Comment on "And my dick fucks your wife more than you do. What's your point?"
zod000@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
“So instead of feeding hundreds of hungry children, you decided to get gaudy jewelry that tells everyone you’re a greedy cunt?”
Comment on "And my dick fucks your wife more than you do. What's your point?"
zod000@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
“So instead of feeding hundreds of hungry children, you decided to get gaudy jewelry that tells everyone you’re a greedy cunt?”
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Sounds poor and mad 😔
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That’s pretty much the theme for most of the responses here.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Maybe it’s appropriate to get mad at such pointless waste.
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I wouldn’t say so in this case. A watch is probably about as close to “good” conspicuous consumption as it’s possible to get. Think about it: it’s generally a “buy once, keep it forever” item, takes essentially 0 resources to keep functioning (generally the expensive ones don’t require batteries), uses very little material to manufacture, and all the price is coming from specialist labour.
It’s a waste of money, but it’s a harmless waste, especially when compared to things like private jets and yachts.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
The “specialist” working for a car’s worth for a single watch, could be something useful instead. It’s proportionnally as much waste as a private jet. For the price, the jet is also very little resources consumed but an ungodly amount of labour goes into them that could instead be doing something useful !