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by homo_ergaster 1706 days ago
In the same way I should be credited for buying an expensive couch
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And aren't we all? People praise us for our taste in furniture, clothes, music, cars, books, houses - all stuff we didn't actually create, just consumed.

I believe Bezos was a little more involved though.

Compliments are pleasantries, nothing more, don't stake your reputation on them.