Importance of Looking Poor 

Serious? That's pretty nice!

lol I wish!

cornbobbber lol

Why be a millionaire when you can be a THOUSANDaire? Muwahahahahaha!! - Dr Evil

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A frickin' genius!

I would like this comment a couple more times If could

Omg 😂

So his family were willing to lend him money? But he concocted his scheme to stop them from asking him the same? Sounds like a douche

Smith wtf

Lol... They need good looking comfy clothes.

Not always true. I was mugged in sweatpants and a ripped hoodie, with a $50 phone on me and nothing else. They still took my phone too...

@@WIZA327 Hollywood says sweat pants + hoodie = drug dealer, so you must've had some money and/or drugs on you. Not really, but you know how dumb criminals can be sometimes? The mugger might've settled for the phone. 1, you can't get blood out of a turnip and 2, leaving a man naked could attract too much attention. More risk, like $100+ in fines and other legal costs, and for what, $20 reward if the local consignment shop is generous?? The cheap/worn jeans and T-shirt concept is tried and true, though. I can vouch for that.

Absolutely wrong. A lot of “poor clothes” is cotton/ polyester based, which is ok. Truly comfortable clothing is ELS cotton, merino wool, cashmere, silk, etc. Theres a noticeable differs you’ll enjoy when wearing these. You spend most of your life wearing clothes.

Le Enderman ikr

Wished your story was longer. It's very entertaining. =D

My default would be normal for most times and poor and rich looking very sparingly.

I only dress rich if there's a nice event I'm going to, any other time I dress poor.

+The Technoclast Huh, do people believe you? Usually there are signs that are dead giveaways. Rich guy dressing poor would not want to tell anyone. So the act of saying so means something is not right.

Haha I was just kidding sir! :P

The gov has plenty of nipples, go get you some.

The Technoclast 😭😂😂🤣

Haha. Whole "nother" I like that.

lfn1016 lol ikr

I have been mistaken for being homeless a couple times 😂😂😂 I find it hilarious 😂

@@marcus.H Me too ! I trying to ask for directions and the girl interrupted me, saying "Sorry I don't have cash". My eyes lit up, both in amusement and realization. I have never been bothered by gold diggers since then 😂

@@maloxi1472 😁

Haha

Or designer bags, o wait thats probably why im broke.

where millionare starts at: 1 or

First read: 'The Millionaire Next Door' and live below your means. You wont live below your means once you accumulate your money if you don't practice it now.

It's great to be able to hep family members when they need it. But they also need to help themselves. Camouflage works with almost everyone. =D

This reminds me of the episode from the cosby show when dr. went to go buy a car for theo.

That makes me sad. I feel family should help one another.

Speechiegirl1 lmaoo that's the truth

Keisha, is that you? This uncle ray. That’s messed up niecey, let me hold $100 you know your cousin Marcus ain’t shit!

Ummm yes. If you don't want to get robbed. Either that or hire a bodyguard.

BeatTheBush or just become a badass, who knows marshal arts, and learn to protect yourself, and be independent of fear witch the world offers, be the lion amongs the wolf's

Better yet, get a CCW!

Gibberish Mike lol

Walter Strong said it right

This is very true because I used to get a lot of attention wearing a company uniform. The same experience wearing a suite or designer clothes.

Yes, that's useful to a point, but good women also want to protect themselves from low-quality sperm, so if you want to be able to get a nice young woman, you will still want to keep up good hygiene and keep your clothing coordinated and intact. It can still be quite plain and "poor"-looking, but you do not want to be mistaken for a homeless man at an inopportune moment.

This is the absolute IW truth.

@@shirin8609 Dressing poor doesn't mean bad hygiene and looking homeless. At the same time, there are also nice women who are on the same wavelength. They don't stand out in how they dress, but their finances tell a different story.

@@TheFirstRealChewy I never said that, but nice reach

=D Just to blend in and not be an obvious target.

