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Think about the other side of this - the host side. For hosts of these experiences, they don't need to be rich or capital-owning at all in order to be exposed t

Think about the other side of this - the host side. For hosts of these experiences, they don't need to be rich or capital-owning at all in order to be exposed to people of many different backgrounds through experiences.

frgtpsswrdlame 10y ago
To experience the rich capital owners of other countries?
- princeb 10y ago
  i think would be very cool if there was an app that would do the reverse and enable the have-nots to have what the haves have, even for a short period of time: - private heli trip to a private island villa, - 300' yachts, aventadors, 488s, 911s all free to use, - private shopping sessions (fully paid for) at hermes, chanel, - meet-and-greets w/ robuchon, redzepi etc, - take a whimsical trip to some middle of nowhere farm to work for a day.. at a totally affordable price for the typical middle class in a middling country. it's not real obviously, it's all a show, rich people don't live like this every day, just substantially more likely to experience something like this than the not-so-rich. obviously, it's not going to happen, but it is a hope.
  - ryuker16 10y ago
    That's sorta of the point of resorts and cruises.
    - ethanbond 10y ago
      And Vegas! The underlying reason all of those things suck. Relevant: David Foster Wallace's "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again." You should read it — it's a hilarious takedown of these sorts of experiences (specifically a 7 day Caribbean cruise).
      - ryuker16 10y ago
        My parents have money and love cruises. I don't get it at all. I suppose it's because it's cheap if you know how to hunt down a deal.
      - tomjakubowski 10y ago
        Is it the same as the essay "Shipping Out", that David Foster Wallace published in Harper's Magazine in the mid-90s? https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazi...
        ethanbond 10y ago
        Yep! That'd be it.
  - acedinlowball 10y ago
    So your idea is for an app that would allow anyone to have private heli trips to island villas and free-to-use Aventadors for a "totally affordable" price? Is that right?

frgtpsswrdlame 10y ago

To experience the rich capital owners of other countries?

princeb 10y ago
i think would be very cool if there was an app that would do the reverse and enable the have-nots to have what the haves have, even for a short period of time: - private heli trip to a private island villa, - 300' yachts, aventadors, 488s, 911s all free to use, - private shopping sessions (fully paid for) at hermes, chanel, - meet-and-greets w/ robuchon, redzepi etc, - take a whimsical trip to some middle of nowhere farm to work for a day.. at a totally affordable price for the typical middle class in a middling country. it's not real obviously, it's all a show, rich people don't live like this every day, just substantially more likely to experience something like this than the not-so-rich. obviously, it's not going to happen, but it is a hope.
- ryuker16 10y ago
  That's sorta of the point of resorts and cruises.
  - ethanbond 10y ago
    And Vegas! The underlying reason all of those things suck. Relevant: David Foster Wallace's "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again." You should read it — it's a hilarious takedown of these sorts of experiences (specifically a 7 day Caribbean cruise).
    - ryuker16 10y ago
      My parents have money and love cruises. I don't get it at all. I suppose it's because it's cheap if you know how to hunt down a deal.
    - tomjakubowski 10y ago
      Is it the same as the essay "Shipping Out", that David Foster Wallace published in Harper's Magazine in the mid-90s? https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazi...
      - ethanbond 10y ago
        Yep! That'd be it.
- acedinlowball 10y ago
  So your idea is for an app that would allow anyone to have private heli trips to island villas and free-to-use Aventadors for a "totally affordable" price? Is that right?