You are jumping form one extreme to another.
i am volatile…indeed
WHAT IF YOU TUCKED THEM YOGA PANTZ INTO THEM UGGS MA?
I am possibly being mocked here, but…
I DON’T DO UGGS.
I don’t like UGGS either. I’m just keeping you honest.
I am on anonymous forum - I am as honest as I’ll ever get
Wait, so you don’t do UGGs, and you don’t pay out the arse for workout clothes? That’s amazing.
Is the popularity of UGGs just an American phenomenon? I want to smack women that wear them in most circumstances, but ESP when they wear them in 90 degree heat. With shorts.
EDIT: that is supposed to especially, not ESP as in extra-sensory perception.
I get that you overpay for a brand. But I do draw a distinction between things that you don’t buy very often and have a fairly long shelf life and that you use regularly versus things that you consume rapidly and repeatedly. WIth the former, the price has a longer amortization schedule and the enjoyment of it too. Sure it’s more expensive, but the difference may not be as great as you think. So apple computers and luxury cars (for some people) last long enough and you use them often enough that you may get substantially improved enjoyment by paying more. What I was pointing out is that workout clothes may be closer to that category than the every day clothes you wear, because you don’t tend to have a different set of workout clothes for every day of the week, the way you do with regular clothes.
My GF wears workout clothes around the house often. She doesn’t go out on the street in them (unless she is exercising, and even then she will usually change at the gym if it’s for pilates). I like how she looks in good stuff, and I don’t mind spending an extra 50-70 every once in a while to make her feel like she’s worth something special. Heck, that’s the cost of a nice dinner out for two at a moderately priced NY restaurant. For that price, I get to watch her walk around the house in gym clothes that make me want to rip them off of her and throw her down on the bed (as long as Game of Thrones isn’t on at the moment).
I agree that buying brand stuff on all or even most occasions is not optimal, but that doesn’t mean there’s never a time to buy a brand. And a present is often the nicest time.
Your mileage may differ, and I’m not saying you made the wrong choice by going to Gap. But the “don’t buy branded stuff” is ultimately just a guideline, not a law of life.
PS: Totally agree on the UGGliness of UGGs.
So getting back to the point…
the original study is not behind a paywall. It is accessible here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412013001359
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I don’t see a lot of billionaires getting up at 4am everyday to pick weeds on a farm everyday, so use your common sense?
Industrial farmers are surprisingly wealthy. And most farming is industrial. You might remember Black Swan, who was looking at farming as a fall-back career to make good money if finance didn’t work out. Although it would likely involve some early hours (as does finance in many places).
And one has to be a billionaire to be counted as rich these days? Or is that just a way to ensure that you’re unlikely to be counted among them?
And you also suggested that farmers don’t have high cholesterol and big bellies, whereas obesity and these kinds of things is more prevalent among the poor these days. So if you are saying farmers are the representatives of the poor, it doesn’t line up with what we observe about the poor.
My common sense says that there’s something pretty screwed up with your logic.
Farmers are not farm workers (at least in US.)
The people who get up at 4 AM to milk the cows and pick strawberries or whatever, are farm workers.
In that case, definitely worth splurging a little!
Just don’t mention she is competing with GOT;)
I don’t watch GoT, so correct me if I’m wrong… there’s a lot of war/conquering, and sex? Maybe it could be smart for him to tell her.
Maybe she’ll want to turn into some “scene replay” and that way he gets the best of both worlds! Gets to act out GoT while getting his sex on and conquering the Isle of Clitoris! (Clearly, with GoT on in the background, as well)
Bchad inflicting class warfare. typical bchad.
This is actually pretty funny.