There are many reasons for this. We don't blend in well due to haircut, general appearance and attitude, but what can help is going in groups (battle buddy) Whether that person is part of your service or an allied service. Target is a definite issue in any situation, but situation awareness is part and parcel of the training of a warrior.

Trust me, there are way more pickpocketers and criminals in europe way more than in Asia. Been there, done that.

Most underrated comment on this video.

You, sir, have made my day. :')

Hahahahahaha

word #facts

I call bullshit if he collects cans and is a millionaire, why do it, its a waste of time and he doesnt need the money from the can’s I get youre comment!!!

Awesomeness spotted.

Wow! must have been fun for you to watch her get her act together and run for her life....lol!

Imagine if you were the manager or boss and met with every single small fish coming in the door and answered every phone call. You’d never get stuff done. That’s her job - to screen calls and visitors. If you aren’t forthcoming about who you are, why should you expect him to make time to see you? You make time for family, not every person in the world. That doesn’t mean you’re a bad person for favoring your family. In business, clients are your family.

@@zarnoffa That is true but in this case, Jane Smith is referring to how the receptionist assumed who she was based on her look. This mistake could be easily avoided if the receptionist just asked who she was before judging what she was there for based on her look. Of course the manager can't see everyone, but asking doesn't seem too hard or too time consuming.

Most people are misanthropes if they have theyre needs satisfied and given the truth about the world, the rest go crazy because theyre poor, lied to, had injustices on them, and worst of all manipulated.

That's a great way to get the most bang out of the clothes.

IKR? Thing's got to look faded AF before I start regulating it to lounge wear only :-D

Don't forget to repair things too. If you have basic sewing skills you can make clothes last pretty much forever. If not, a tailor can usually patch small holes and things for a fraction of the price of buying new.

Particularly underwear or the lack of it anyway. HA HA HA

I do this as well. My pants are 6 years old lol

Gotta have that thick skin or even turn around and brag how great it is to ride the bike.

I prefer to be left alone as well. But I prefer them to be present so when I need something I can flag them down to help me when I ask. =D

Preach it!

Orlie John The whole point of that, is for the poor to get rich. Dressing poor, while being poor, won't get you a high paying job, and it sure as hell won't help you get ahead in this world. You have to fake it, until you make it. Once you get rich, you can then kick back, and look as poor as you want, because by then, it won't matter.

Man! Those homeless people must be billionaires! lol.

thats how girls are tricked ha ha

yup ... :/

Growing up poor in England, 1950's, has made me live frugally which I carry over into all aspects of life. My mother used to say ' What you never had, you never miss". Living in the USA the culture of grab, greed and instant gratification used to be so widespread, however, the 'new car every two year' has taken a backseat of late, indeed, with the loss of 'lifetime employment and careers' making do and mend has become more the norm for the average person.

"blew collar" 😂😊

1000 subs with no videos - Beat the Bush and I are in the SF Bay Area. $500K won’t even buy you a condo here, let alone a house. 😂😂

I respect your high standards. At the same rate, I think there's something to be said for appealing to stereotypes if you live in a rough area. I've personally experienced the difference between looking stereotypically well-off VS stereaotypically poor n a few areas I've lived in. Enough to know that I feel like looking my best, but it tends to attract gold diggers and/or criminals. Enough to know that when I dress down, I tend to attract more down to Earth, friendly and genuine types of people. Problem is, I've out grown my lust for gold-diggers, I prefer honest people, I don't want to be compelled to defend myself against criminals again, but I also prefer nicer clothes, and either type of outfit tends to cost about the same. It's a catch-22. Fortunately, I got used to dressing down to some extent when/where necessary, found a place to live that I like, and the most crime we get here tends to be bike thieves, shoplifters, pedophile creepers (still a significant issue, but likely not for long if a recently busted local pedo cop gets ousted), casual drug users who don't usually bother anybody but themselves and their buddies, and telephone tough guys who don't do much except spread rumors and make threats they never seem to follow through on. I'm guessing you live in an area you at least perceive to be safe?

