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> “This is a great example of right-clicker mentality,” Midwit Milhouse said on Twitter. “Sure, you can make your own gold-coated steak for 65GBP, but then you

by api 5y ago

> “This is a great example of right-clicker mentality,” Midwit Milhouse said on Twitter. “Sure, you can make your own gold-coated steak for 65GBP, but then you don’t have the satisfaction, flex, clout that comes from having eaten at Salt Bae’s restaurant. The value is not in the cost of the steak. Go ahead, make yourself a gold-coated steak at home. Post a picture of it on Instagram. See how much clout it gets you. Salt Bae’s dish costs around 1500GBP because people want to pay 1500 GBP to show off that they can afford to pay that much. It’s all about the flex.” Get me off this planet.

hprotagonist 5y ago
conspicuous consumption is not even close to new. phlegmatic take: hey, at least we’ve improved a little; the conspicuity is now primarily about location of where the meat is eaten, not whether or not you’re permitted to eat at all!
chrisco255 5y ago
Turns out that space travel is one of the latest and greatest flexes you can make.
- jhgb 5y ago
  Presumably he meant without returning.
- coldtea 5y ago
  Second only to being effortlessly popular, happy, relaxed, content, and balanced, without even being rich!
  - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
    If someone flexes alone in the forest is it really a flex?
    - coldtea 5y ago
      Flex can be in the eyes of the beeholder. If someone flexing to prop up themselves with BS, meets such a person they will be stung with the existential dread of 10,000 flexes!
bryanlarsen 5y ago
> As of this writing, Midwit Milhouse's original tweet only has 3 likes and 9 quote retweets. A post making fun of Midwit Milhouse for posting something so weird has 121 retweets and almost 2,000 likes. The planet is fine.
jhgb 5y ago
Nothing new about that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good Also, if you feel particularly ready for a spaceflight, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich .

by api 5y ago

hprotagonist 5y ago

conspicuous consumption is not even close to new. phlegmatic take: hey, at least we’ve improved a little; the conspicuity is now primarily about location of where the meat is eaten, not whether or not you’re permitted to eat at all!

chrisco255 5y ago

Turns out that space travel is one of the latest and greatest flexes you can make.

jhgb 5y ago
Presumably he meant without returning.
coldtea 5y ago
Second only to being effortlessly popular, happy, relaxed, content, and balanced, without even being rich!
- SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
  If someone flexes alone in the forest is it really a flex?
  - coldtea 5y ago
    Flex can be in the eyes of the beeholder. If someone flexing to prop up themselves with BS, meets such a person they will be stung with the existential dread of 10,000 flexes!

bryanlarsen 5y ago

> As of this writing, Midwit Milhouse's original tweet only has 3 likes and 9 quote retweets. A post making fun of Midwit Milhouse for posting something so weird has 121 retweets and almost 2,000 likes. The planet is fine.

jhgb 5y ago

Nothing new about that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good Also, if you feel particularly ready for a spaceflight, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich .