That fancy Lamborghini is going to be sitting in the same traffic as my Honda.

bartvk 24 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

You're equals in that regard, but try riding a motorcycle one day. I live in a country where lanesplitting is legal. There's nothing quite like getting passed by an extremely expensive car, and then at the traffic lights, cut in front of it.

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skeeter2020 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

no - it will be getting very expensive servicing while you're enjoying 200K+ trouble-free miles

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Our_Benefactors 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Which is of course entirely besides the point. While it’s receiving service the owner will be in their Honda accord (they drive it daily), but they will always have the top trim and will probably get a new one once it’s out of warranty and needs its first “real entropy” repair.

Being rich is better than being poor. The Warhol quote has nothing to do with that fact.

	▲	wing-_-nuts an hour ago \| parent [-]
		>Being rich is better than being poor. As someone who started out very poor, and is now ~ 30x above that. I strongly subscribe to the idea that happiness from income is very logarithmic. The first 2-3x income was life changing. I'm talking going from eating pasta, rice and beans for most meals to fresh fruit and veg, lean cuts of meat. From renting a room in a noisy apartment with 4 other people to having my own place that was both safe and quiet. My reading list was suddenly more constrained by time instead of price or library backlog. I suppose it's down to my starting position, a content disposition and a boring lack of imagination, but my expenses have now ~ 5x'd what they were when I was on the strugglebus, but still very modest, and I honestly can't identify any spending that would make my life better or make me happier long term.