@@TestMeatDollSteak Yeah, I want to believe there's a dirty joke in there somewhere, but I just can't find it. Yet.

=D Always good to have people be friendly towards you. =D

LMAO

heheeeee

Homeless people can actually be really interesting to talk to. Don't dismiss someone because you can't "get something" from them. I dress in whatever I have and I don't really care what I look like because I'm not trying to manipulate anyone one way or another. Sounds like that is what this video is about, using your clothing to manipulate others. I am who I am.

I LOVE my 20 year old rusty car. I don't have loads to spare, but more importantly, I don't want those struggling to think people like me are the reason.

It happened to me. During the grunge era of the 90's I dressed the part and looked like a street bum. I went into Dillard's to buy a gift for a friend and security trailed me throughout that store. As soon as I pulled out my credit card to pay for the gift they took off. I complained about it to my daughter and she said, Well you look like your homeless in that get up. No wonder they followed you.

Try being black lmao

Or maybe not help you because you look poor and they think you are window shopping. I experienced this before.

Who cares?

Truly more down to earth. But then perhaps looking 'normal' is best for most times.

Just be is always best! No sweat!

Looking rich and presentable does not give you superficial friends.. Only you can choose your friends.. Wear nice close and still choose down to earth friends.. MA if you did not know its up to you who you keep in your life.. Every year evaluate the people around you and keep the relationships you think are of benefit to you and your life

M A Tru Dat

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It does seems so. Although it seems like a 60/40 split of people who have no choice and people who agree.

Well you would never know it because you can't judge a book by its cover.

BeatTheBush I dress poor for many reasons ,people in my family worked very hard to become supervisors, managers ect and they push us to work hard for our own stuff.I do like the way they are raising us.I get 1 (sometimes 2) pairs of shoes every year 3 pairs of pants every year (i have multiple pairs that can still fit me hence the reason they dont buy me more) 1 sweatshirt and 2 t shirts.At this point I know how to save money and invest, just a few minutes ago my aunt was talking to me about real estate😂😂

Yes....its a fine line. Agreed!

good points!! If female, it's good to look average -- not too poor or too rich. Just blend in with wherever you are going to be.

Dame if you do and dame if you don’t. Totally agree. Such is real life.

True of men, only a bit more flexible as the key is to blend in with the majority. Have nice for nice places. Eyes are where the lies are. Peoples assumptions are real so use this to win in life. Note, I dress down too. Live in a ghetto area. I like my freedom of walking for example.

Sharette yep

professor IKR

Genius

@@kashedgaming Kimbo IKR

For what? So you can get treated like one, unless you don’t go out much in that case you can dress like a bum

@@Jluna16 Luna I can live with that

How you dress doesn't directly related to how much money is in the bank but most automatically think that way. Strange.

+DMalenfant1 Statistically speaking you'll lower you chances of getting robbed this way.

Predators go after the prey. Simple as that... It works whether the predator is a hungry cat picking among the mice, the lion choosing among gazelle in a herd, or a mugger picking out the right target in a crowd on the street... The cat tries for the fatter slower moving mouse... He won't chase the dog for food, because that pit-bull will just hand him his ass. The lion will choose a slower, easier gazelle that still offers meat. They don't usually even go after hippos because they're so dangerous... Like the cat vs dog, the hippos have a far better chance of handing even a group of lions their collective ass. The mugger measures folks on the street, by their clothes, the things they carry, and by their posture, body language, stride... SO wearing shabby clothes, and behaving like a rich kid "slummin' " in the bad part of town is an easy way to get killed. Moping along like the rest of the "used up" masses while in decent, but not particularly good clothes tends to work better... In either direction (finance to motif) dress too pretentiously and you risk being caught at it. So the "dressing down" helps, but only so much. Sooner or later, you may have to return to your car, and the only high-dollar car in the city is definitely still going to bite you in the metaphoric ass. :o)

Ben Brown i know right!! Dave Ramsey would want to adopt him!

