> Any reasonable person wouldn’t feel liberated by a $50 fork, but constrained by it. [...] is it going to get dropped or stepped on if a dance party erupts in

> Any reasonable person wouldn’t feel liberated by a $50 fork, but constrained by it. [...] is it going to get dropped or stepped on if a dance party erupts in the kitchen? I've always thought part of the "flex" of owning certain expensive things isn't just that you're rich enough to afford it, but that you're rich enough you don't care about it getting damaged. Plenty of people could afford to buy a $10,000 watch (if they wanted to save up a bit). Not many people could afford to lose a $10,000 watch. If you buy a $100 wine glass and a guest drops it by accident, you gotta be ready to laugh it off.