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0 pointsbodge50004y ago0 comments

Oh absolutely, as I say I have no problem with people enjoying them more, I would if I could put up with the lesser reliability, but within the large circle of people that like classic cars, there is still that smaller circle that don't actually really ever drive them, but will talk endlessly about how good the driving experience is versus disgusting modern cars.

I guess people like to be a part of an exclusive group, even if they don't particularly enjoy what the group does. I'm probably guilty of it somewhere, though I still don't think its right

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TheOtherHobbes4y ago

It's a classic Veblen status thing. Bookshelves and vinyl collections are a class marker.

You can't impress visitors if your book and music collection is on a NAS in your office, no matter how many tens of thousands of media items you own.

Nursie4y ago

Assuming your visitors are the type to be impressed by that.

To me it looks either like trying too hard or just hoarding.

Empty space is the real Veblen these days!

mumblemumble4y ago

We could perhaps even collect people and personalities. And, much like with physical objects, the rarest and most unusual ones tend to be the ones that we most enjoy bringing up in conversation.

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