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There was this joke about rich Russians that I heard maybe 25 years ago. Two rich Russian guys meet and one brags about his new necktie. "Look at this, I paid
by jansan 2y ago
There was this joke about rich Russians that I heard maybe 25 years ago.
Two rich Russian guys meet and one brags about his new necktie. "Look at this, I paid $500 for it." The other rich Russian guy replies: "Well, that is quite nice, but you have to take better care of your money. I have seen that same necktie just yesterday in another shop for $1000."
- jaysonelliot 2y agoCan you explain that joke for me? I keep reading it and I don't get it.
- atulvi 2y agoit's just that rich Russians do not have financial sense.
- iteratethis 2y agoThe punch line is that more expensive is better in cases where you buy something just to flex wealth.
- fragmede 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good
- d0mine 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Russians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Russians
- jansan 2y agoTo put it simple: He only bought the necktie so he can brag how rich he is. He could have bragged even more if he had bought the necktie in the other shop.