Lol, he does have a Cash only attitude though. I use cards like crazy.

Ben Brown DR is a fucking imbecile.

Why do you say that

Thomas you are the GREAT imbecile!!

but the real question is did you help him? If not you'r just of the same kind you despite

I hope you helped him

Not in America, maybe in some commie countries.

That's awful! Where was this?!

When you dress well , the ladies check you

Yes if you dress poor enough.

For those things you can just switch its really great to choose the attire and car appropriate to where you are going. Sometimes you don't want to draw too much attention and other time, well, maybe you want to draw as much attention as you can.

They always prefer women, it's not about the clothes..

lmao

Oh my. For that reason, it might be better to dress slightly nicer if you know you're going to go shopping. Just good enough to pass.

I agree when i used to wear old clothes people thought i was homeless and i got no respect! Women have to dree nicely to get treated well. I dress in not flashy but new clothes and get respect.Women are looked down on when they dont dress well, it doesnt have to be designer, though!

Very well said . I think one can dress poor when you want to find out people’s intentions before you engage in your real self.

The thing is, when you have money, you really don’t care how other people treat you. You have the luxury of not caring. I used to dress up all the time when I was younger and poorer because I needed other people’s approval. Now that I have enough money, I don’t care what other people think, so I buy 7 pairs of the exact same sweat pants and T-shirts in bulk during black friday sales and wear them until they disintegrate.

In general yes. But it seems like the clothes with holes are more strategic in hole position.

It make you poor ^^. Just cut some holes. I have trousers that have wholes due to being worn out. I use such even during winter.

The ones with holes at the seams where your crotch is don't! ;-)

I been selling my old shits they still worth mad cash yo

*shirts

Agreed. It's people who work hard for their money knows every dollar took a lot to earn it so it is not to be wasted on frivolous things just to show off.

Well, at least wealthy people with common sense and a good frugal mindset! Many of my friend's parents were wealthy, but very frugal and low key. The nicest people I could have known. We both work, but we are still considered the working poor. And I guess since I don't care about material things, I would not waste money on flashy clothes to impress anyone. Would rather spend money on first-edition banned books.

I like their attitude. The the perfect way to describe the attitude to have to not care about what people think.

There is a video about it

cf. the honey badger of "intellectuals" (a term he loathes) with @#$%-you money: Nassim Nicholas Taleb 😝

Liz, I was watching Animal Planet and they did a piece on the honey badger. They gave a nod the viral video.

Can you link video to ep?

Might need other defense against that type then.

I am the same, I would never be a walking billboard and following fashion is for the Sheeple.

That's exactly why I prefer clothing with no visible brand names. If you expect me to be a walking advertisement, pay me to wear it. Otherwise, I'm taking my money elsewhere.

That's a nice way to put it. Sometimes blend in, other times not.

That's a metaphor I've been using for a year now

MrHighProfyle You could store it somewhere, and drive it, without having anyone your familiar with, from knowing.

MrHighProfyle Just pay for private parking, and go to the car when you need it. If anyone asks, just say its a rental.

Hahahahahahahahaha. Family should always comes first! If a member of my family needs money or anything at all, i give what i can. They wouldn't ask if they weren't desperate. Due to the downturn in the job market and the redundancies that are rife at the moment in the North East, many families have had to pull together at this time of financial uncertainty On that note, an easy solution for anyone with an expensive car to hide, is to sell the car and buy a bicycle. :)

Sakurakuro It depends. Some people leech of the more successful person in the family and guilt you to giving in on the account that you're "family". You can keep "helping", but in the end, you're just enabling them. This happens way too often these days. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

You'll have to look to help or not in a case by case basis. Family is family after all and cannot be replaced. But you'll know something is wrong when they are not trying to help themselves just as much as you are helping them.

