Absurdly Ridiculous

Situation 1

Two weeks ago, i met a friend of mine at Pavillion. She invited me to go on a shopping spree with her. So i said yes. After spent three hours of finding her right shoes and her matching outfit with a perfect bag, we stopped to find a place for us to lounge around and just sip a cup of nice drink. She suggested Starbucks. Of all places, why Starbucks? Its quite pricey for students. There's plenty of places to go for a drink, and we could pay it even less. A cup of coffee that taste like crap wouldn't be worth paying expensively. She insisted and this is what she said:

"We're in Pavillion, it's a high end retail centre, we should drink and eat expensive things. Or people are gonna start criticizing us."

She went to the Starbucks and bought herself a cream latte.


Situation 2

A friend of mine,B, invited to his house last sunday. He was having a party for all his friends. It was in the evening, an open air kinda party. It was freakin hot, hot as in the weather, not the party. And there he was greeting the guests. Y and T were my childhood friends, we had a casual conversation until B, joined in our conversation. He was wearing a weird white colour long sleeve t shirt with black and blue colour of different panels. His belt was green and red in colour and wore a cream colour baggy jeans. I didn't wanna criticize a thing on what he was wearing because, probably he prefers this kinda style. Plus, i am no one to critize the way people dress up. Y was a loud mouth and quite outspoken, known for her bluntness, she asked:

Y: Why are you dressing up like a nervous breakdown clown?

T was laughing real hard, while i was just gawking, couldn't believe what Y just said. I noticed that B swallowed the criticism real hard. He just smiled and proudly said:

B: The shirt that i'm wearing is Armani Exchange, the belt is from Gucci, and this pants, i bought it at GAP.

Wow, he was boasting like shit. I was hoping Y could backslash him. But Y was standing still and didn't even blink his eyes even for a second. I thought Y called it a quit and put on his white flag. But nooo... this is what Y said:

Y: Wow, u really spent a lot on those things, but u still look like shit.

B went speechless. He nodded and walked away. I told Y that it wasn't a right thing to do. But, i was a bit happy that his annoying boast back fired him. Why would anyone pay for expensive branded clothes just to look good?

Situation 3

H and i were having lunch 4 days ago. While waiting for her boyfriend, H were whining and complaining to me about her jeans.

H: I really had hard time wearing this jeans! Its so fuckin tight!
Myself: Its a skinny jeans, what do u expect?

H was pulling her jeans up and down, straightening her jeans and stuff. She could not sit still. I got so annoyed.

Myself: Why do u have to this skinny pair of jeans if u know its suffocating?
H: Huh?
Myself: Why?
H: Because its the in trend now,i wouldnt wanna miss wearing it.
Myself: You don't mind suffer for fashion?
H: Yeah, i don't mind. Why?
Myself: I think its rubbish suffering for fashion. How do you expect to feel good inside and out if you don't feel comfy at all?
H: Nah, it'll pass..

The three situation are the most ridiculous idea that the person had had in their mind. They spent on expensive beverage and food so that people would look up to them. They spent thousands of dollars to buy expensive branded clothes just to impress people, and suffer for fashion so that they wouldn't be called out dated or old fashion. Why do we have to do this in order to please people? Does it even please people? Instead of helping the homeless and reducing the poverty around the world, they only choose to do petty things that don't really contribute that much. Why?