I was going to get into this for the last rant but this topic deserves a little more fleshing out and we were on the brink of an election. I’m not one to distract from the bigger issues hand. You know, being socially responsible and shit. Well the election is over and I don’t want to talk about. I’m actively avoiding all election related news until it’s all sorted out.
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This entire post was inspired by a tweet I saw when I was in FB jail and forced to stroll around the Twitter streets. It read something to the effect of…
“It’s crazy how a dude with give you 3 stacks to throw in the strip club but will only give you 300 to start your business”
I didn’t see anything wrong with that. It made perfect sense but the tweet went low key viral; making it crystal clear to me that people didn't didn’t understand the difference between tricking and simping. Well as your favorite internet personality to hate that’s actually the same in real life I’m here to clear it all up for you. Let’s get into these definitions…
Simping – foolishly over catering via financial and/or physical aid to the emotions, wants and needs of a person in hopes of building and/or continuing romantic interest.
Tricking – financial aid in the forms of gifts, trips and cash payouts EXCLUSIVELY for the purpose of gain sex and control.
Quick side note - Tricks and simps are almost exclusively men. Sure there's a handful of chicks that will handover their tax refund for their little dope boy boyfriend to get back in the game slanging 3.5's for 20. There's also a couple women floating keeping her dude in Jordan's and Hugo Boss outfits that not bringing shit to the table but dick.
From a wide scope tricking might feel a lot like simping. It’s not though. A simp will love you or at least be deeply infatuated with you even to his own personal detriment. A trick would never. Nobody is going to rack up the L’s via acts of service and funds spent for a person that doesn’t want them back like a simp. Whew child, the absolute ghetto. Simps will be your best friend and confidant. They listen to your gripes about the job, your kids, your next door neighbor and even your current romantic interest over dinner and drinks and still play the bill at the end of the night. Simps will leave work early to pick your son up from football practice. They’ll cancel weekend plans to help you move into your new apartment and make those trips to Ikea with you. Simps are fully invested in your overall welfare because they are invested in you and the idea of being with you in hopes that you see the value they add to your life. The downside they tend to be wild fucking annoying and clingy. Simps almost never just be cooling on some hit my line if you need some help shit. Nah. They will purposely attempt to interject themselves in every aspect of your life and lead the league in "without me" statements I.E. you posted pics from brunch last Sunday that "you went to brunch without me" text is coming.
Now tricking on the other hand is way more carefree. You know how they say it ain’t tricking if you got it? Well it’s still very much tricking but to be a trick or at least a mildly successful trick you need to have a nice amount of disposable income on hand at all times (yes, in excess of $40). I feel like these next statements are common sense but being that common sense isn’t that common anymore, I guess I have to say it. Tricks typically stay in their weight class, tax bracket or whatever the kids are calling it these days. If he's working for Metro he'll hold off on trying to capture the attention of the IG girls with 100k+ plus followers and aim towards the chick working the Tuesday day shift at the local strip club. Finding girls that’s been on your timeline recruiting people to flip 20 into 160 are his niche. Mainly because anyone willing to ruin personal relationships over 160 will probably go ape shit over a shopping spree at Tanger Outlets. But the art of tricking is a bit more fine-tuned than that because it’s also about control. A trick will never give you the tools to be self-sustaining. No. No. No buddy. That is bad for business and extremely counterproductive. You know the saying where you give a man a fish and he eats for the day but you teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime? Yeah tricking is the exact opposite of that. They are handing out fish only and never fishing lessons or fishing rods. Yeah that top notch yellow fin Ahi tuna going for $60 a pound all day everyday over the $40 fishing rod on clearance at dicks sporting goods. If you want to go to Tulum your trick can make that happen. When the social media was going back and forth of Birkin bags your trick will, at the very least, fly you in with LV Speedy 35 bag. You want to get certified for lashes and micro-blading? Oh no a true trick will have no parts of that. That my dear falls under empowerment and that is not a tricks lane. The true downside of tricking is it tends to be short lived. Tricks are always in high demand and they are almost always in the market for something new. A trick will drop some bands on you, have his fun and fall back like a screen door in a windstorm.
A trick will easily drop 10k in gifts and shit for 25k worth of head but a simp will drop 5k in hopes of having you.
Tricks make your life a little more luxurious
Simps make your life better
Jean DeGrate has spoken