Perception is reality until reality changes perception. Looks are important. That's why first impressions are important. Try to use it to your advantage when possible. My plan is to work out and look better, physically, in a year from now. In many cases, those who look better tend to have an advantage in life. At the very least, I'm doing it to improve my health.

Or be dirty if you really want to repel someone.

No, that's just disguisting.

LOL. This video was really interesting but made me laugh more than anything.

Nally yepper

@@Rebassed Rebassed you have got to be committed to pull that off.

=D

Much respect to y'all Asians. Y'all make opportunity happen and take advantage of it while working hard. Wish I could say the same about us Blacks.

My Latino parents taught me this too. 😉👍🏼

im indian and I learnt this on my own growing up in Africa

I'm American and this is common sense

+J Gamble I would replace the jeans with shorts or sweatpants for more comfort, :D

BeatTheBush I agree. Cargo shorts, Tshirt and flip flops. Smiles. By the way, your videos are very informative. New Sub Alert! 😊

One look?

The Steve Jobs look.

F Fuentes good idea lol

Thanks for the tip, babe

It seems a trait that is learned which increases happiness I think.

It's good to have camouflage on sometimes.

BeatTheBush ..what camouflage. chances are they already investigate your networth for ransom. if youre really poor in the first place... they probably just want your kidneys..

well when you have millions you can bet youre a target for theft no matter where you live

Planet Earth, I assume.

He might live in the real world... where do you live?

Very true.

It's a nice position to be in. =D

I agree.

Yep you saw the video lol

Omg, that sounds mighty dangerous to leave that much cash in the car.

Lol, that would 100% get stolen where I live. Here, beat up old student cars get robbed for just a tiny bit of change from the cup holder. I even had my houseplants stolen when I put them outside for a bit of sun. :( Nothing special, either. One of them didn't even have a real pot. I only kept them around in the first place for the sentimental value, since most were gifts, and one I'd had for 8 years.

Out Of The Box WoodWorks my grandfather taught me this when I was growing up in used to be embarrassed as a kid but now it makes so much sense he always stayed humble even though he made plenty of money.

Out Of The Box WoodWorks Where did you say that truck is again? Lol

You got the idea of how people think.

Some seem to be offended by this though.

Anon 3303 I'm 6'4 and weight 250 pounds, no way I'm getting mugged in school lol plus i live in L.A. so meh

No one is “rich” in college. 🤣😭👍🏼

Anon 3303 what is a social climber

@@Youngerthuggg I believe, the person speaks of people entering exclusively superficial relationships with you, and yours,solely for the purpose of attaining greater social status.

Huh... lol! Dressing rich works great too. =D

Felishia González while I was in Poland I used to pull out my American Express platinum card hmmm the stuff these girls were willing to do in bed

Thanks, girl, saved a life there

Many Californians are rude, especially when driving. There is a heavy narcissistic spirit in California. Next time, go to Texas... much friendlier people!

You need to have enough self confidence to not car what they think.

If you get trashed by them they are not really friends are they?

Story of my life...I feel you.

That's just a landlord uniform.

I mean if all I had to do was collect rent I wouldn't bother dressing up either. Since there is no dress code as a landlord if it was cold outside you'd see me showing up in jeans and a hoodie.

Judging by your comment, it sounds like you have a quiet and controlled way about you, like someone of high status. Generally speaking, people do not learn this genteel manner of conducting themselves unless they grew up well-educated (which people associate with growing up rich). That could be the case.

Only works to look poor if you normally dress normal which makes the need to purposely dress poor.

lol

Dressing rich has some advantages too. Use as needed.

More like dressing for the desired effect as fitting in the right occasion might not be what you are after. Dress like a million dollars at a luxury store a plus if you want good treatment.

Lol... use the dividends from the company. It's pretty interesting to do that.

Cool

Which you rather be. Faking it or living it.

What a paradox!

Interesting... I never thought about that one. I should do that too! =D

I might have spent close to zero! Wa ha hah ah. Wait... maybe

I think I really screwed up with this video. Not wealthy though, just very frugal.

