Maybe it’s appropriate to get mad at such pointless waste.
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GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoSounds poor and mad 😔
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
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 !
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The kind of waste I’m talking about doesn’t give two fucks about proportionality. CO2 in the atmosphere makes no distinction between being emitted by a single person or three million.
Also, fuck living in a world where only things arbitrarily deemed “useful” are considered worthy. Does art have no place in your world? It’s not “useful”. Should people be banned from having hobbies? Those aren’t “useful”.
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That’s pretty much the theme for most of the responses here.