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I knew/know this person personally. We all knew him because he was an habitual client. He is working as a professor in high school. So the probability of him be
by aguzzi94 7y ago
I knew/know this person personally. We all knew him because he was an habitual client. He is working as a professor in high school. So the probability of him being so wealthy to change one iPhone per week are not that high. That said, even if he is, do you think that his behavior would be consider sane? His story is just to point out how the sense of worthlessness in some people is financially exploited by prestigious brand like Apple.
- kmlx 7y ago> That said, even if he is, do you think that his behavior would be consider sane? I think your prejudices see him as some sort of insane man. When, as I've written above, there are people who spend a lot of cash indiscriminately. Not all of us have to be financially careful. > His story is just to point out how the sense of worthlessness in some people is financially exploited by prestigious brand like Apple. Apple did not exploit anyone. If you desire something so much, then go for it. What imperative does Apple have to forbid someone to exercise their freedom?
- Grustaf 7y agoI don't see how FOMO explains anything more than the first purchase. The second and third purchases just seem like random stupidity.
- matwood 7y ago> seem like random stupidity. Or phones are his thing. Everyone has a thing they have probably spent stupid relative amounts of money on. A gaming computer? Games? A guy I know from Jiu-Jitsu collects Gi's at $200+/each.
- aguzzi94 7y agoCould be stupidity, or compulsive fomo. I think that to do what he did, stupidity is not enough, you have to have a big fear or insecurity inside to work as a sufficient motivator.