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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:
by 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 agoThat's sorta of the point of resorts and cruises.
- ethanbond 10y agoAnd 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 agoMy 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 agoIs 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 agoYep! That'd be it.
- acedinlowball 10y agoSo 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?