I like broccoli.
Is your name secretly "Bob"?
Giles! I accidentally killed Spike. That's okay, right?
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Apr 11, 2006 9:12:32 am PDT #232 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Spidra Webster - Apr 11, 2006 9:13:19 am PDT #233 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
::sitting at the "doesn't like seafood" table::
BHP took the words out of my mouth: gilded age.
Expensive jeans, in theory, don't disgust me as much as an £85 sandwich. If workers were getting paid a good living wage, clothing would cost more. Anyone who sews their own clothing knows how much work is involved. Granted, big factories give one access to time-saving tools one does not have as a home sewer, but it's still a lot of work. Especially doing clean rolled seams with thick denim. Of course, the sad thing is that the workers who sew designer clothing are probably not paid much more than those who make clothes for Old Navy.
I can see paying more money for organic and sustainably grown food, at least until such time as supply and demand even up enough for prices to go down. But a sandwich like that is simply for the novelty of having expensive ingredients. It's conspicuous consumption as much as the $1000 julep is. And that disgusts me to my core.
Jesse - Apr 11, 2006 9:15:31 am PDT #234 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, I forgot to say about the expensive jeans -- Gawker or someone had a bit when NYC got rid of the sales tax on clothes under $110, but they were like "Who buys jeans cheaper than $110?" Um. Me? Many many many people I know?
I have to call my thesis advisor, and I really don't want to! But I really really have to, because I told him I would. OK. Calling now.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2006 9:16:24 am PDT #235 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But a sandwich like that is simply for the novelty of having expensive ingredients.
If the expensive ingredients are expensive because they taste better and are harder to obtain, and for some reason it's more expensive to prepare, is it just that you don't think people should bother eating something of that high a price (if it's a reflection of true cost)?
The julep sounds like pure margin, as does the sundae (though it looks like the sundae tastes really great). The sandwich less so.
sarameg - Apr 11, 2006 9:17:38 am PDT #236 of 10002
Is your name secretly "Bob"?
I've answered to a lot of things, but not that.
tommyrot - Apr 11, 2006 9:17:52 am PDT #237 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The julep sounds like pure margin
Yeah, do things really taste better with Arctic ice?
Jesse - Apr 11, 2006 9:18:37 am PDT #238 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Do you get to keep the cup and straw with the julep? I figured yes.
Thesis advisor was on the other line, probably with one of my classmates! As he said we should call before 2:30. Assistant suggested I try back in 15 minutes, which irks me.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 11, 2006 9:20:28 am PDT #239 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, do things really taste better with Arctic ice?
Mmmmmmm. That's the expensive taste of walrus urine your paying for.
TomW - Apr 11, 2006 9:20:41 am PDT #240 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Yeah, do things really taste better with Arctic ice?
If you have to ask, you can't afford the answer.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2006 9:20:47 am PDT #241 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you get to keep the cup and straw with the julep? I figured yes.
See, I figured no, and the same for the serving of the sundae. Even so, hella margin. Must be.