scrubbedexpat091

Interesting. Rich or poor based on face, apparently college students in the study were correct 68% of the time.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/03/0...nto-study.html

BEVS

I will make this its own thread.

Shard

​​​​​At fifty, everyone has the face he deserves. - George Orwell

Danny B

What a load of old bollocks. This video was quite entertaining and is almost the same thing

dbd33

The video was fun but it's a different thing; in that example the decision was based on the use of props... he carries a knife at work, he must be poor ... resting faces should involve fewer easy tricks.

bats

Makes sense to me.

Gordon Barlow

Props are everything. I am long retired, with no pension, and eke out my modest savings with some part-time consulting. One of my clients said to me the other day, "Gordon, you dress like every rich man I've ever known!" I smiled and let it pass, but it's a trick I learnt as a young man working for a Trust Company in Nassau, where the richer the client, the less fussy he was with his clothes. Those who wore smart three-piece suits and shiny shoes were nobodies - American lawyers or similar who were dealing with someone else's money. Those who wore shirts that could only be described as tatty, were English "old money". I remember one old chap whose well-worn shirt was actually coming apart at the seams and who always needed a haircut; he was a Duke who owned a large slice of England.

bats

I saw this at school. The 11 plus girls' parents saved up and bought everything new, the fee payers used the second hand shop. The same with their homes, old furniture that may look a bit tatty but is serviceable isn't replaced. "It's perfectly good we don't need new" Of course they had to be frugal to pay the kids school fees.
As someone one said about a common little oik " He's the kind of man who has to buy his own furniture"

Shard

Damn. Would never have guess Ms Life Coach earned that much.

BristolUK

Remember when torn jeans were a sign of little money rather than more money than sense

Shard

​​​​​Apart from the two college students (and I suppose Ms Life Coach), I didn't think any of the individuals had any dress sense.