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4:14:01i get that, he is the typical socio-psychopath
4:14:05@Silva2022 true, that was a valid reason, not so based that one
4:14:05:cat-orange-whistling::cat-orange-whistling::cat-orange-whistling:
4:14:08The book character is based on Tom Cruise
4:14:09He's an old school Crypto Bro
4:14:10the human condition to a degree
4:14:10Of 80's business and ambition culture
4:14:15now I'm interested in the movie
4:14:15we are in some way the Holistic embodiment of all those we know and meet
4:14:16literally just a rich kid in business
4:14:18:eyes-purple-crying::eyes-purple-crying::eyes-purple-crying:
4:14:20Remember when he got worked up over a business card?
4:14:20modern looksmaxxer culture is very Patrick Bateman coded. its a critique of high class masculine culture
4:14:20he has kinda been idolized for for the wrong reasons
4:14:24The hollowness of modern man
4:14:24Read the book, it spells it out for you
4:14:25He is the stereotypical 80s stockbroker
4:14:27the wall street guy, they were (and are) real
4:14:32he's a parody of "current-era sigma male"
4:14:33Have you ever seen Fight Club, Pippa?
4:14:36He wanted to be the best at something, that's why the business card scene goes so hard
4:14:44Here's the thing: for any person who actually has, through some cosmic error, ended up possessing knowledge or intuition outside of human understanding, that very trait will isolate them.
4:14:45Pippa please touch grass, wtf r u saying right now
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4:14:46All you have to do is look at techbros today and their desire to be seen as cultural brokers as well as rich.
4:14:46In a way everyone is obsessed with status