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by HenryBemis 2838 days ago
Do you rally need a $1000: -pair of shoes? -pants? -tshirt? -jacket? -pen? -<add our own>?

No you definitely don't need. You want!

Now then.. how come you/I/anyone ends up wanting a $1000 phone? Marketing? Vanity? Riches beyng sense? Need for portable computing power? Need to constantly have with you 5000 photos, 5000 songs, 50 movies?

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> Do you rally need a $1000: -pair of shoes? -pants? -tshirt? -jacket? -pen? -<add our own>?

> No you definitely don't need. You want!

That's a weird way to start an argument, because I definitely don't need a $1000 tshirt. In fact, a quick tally suggests that my entire wardrobe cost slightly less than $1000 (retail value, not present value).