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You need to prove to us that modesty is an absolute quality. Reasonable people would agree that that is a bit extreme ("immodest") and that modesty is relative.
by yubblegum 4mo ago
You need to prove to us that modesty is an absolute quality. Reasonable people would agree that that is a bit extreme ("immodest") and that modesty is relative. (Try cheap instead of modest to see how this works.)
> There's no way in which a $6 million dollar house is "modest".
Relative to his wealth bracket he is being modest but not cheap.
- xandrius 4mo agoBezos' wedding in Venice was modest* too then.
- kelnos 4mo ago> Relative to his wealth bracket he is being modest but not cheap. That's moving the goalposts. No one said anything about "relative to his wealth bracket". And I don't think I have ever heard anyone using a term like "modest house" in proportion to someone's wealth. House-modesty is something people generally use to mean "when compared with other houses in the region".
- Redoubts 4mo ago> No one said anything about "relative to his wealth bracket". Original post was "modest for a guy like that"
- bigstrat2003 4mo agoNo reasonable person would call a $6m purchase "modest".
- yubblegum 4mo agoI'm reasonable and I say it is. You are looking at a number, I'm looking at possessions. For example, he could have bought the entire building but he is sharing it with two other owners. A modest man.
- JumpCrisscross 4mo agoModesty has to be relative, otherwise anything beyond the lowest cost to feed a starving person on the planet is beyond modesty.