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| ▲ | john_strinlai 5 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| modest is a relative term. its modest compared to most people of his wealth level. my house is significantly more modest than that. yet, compared to a mud hut of a remote fishing village, my house is a ostentatious display of luxury. |
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| ▲ | yubblegum an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| You need to prove to us that modesty is an absolute quality. Reasonable people would agree that that is a bit extreme ("immodest") and that modesty is relative. (Try cheap instead of modest to see how this works.) > There's no way in which a $6 million dollar house is "modest". Relative to his wealth bracket he is being modest but not cheap. |
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| ▲ | timr an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| A small 1 bedroom apartment in Manhattan, today, costs a bit under $1 million, on average. |
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| ▲ | parl_match an hour ago | parent [-] | | I would argue that a $1mil manhattan 1br isn't modest. You know, you can start to split hairs what modest means. Is that a modest living space? Sure. Is the privilege of living in manhattan immodest? I also think so. But at least that's within the realm of "modesty". At least there's at least one element of modesty to it. It's not a multi story 6 million dollar home with a floor to ceiling double floor library. |
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| ▲ | jryan49 33 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I mean is your place modest compared to the average place in a third world country? |
