The poor person (whether cultured or uncultured) can't throw sumptuously lavish dinner parties. The pervenitus (Trimalchio, Monsieur Jourdain, James Gatz[0]) ca

The poor person (whether cultured or uncultured) can't throw sumptuously lavish dinner parties. The pervenitus (Trimalchio, Monsieur Jourdain, James Gatz[0]) can, but usually manages to avoid throwing tastefully lavish dinner parties. Finally, dinner parties are rivalrous goods: just like you can't dance at two weddings, you can't really attend two dinner parties the same[1] evening (although Trimalchio's guests discuss approaches), making them an excellent way for hosts to keep score. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40010481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40010481 [0] who, tbf, did have ulterior motives for his. Kitschy as it may be, I prefer the plot of Миллион алых роз to the Daisy/Jay dynamic, however: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Roses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Roses Does Majnun ever throw any parties as cover for approaching Layla? [1] beware of faerie dinner parties: a single evening there may be decades in real time