Social Climbers

[testament11]

bakit pa naging fashion statement na yang mga headphone na yan? may nakita ako sa tv nag peperform sa isang show tapos may nakasabit na beats. anong sense. haha

Take a look sa video ng LMFAO, yun Party Rock Anthem. Yun mga tao naka-Beats. Eh para sa ilan, fashion statement daw ang Beats.

Sus, Beats lang naman yan, na endorsed ng mga singers sa US. Eh di naman ganun kaganda ang output ng Beats. They are just overpriced headphones.

[jaggerx3]

Take a look sa video ng LMFAO, yun Party Rock Anthem. Yun mga tao naka-Beats. Eh para sa ilan, fashion statement daw ang Beats.

Sus, Beats lang naman yan, na endorsed ng mga singers sa US. Eh di naman ganun kaganda ang output ng Beats. They are just overpriced headphones.

Naka gamit ako ng fake na beats na nabunot ko nung Christmas party, i compared it sa original mas maganda pa output nung fake. Haha!
Hindi consistent ang sound quality, ung iba the same quality lang ang output sa fake.

[jhnkvn]

Take a look sa video ng LMFAO, yun Party Rock Anthem. Yun mga tao naka-Beats. Eh para sa ilan, fashion statement daw ang Beats.

Sus, Beats lang naman yan, na endorsed ng mga singers sa US. Eh di naman ganun kaganda ang output ng Beats. They are just overpriced headphones.

Depends on how you define overpriced. Malay mo gusto ng tao ng bass-down-low.. even if I give him a coveted Grado MS1, he won't like it.Music is always subjective. You have to give props din sa marketing strategy ng Monster. Because Beats stirred up a storm by combining a habit loop in the pretense of fashion with headphones, our headphone designs have been getting better ever since then. Look at the Sennheiser Momentum, Philips X1, etc.

Madami naman overpriced bagay sa mundo eh. Take our toothpaste for example. Why do people even bother buying Colgate-Palmolive? Happee toothpaste? when any generic toothpaste does the same trick at less than half the cost? The "minty" flavor in the toothpaste that does the "freshening of the mouth" really does nothing to increase your cavity protection.. but it's there because consumers are programmed to love the fresh feeling creating a habit loop and the price you pay for that? It makes the added profit margins of Beats marketing pale in comparison.

Naka gamit ako ng fake na beats na nabunot ko nung Christmas party, i compared it sa original mas maganda pa output nung fake. Haha!
Hindi consistent ang sound quality, ung iba the same quality lang ang output sa fake.

If you measure output by throwing them around, getting chewed by a dog, etc. I'd agree. But to say the sound quality is consistent is a false statement. Music is subjective but audio is not. I dare you to give me a fake Beats with comparable or better technical audio specs (frequency chart, THD%, etc.) as the original and I'll give you an Audeze LCD-2 worth $999 for free. How's that for a deal?

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The post might be KJ, but some people take social climbing too far. I agree on the Jollibee-sportscar-networking as social climbing but bashing Beats as a fashion statement in the first is like bashing somebody wearing Adidas on the street or stating somebody's a climber for getting a B&O speaker over a Wilson Audio speaker. The second is simply false information and I'm simply annoyed of as an audiophile and as an audio engineer. It's like somebody's telling me a Toyota 1.6L engine would be faster on a 0-60 quarter mile versus a V12 Aston. For that, I'll be calling a bullshit.

[Bin Diesel]

If you measure output by throwing them around, getting chewed by a dog, etc. I'd agree. But to say the sound quality is consistent is a false statement. Music is subjective but audio is not. I dare you to give me a fake Beats with comparable or better technical audio specs (frequency chart, THD%, etc.) as the original and I'll give you an Audeze LCD-2 worth $999 for free. How's that for a deal?

Actually audio is subjective as well (maybe technically it's not because you have parameters that can be measured and compared with) because your ears, their ears, our ears percieve them differently. Di ba analog ang ears natin?

BTT, I don't think people here are not against buying expensive headphones, earphones or whatever it is but on how they are being brandished as something like a trophy or a championship belt.,

[vinj]

Hehehe... how apt this article is:

http://www.interaksyon.com/infotech/...-you-miserable

Is Facebook envy making you miserable?
Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters · Wednesday, January 23, 2013 · 1:47 am


Reuters file photo
LONDON — Witnessing friends’ vacations, love lives and work successes on Facebook can cause envy and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness, according to German researchers.

A study conducted jointly by two German universities found rampant envy on Facebook, the world’s largest social network that now has over one billion users and has produced an unprecedented platform for social comparison.

The researchers found that one in three people felt worse after visiting the site and more dissatisfied with their lives, while people who browsed without contributing were affected the most.

