OT; what’s worth the money

[scaredyclassic]

Real estate, college, divorce, all horrifically expensive and overpriced.

What is worth the money? What is a super good deal you are happy to part with your money for? Brings sufficient pleasure to be worth it?

I bought a Lamy safari fountain pen for 22.00 that was really worth it. Also my kids rock climbing gym membership is worth it.

Nit sure I can think of much else. Maybe eggs?

[briansd1]

I was just talking to some friends and relatives about that the other day.

I don’t spend much on purchases anymore because I have everything that I need.

If you want to eat cheap, eggs, kidneys and liver are well worth the money.

[UCGal]

[quote=briansd1]I was just talking to some friends and relatives about that the other day.

I don’t spend much on purchases anymore because I have everything that I need.

If you want to eat cheap, eggs, kidneys and liver are well worth the money.[/quote]
Kidneys and Livers were probably healthier back in the good old days. But I’m not sure I want liver or kidneys from animals grown at factory farms. These are filtering organs – so all toxins get deposited there.

[poorgradstudent]

Based on our usage, $40 for high speed cable internet is a huge bargain in my household.

Costco 12-packs of San Pellegrino sparkling water also give us quite a bit of pleasure for the modest price.

[briansd1]

[quote=UCGal]
Kidneys and Livers were probably healthier back in the good old days. But I’m not sure I want liver or kidneys from animals grown at factory farms. These are filtering organs – so all toxins get deposited there.[/quote]

Yeah, I know.

I was in North Carolina last month. People eat liver more than we do here out west.

[scaredyclassic]

Do animals ever get liver transplants?

[briansd1]

Corporate greed and consumer centric mentality are partly of our own making.

My dad was saying that the hippies of before were unconventional. They wanted to travel the world and do good.

Today, beginning at young age people want to consume branded products. So how can you escape corporatism when as a consumer you yearn for and embrace the products of the corporations?

[scaredyclassic]

More things would be worth the money if we had money that expired … Decaying money will help us enjoy life more.

[paramount]

Here is the final answer:

An iPod Touch (8GB)

Less than $200, basically a hand held computer and entertainment system without monthly charges.

And yet, it does basically everything an iPhone does, but for free.

[Coronita]

p0rn is free.

[jstoesz]

I just bought a cord of firewood. That would take me an unimaginable amount of time to split and haul. A cord of wood is a lot of wood.

[Coronita]

[quote=walterwhite]More things would be worth the money if we had money that expired … Decaying money will help us enjoy life more.[/quote]

Isn’t that called “inflation”?

[eavesdropper]

[quote=briansd1]….My dad was saying that the hippies of before were unconventional. They wanted to travel the world and do good.

Today, beginning at young age people want to consume branded products. So how can you escape corporatism when as a consumer you yearn for and embrace the products of the corporations?[/quote]

Hey, brian, I understand where your dad’s coming from on this, but it’s my view that the vast majority of hippies were, in reality, hangers-on along for the ride. There really weren’t that many, relative to the population at large, and many of the younger ones simply wanted to party, have lots of sex, and take free drugs (I want it firmly established that I am not, in any way, knocking those goals), while feeling justified in being pissed at the parents who were paying for all of it. These were the ones who, by 1975, were signing up for singles disco dancing lessons so that they could finally get married, buy a big oversized house in the suburbs, and have a reason to post one of those obnoxious “Baby On Board” signs on the back windows of their Volvo station wagons.

Where do you think that today’s young people developed a desire to consume branded products? Trust me on this: I’m old enough to have lived through it.

I do believe that that your dad’s description is accurate, but for a relatively small number of individuals. And I believe that most of them haven’t changed that much: still into the common good, and always open to new and interesting experiences. It’s too bad that this is considered “unconventional” in our society, almost as though such behavior and sentiments are to be feared, but it is what it is.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=walterwhite]Do animals ever get liver transplants?[/quote]

Stupid question. Of course they do. What do you think is responsible for out-of-control healthcare costs?

And I’m not even counting all the frivolous malpractice litigation.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=UCGal][quote=briansd1]I was just talking to some friends and relatives about that the other day.

I don’t spend much on purchases anymore because I have everything that I need.

If you want to eat cheap, eggs, kidneys and liver are well worth the money.[/quote]
Kidneys and Livers were probably healthier back in the good old days. But I’m not sure I want liver or kidneys from animals grown at factory farms. These are filtering organs – so all toxins get deposited there.[/quote]

That’s why I get all my livers and kidneys from roadkill.

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