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I don't think there's really a difference between luxury and luxurious. I think my confusion was caused by a difference of calling the food a luxury vs calling

I don't think there's really a difference between luxury and luxurious. I think my confusion was caused by a difference of calling the food a luxury vs calling the act of having the food a luxury. Nearly 80% of Americans Say HAVING Fast Food Is Now a Luxury. vs Nearly 80% of Americans Say Fast Food Is Now a Luxury. If it was worded the first way, I don't think I would have questioned it the way that I did.

Izkata 2y ago
What about: "Nearly 80% of Americans Say Fast Food Is Now a Luxury Good" ? Because that's what it's short for when used standalone about a product like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_goods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_goods
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- SirMaster 2y ago
  That still doesn't make much sense at least to me. I don't at all view fast food, the item itself as a luxury item. But I can see how the act or experience of having fast food and all that comes with that process as being a luxurious process or experience. The speed, convenience and simplicity of having it could be a luxury. But I don't think for example if you presented a bunch of people with a buffet of food items (ranging from fast food to home cooked dishes to nice restaurant dishes) that anyone would classify the fast food items as luxury items. That's how it makes sense in my head. Show a person a buffet of food that contains fast food items and chef cooked items and ask them which ones are luxury food items. I don't think 80% of people would include the big mac and fries in their list of luxury food items. But ask a busy person if the act of grabbing mcdonalds from a drive thru on the way from place to place is a luxury, then I can see more people saying yes. So to me it's the act or process that is the luxury, not the fast food items themselves.

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I don't think there's really a difference between luxury and luxurious. I think my confusion was caused by a difference of calling the food a luxury vs calling

by SirMaster 2y ago

Izkata 2y ago
What about: "Nearly 80% of Americans Say Fast Food Is Now a Luxury Good" ? Because that's what it's short for when used standalone about a product like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_goods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_goods
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- SirMaster 2y ago
  That still doesn't make much sense at least to me. I don't at all view fast food, the item itself as a luxury item. But I can see how the act or experience of having fast food and all that comes with that process as being a luxurious process or experience. The speed, convenience and simplicity of having it could be a luxury. But I don't think for example if you presented a bunch of people with a buffet of food items (ranging from fast food to home cooked dishes to nice restaurant dishes) that anyone would classify the fast food items as luxury items. That's how it makes sense in my head. Show a person a buffet of food that contains fast food items and chef cooked items and ask them which ones are luxury food items. I don't think 80% of people would include the big mac and fries in their list of luxury food items. But ask a busy person if the act of grabbing mcdonalds from a drive thru on the way from place to place is a luxury, then I can see more people saying yes. So to me it's the act or process that is the luxury, not the fast food items themselves.