Odd things rich people are buying.....
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Odd things rich people are buying.....
Do you ride a fixie? You might be rich.
Odd things rich people are buying to show off their wealth
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/pers...opR?li=BBnbfcN
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Um. OK.
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oh man that is a terrible article, of all teh needless expensive status buys a fixie definitely isn't one.
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I've been riding fixed gear for a long time and all I can say is that this article is bull****, not even one speck of truth in it.
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Odd things ignorant writers are penning in order to put food on the table.
We should at least have some fun with this. I'll start...
If you wear an ear flap hat in the summer...you might be a fixie rider.
We should at least have some fun with this. I'll start...
If you wear an ear flap hat in the summer...you might be a fixie rider.
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Thorstein Veblen covered this pretty well about 120 years ago.
Not that fixies are a good example of conspicuous consumption.
Not that fixies are a good example of conspicuous consumption.
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One of these days they'll figure out the gene that makes really rich people want to get even richer. Problem is the rich will probably think that's a good thing and engineer their kids to make sure they get it. Be pretty cool if some rogue scientist let a flu virus go that cured obscene richness though.
And yes, fixies are hipster not richies, so that's a faux pas by the author
And yes, fixies are hipster not richies, so that's a faux pas by the author
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You say that like it's a bad thing.
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These days all writing is essentially done to provide entertainment for the audience and generate clicks for the source. A writer who is able to get a piece reproduced on other social media sites is achieving that goal. No reason to think the writer is ignorant. They're succeeding in the goal of writing what the audience will read and comment on.
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The article reminds me of a quote I like from the film "Contagion." "Blogging isn't writing. It's graffiti with punctuation."
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I own 3 "fixies" and I'm loaded.
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At least Bill Gates is smart enough to realise he doesn't need all that money so he's giving a lot of it away through his foundation, probably because he did have to work hard at the start..
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I'm rich and I don't feel like I buy anything odd.....of course when I say rich, I mean in personality.
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Oh boy, this article is terrible. Rich people have been buying Veblen goods forever, but a FG ain't one. Nor are they difficult to ride. C'mon, man.
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Just your basic MSN clickbait article. They spend all their time thinking of headlines and then make up a story that has no basis in reality.
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The actual rich people I know tend to buy well-made stuff that lasts forever, like a 20-year old MB E-class sedan.
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I used this ss bike to catch the end of a rainbow and that cheap leprechaun left my a box of rocks
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Funniest quote in the article..
"...anyone can buy a watch that tells time, but it takes someone with a strong sense of self (and another way to figure out what time it is) to wear a watch that doesn't."
It doesnt take someone with a strong sense of self to wear a watch that doesnt tell time- it takes a moron. I welcome people wearing watches that dont tell time as itll make it easier to identify the morons around me so I dont have to waste time figuring it out thru conversation.
"...anyone can buy a watch that tells time, but it takes someone with a strong sense of self (and another way to figure out what time it is) to wear a watch that doesn't."
It doesnt take someone with a strong sense of self to wear a watch that doesnt tell time- it takes a moron. I welcome people wearing watches that dont tell time as itll make it easier to identify the morons around me so I dont have to waste time figuring it out thru conversation.
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