“We were surprised by how many people have a negative experience from Facebook with envy leaving them feeling lonely, frustrated or angry,” researcher Hanna Krasnova from the Institute of Information Systems at Berlin’s Humboldt University told Reuters.

“From our observations some of these people will then leave Facebook or at least reduce their use of the site,” said Krasnova, adding to speculation that Facebook could be reaching saturation point in some markets.

Researchers from Humboldt University and from Darmstadt’s Technical University found vacation photos were the biggest cause of resentment with more than half of envy incidents triggered by holiday snaps on Facebook.

Social interaction was the second most common cause of envy as users could compare how many birthday greetings they received to those of their Facebook friends and how many “likes” or comments were made on photos and postings.

“Passive following triggers invidious emotions, with users mainly envying happiness of others, the way others spend their vacations and socialize,” the researchers said in the report “Envy on Facebook: A Hidden Threat to Users’ Life Satisfaction?” released on Tuesday.

“The spread and ubiquitous presence of envy on Social Networking Sites is shown to undermine users’ life satisfaction.”

They found people aged in their mid-30s were most likely to envy family happiness while women were more likely to envy physical attractiveness.

These feelings of envy were found to prompt some users to boast more about their achievements on the site run by Facebook Inc. to portray themselves in a better light.

Men were shown to post more self-promotional content on Facebook to let people know about their accomplishments while women stressed their good looks and social lives.

The researchers based their findings on two studies involving 600 people with the results to be presented at a conference on information systems in Germany in February.

The first study looked at the scale, scope and nature of envy incidents triggered by Facebook and the second at how envy was linked to passive use of Facebook and life satisfaction.

The researchers said the respondents in both studies were German but they expected the findings to hold internationally as envy is a universal feeling and possibly impact Facebook usage.

“From a provider’s perspective, our findings signal that users frequently perceive Facebook as a stressful environment, which may, in the long-run, endanger platform sustainability,” the researchers concluded.

[CVT]

^ ^ ^ Agree, bro.

Lahat tayo,- "mayayaman-successful", "mga guwapo-macho/magaganda-seksi", at "matatalino" sa forums/internet,- di ba?.... :hysterical:

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[Phoenix67]

Isa lang naman solution dyan e...magtrabaho ng husay para kumita ng tama at ng may pang-gastos sa kapritso :D

[Retz]

^

ang problema, kahit gaano ka husay pag trabaho kulang pa rin sa mga gastusin at gadgets ng mga SC.

[Harangody]

SC ba yung mga magulang na hindi naman mayaman pero yung mga anak english speaking?

[beni23]

SC ba yung mga magulang na hindi naman mayaman pero yung mga anak english speaking?

Di naman. Ang SC yung mga english speaking tapos anggagara ng mga suot at gadgets na dinidisplay sa mall, pero pag-uwi pahirapan sumakay ng jeep at lrt bitbit ang kanyang mga mamahaling gadgets.

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[lowslowbenz]

Kanina sa Mcdo dito sa may Paseo, bumili ako ng burger meal for lunch, yung nauna sa akin na grupo spokening dollars lahat, lintek sa diction at twang! pero yung inorder puro burger mcdo meal.

[Harangody]

Basta sure na, next year, dadami ang SC sa Sinulog.

[Harangody]

Ito, naka-aircon, pero banig yung kama.

[greenlyt]

Kanina sa Mcdo dito sa may Paseo, bumili ako ng burger meal for lunch, yung nauna sa akin na grupo spokening dollars lahat, lintek sa diction at twang! pero yung inorder puro burger mcdo meal.

mga call center peeps yan siguro

[lowslowbenz]

^ most probably.

[freeloader]

Pag lagi kaming pupunta ng Macau, HK and SG hindi nawawala sa eroplano yung mga tiga call center na lagi na lang nag-eenglishan, australian and british accent. Pag pagod na sila tagalog naman. Dunno if it's an SC thing pero nakaka-asar minsan ang lakas pa magusap parang nagsisigawan.

[greenlyt]

Ito, naka-aircon, pero banig yung kama.

dinner is served
kainan na!!!

[uls]

laki ng hita hehe

[yapoy86]

Pag lagi kaming pupunta ng Macau, HK and SG hindi nawawala sa eroplano yung mga tiga call center na lagi na lang nag-eenglishan, australian and british accent. Pag pagod na sila tagalog naman. Dunno if it's an SC thing pero nakaka-asar minsan ang lakas pa magusap parang nagsisigawan.

isipin nyo na lang na nag papractice sila... they need to maintain their diction kasi part ng work nila yun... mahirap naman magsalita sila ng mag isa.. mas ok na yung may kausap ka di ba...

[lowslowbenz]

Ayoko sa banig, masakit sa siko at tuhod.