birds always shitting on me? (noodle vague), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

I have been known, when Fiat Puntos pass me out on the road, to say "uh oh, receptionist emergency!" although the real reason I would never buy a Punto is because my brother's hateful ex drove one and I associate them with her.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

You can't get the same thing at restaurants cos you need to be able to try food that isn't yours

― beanz (beanz), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:44 (twenty years ago)

i totally didn't want an ipod because everybody had one. but then when i bought it at the time it was the cheapest option.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:45 (twenty years ago)

also.. a spiky haircut at the time when i was in school when everyone had it.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:46 (twenty years ago)

i didn't take this cop-out easy-credit module in uni because everybody did it.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:47 (twenty years ago)

and also the computer graphics module because all the other geeks were so gung-ho about it.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:47 (twenty years ago)

enthusiasm turns me off things.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:48 (twenty years ago)

I find it hard to like people if they share a name with someone I dislike, but that's all.

So, wait, you DO drink Lambrini noodle?

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:49 (twenty years ago)

i didn't apply for this job at this company because two people i know from this job applied there.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:50 (twenty years ago)

I never read the Da Vinci code because I saw too many people reading it.

Food in restaurants, yes, I'll try to order something different so I can taste everybody elses.

― Rumpie (lil drummer girl parumpumpumpu), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:51 (twenty years ago)

If someone has co-opted said thing as part of their look (in high school, this would be their entire existence), than I stayed away so as not to make what might be taken as an attack on their attempts at individuality.

Whereas, certain things - overpriced toys (video game systems come to mind), certain types of trendy drinks, haircuts - are avoided simply b/c the other person is someone I percieve to be an asshole.

Other things, I will only buy AFTER someone else I know has done so - my own personal Consumer Reports service.

for the most part, though, the desire to avoid getting something simply for the fact that someone else has it as well is very, very low on my list of reasons not to get something - well below frugality, means, and practicality of the potential purchase.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:51 (twenty years ago)

I will drink Lambrini if it's available, yes. I wouldn't buy it though.

― Why does the birds always shitting on me? (noodle vague), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:52 (twenty years ago)

Probably.

I'm thirsty.

― Why does the birds always shitting on me? (noodle vague), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Oh and the Punto thing I totally understand - my 'nemesis' in work - a low, heavy set guy - drives a Punto and I refuse to even entertain the thought of getting one because they 'look' like him!

― Rumpie (lil drummer girl parumpumpumpu), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:53 (twenty years ago)

I admit to being guilty of this when I got to restaurants, esp. when it's just me and my wife. "We eat the same things for dinner at home! We don't have to do it when we go out!"

― phil d. (Phil D.), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Lambrini girls just want to have fun!

― Rumpie (lil drummer girl parumpumpumpu), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:53 (twenty years ago)

I'm not sure I even know what it is. Is it the one made of fizzy pears?

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:54 (twenty years ago)

Yep, it's weak, it's fizzy, it tastes like Refreshers. Mind, I like Refreshers.

― Why does the birds always shitting on me? (noodle vague), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:56 (twenty years ago)

What about not getting something because YOU already have one? I have a wonderful overcoat that I love, so naturally I wear it all the time and it's beginning to look a little less than pristine. But I am really struggling with the concept of buying another one, exactly the same, and I can't quite put my finger on why...

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:04 (twenty years ago)

You can never step in the same river twice...

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:07 (twenty years ago)

I threaten to buy clothing duplicates, but feel like there would be something Einsteinish and weird about it, so I never do. And I always regret it. Maybe if I was more eccentric I wouldn't care.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:08 (twenty years ago)

... wow, same here! (xpost)

― Dadaismus, the Male Poster (Dada), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:08 (twenty years ago)

Argh, my Dad *always* orders the same thing as me in restaurants. Drives me mad.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:09 (twenty years ago)

Food in restaurants, yes, I'll try to order something different so I can taste everybody elses.

I do it because I don't like eating the same food as someone else

― Dadaismus, the Male Poster (Dada), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:09 (twenty years ago)

I only avoid getting something that someone else has if I associate it with someone I dislike or is really annoying.

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:12 (twenty years ago)

The same clothing that you already had thing applies to shoes for me. There are a bunch of pairs of shoes that I have LOVED over the years that I wish I could have had like five pairs of.

Of course, that takes away the fun of getting an entirely new pair of shoes.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:14 (twenty years ago)

I wear my shoes/trainers to death, so by the time they are falling off my feet, they've stopped being manufactured.

― Rumpie (lil drummer girl parumpumpumpu), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

I don't care about buying the same clothes again. I've lost count of the number of black shelltoes with white stripes I've had. Also, if something fits me really well I'll buy it in every colour going.

What I can't do is buy the same item of clothing as a friend. It's soooo against the rules. Is that just a girl thing?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:23 (twenty years ago)

Is that just a girl thing?

Oh no, not at all!

― Dadaismus, the Male Poster (Dada), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

I was going to go out with a girl once but then my friend went out with her instead so I went off the idea. Then she told me this made me a stupid snob.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

Aren't you supposed to refrain from going out with people your friends are going out with?

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

Sloppy seconds?

― Rumpie (lil drummer girl parumpumpumpu), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)

totally. Unless all parties to said transaction give their consent, dating a friend's ex is LAME. Even with consent, its LAME.

One of the most admirable applications of this in my life was when a friend of mine asked me if it was cool if he tried to do something with a girl I had only previously been INTERESTED in, much less involved with. They are now married with a beautiful little daughter.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:58 (twenty years ago)

Yeah this is never much cop, even with consent. Having been on both sides of the equation.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:01 (twenty years ago)

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