I get a lot of INFLUENCE from pro wrestling. PEOPLE are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy WINS or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're WATCHING.
I think that when somebody LOSES a BET, they tend to SOMETIMES confuse their motives in rooting and enjoying the game because if you lose your bet, EVEN though the team you're rooting for WINS, you have a potentially conflicted outcome.
When your father loses his JOB you're not sure what the FUTURE is going to be. I was CONSCIOUS that PEOPLE were interested in what was HAPPENING to my father.
We SPEND to pretend that we're upper class. And when the dust clears - when bankruptcy hits or a FAMILY member bails US out of our stupidity - there's nothing left over. Nothing for the kids' college TUITION, no investment to grow our WEALTH, no rainy-day fund if someone loses her job.