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x0x0 on Sept 10, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Se...

If you're incredibly wealthy, what else are you going to spend the money on after all possible material needs are more than satisfied? After all, you can have multiple homes, but you still only stay in one at a time; wear one pair of shirt and pants per day; etc.

klochner on Sept 10, 2014 [–]

Your presumption is that money needs to be spent. Some people try to limit flagrant indulgence in consumerism regardless of income level.

x0x0 on Sept 10, 2014 | [–]

Of course, but this thing costs something like the median after-tax annual household income in the US. Who else buys this stuff?

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