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by 7speter 296 days ago
1000 dollars for a vacation?
4 comments

It is stupid to fixate on the specific number $1000.

It's just a placeholder for wharever number makes sense in the clearly expressed context. Either substitute $5000 or $10000, or substitute whatever location or demographic you imagined (since none was specified) for some other location or demographic. You can't start in the US and vacation in Venice for $1000, but you absolutely can vacation somewhere else and/or somehow else.

Or, just pretend they said whatever other number you like, because the specific amount was not material to the point they were expressing.

Covers train tickets and hotel for a week if you don't choose an expensive hotel. For a poor person that is much better than nothing.
I just went on business travel with the lowest possible fare and it was more than $1k. Stayed in a cheap hotel too.

And that included zero activities

I just went on vacation for two weeks, and it cost me about $100 in gas.

Anecdotes are fun!

What is your point? Please add value to the conversation instead of snark
I thought that the point was quite obvious. Are you sure you're not deliberately trying not to see it? Because if so, re-read your own last sentence.
No it’s not obvious. I was pointing out that it’s not cheap to go on vacation. I think you are the one missing the point. Several points up GP says “1000 to go on vacation?”
I honestly am not sure whether you think $1000 is way too much or way too little for a vacation, and am curious which you thought.
It's an example not to be taken literally.