I’ve always suspected that there are people that, given a choice, would rather spend more for something just to say they did. This is confirmed by reading the reviews for the $500 Wolf toaster on Amazon. Many of the reviews say “yeah, it doesn’t work too well, but it’s a Wolf!”
@incitatus where I live there seems to be a new bank being built on every other street corner and I can’t figure out why. I can’t remember the last time I needed to actually go in person.
@BlackAzizAnansi I remember watching it as a kid and thinking “Hey, they never talked about this in school”. I think that may be why I sort of became disillusioned with school in general.