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Jerks are jerks, that's about the only correlation there is.
Some of us nicer guys that spend thousands on guns and gear even get the business end of elitist asshats sometimes.
Now that being said, elitism isn't always about guys having amazing gear knocking people who don't. It starts with plain old thinking you're better than someone else.
A lot of the so called "elitism" I see in the airsoft community is often times just someone getting butt hurt over a well backed recommendation.
Someone wants to buy a $140 gun.
We tell them it's a bad idea, recommend some decent starters at $250-$350.
Someone elitist dick comes out of nowhere and calls us all assholes for recommending such an outrageously expensive item when the $140 gun "is just as good", and "they know what they're talking about", despite they themselves only having started playing airsoft 6 months ago.
We back our argument with facts, details, resale values, compatibility, and no less than 15 years of cumulative guntech experience.
Then we get called elitists for trying to get people to spend more money for a good reason.
Jerks are jerks. I've even seen a guy who proclaimed he was the best sniper in the region. Had a grossly overpriced used echo1 M4, barely had the hop turned on, thing shot like 120ft.
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