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> Practically speaking, purchasing coffee at all is a luxury line item. There's no actual need for it for anything other than the caffeine hit and flavor. True
by antisthenes 8y ago
> Practically speaking, purchasing coffee at all is a luxury line item. There's no actual need for it for anything other than the caffeine hit and flavor.
True, but that's a very deep rabbit hole. We could sit here all day debating what's luxury and what's not.
My counterargument would be that if with automation the way it is, if a regular person can't afford a self-made cup of coffee (or an equivalently cheap luxury) for the flavor alone, then what's the point? Should we all be eating vegan bean paste and popping B12 supplements and caffeine pills instead of consuming nutrients through regular food?
Is that the endgame for peak civilization?
- falcolas 8y agoThe argument is not that luxuries shouldn't be purchased (they should). In the parent's comment, they put down a latte as a luxury item while upholding their brewed coffee as a better purchase. This was simply an effort to rebut that statement.
- ryandrake 8y agoI think it’s the delivery method and cost that makes it a luxury, not necessarily the product. A fish bought at the grocery store for $5, cooked at home and served in your kitchen is just food. That exact same fish served in a sit-down restaurant for $35 is a luxury.