What would YOU do in these hypothetical scenarios?

[Simon_Jester]

Of course I understand the point....

If you understand my point, what is your response to my point? Your real response, not some random cloud of nonsense you post to avoid actually addressing what I said?

I'm saying, quite simply, that your scenarios are made inferior by the random unrealistic stupidity that happens in the setup for the scenario. I made an analogy. You have been playing silly games in an attempt to deflect the analogy.

But what is your actual response to my point that your scenarios are being made inferior by the random stupidity you put in the setup?

[Ralin]

But what is your actual response to my point that your scenarios are being made inferior by the random stupidity you put in the setup?

They are really, really funny.

[Broomstick]

But plenty of food is coated in useless matter (for consumption). Expensive food is usually coated in fancy wines, gold, gems, etc.

...where the hell have you been eating, kiddo?

That kind of food you're talking about is the stuff they serve in the restaurants that the ultra-super-mega-rich go to, and even *they* think that's going overboard a bit.

Huh. Not even all the mega-rich - we're spending the week at the home of a guy in the top 5% of the 1% and the food here is... well, not that different from what we eat at home. First night was baked chicken, butternut squash, beets, onions, and a brown rice pilaf. No wine, no gold, no gems...

OK, so the steak we had tonight was tender enough to cut with a butter knife (yes, really) so the quality of some of the ingredients is better than what I can afford to serve at home, but really, the super wealthy don't each much different, if at all, from the rest of the us. I mean, the spices and condiments in this guy's kitchen are all Costco housebrand. The bananas are Chiquita brand, which you can find everywhere including Wal-Mart and Aldi. The box of Triscut crackers are no different than the Triscuts you'd buy anywhere. Why would the super-wealthy eat that differently? They're people with the same needs as people anywhere. A lot of items available in any first-world grocery store are already high quality, there doesn't need to be a second tier above them.

It's statements like that, Archinist, that make the rest of us think you haven't been outside of mama's basement in far too long a time.

[Enigma]

Archinist thinks we live in a cartoon. This steak needs more diamonds! Would you like another slice of emerald pie?

[Iroscato]

But what is your actual response to my point that your scenarios are being made inferior by the random stupidity you put in the setup?

They are really, really funny.

I gotta hand it to the kid - he's taken "failure to understand how reality works on a fundamental level" to glorious new heights

[Broomstick]

... you mean glorious new depths, don't you?

[LadyTevar]

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