And the clean white furniture.. xP

😂

Sometimes when you provoke the security you might find yourself in unwanted situations or danger.

Years ago when I was looking for a vehicle we went to a Toyota dealership to check out new vehicles. Initially we were ignored for several minutes as the sales agents assisted people that came after us. Eventually one person came to us and when I mentioned wanting to look at a Tundra he started talking about used vehicles. When I asked to see a new one he showed us where they were on the lot then said he had to go back to help some other customer... and he never came back. Due to that experience I replaced my Camry with a car from a different manufacturer.

=D

Keep it cheap, but if you are in want of a good woman, you need to dress with some class. No torn clothes! Stay clean, keep your hair and nails neatly trimmed. No clashing colors or patterns. You'll want to look poor, not like a complete moron who doesn't know how to dress himself.

Huh... there are lots of way to annoy the sales person to hurry the deal up and give you a lower price. I just hope they do away with this and sell cars like they do with potato chips, fixed price like Tesla.

I was kidding about the dirty kids, and more thinking about individual sellers. At a dealership once they run you credit application they know what you can afford. I just bought a brand new 2017 4Runner, and sold my wife's old Mini Van. It had 245K on it and needed some things to boot. I was asking $1000 for it. A woman answered the add and came out. She was a divorced single mom with three kids. Driving a beat up truck with worn out tires. She drove the van liked it and handed me $1000. I took it, but I would have given it to her for 500 if she had countered, or even free, because In my mind she is probably broke, but who knows she may be loaded. Dressing down and looking less well off can definitely play a part in deal making I think. It plays on human emotion. Not always but sometimes.

So true, other thing is, complain about how bad you have it. Tell em your sick and you really don't want a car, but though you might look around. This will do a few things for you, one they will think you really are too poor to buy and leave you alone in the lot. 2 when you go to buy and negotiate they will give you a better deal cause they think your broke and sick and see your poor clothes and feel bad for you. I did this before for my car saved 4k from Toyota 3 year old car. Mind you already marked down 10k from original sticker price, with 27000 miles. I got a great deal because I did as I just told you, gotta make the feel bad for you. It works!

Yes I did the same and got a used car and haggled the hell out of them. Once I wrote them the check they gasped, but I'm like, "Do I look like I can afford to be in major debt?"

Lol

This happens a lot it seems. And what's surprising is that this is pretty typical. People judge others by how they look. As a sales, it's understandable because they are trying to optimize their time so that they get the most sales for their effort. Hence they try to not spend any that appears to not bring them sales. So they really need to figure out if some dude in rage really has money to spend or not.

Alot seem to be even when its fake wealth. I only had about 50$ on me when I went to a chipotlet yesterday and because I was wearing a polo with a nice watch, a bunch of people were staring at me. This goes with cars as well.

You cant but most do.

You see, dressing up is for one purpose, dressing down is for another. Sure you can use confidence and powerful body language to deter mugging but dressing down is also another way to do it. So when you dress down, don't expect to make new friends easily and you might just run into someone you know, lol. So it's not for doing all the time but for specific circumstances like shopping in peace or theft deterrent while vacationing. I think if you are financially independent, the confidence comes from that and easily overcomes looking raggedy.

Yes - dress to fit your objective. Back when I didn't have a Costco membership, when I had a craving for a Costco hotdog I'd piggyback off a customer as a guest. But not this one time. I approached a woman in the parking lot and she quickly, fearful kept walking without talking to me like I was trying to recruit her for my cult or I was begging for money. I forgot I had my oversized ragged hoodie on and hadn't shaved a few days. Mission failed.

I don't get it.

BeatTheBush be the rich guy at the party that no one knows is rich except his/her closest friends. Dressing and looking poor to avoid getting mugged is a depressing way to live haha. Great channel btw. I'm like you, but not that extreme. I have a PE license too and can relate.

Exactly. You use it for a purpose. =D

#facts preach