[parl_match]

> No one is doing that, these people don't exist.

Unfortunately, they do. "Normie America" loves that shit. It's why they've been pushing it so hard: it's one of the few areas they're getting serious traction in day to day life.

[Jzush]

Not where I’m from. No one has the money to fly to Japan for a shopping trip like this ad suggests. Where do these people exist outside the Bay Area?

[parl_match]

We were talking about the clothing mockup using AI: "The very first thing they show this new machine doing is helping people shop for clothes using AI."

Also, Japan is a cheap travel destination right now. Two people can do a 14 day trip easily for $3000 total. That's not nothing but it's also in the realm of many middle class people regardless of where they live.

[9dev]

You probably don't even realise how far you are from average Americans, who are currently struggling to pay for their groceries. Shelling out three grand for a two-week vacation is simply unattainable for the vast majority of the population.

[parl_match]

> You probably don't even realise how far you are from average Americans

I think this is more you than me. The middle class in America is still strong. Is it weakening and eroding? That is also true.

> Shelling out three grand for a two-week vacation is simply unattainable for the vast majority of the population.

Would you quote me where I said it was the majority, let alone vast?

Well, actually, depending on the data and who you ask, 40-60% of Americans spend $3000 a year on travel. Is 60% the majority? I'm not good at math.

https://www.ngpf.org/blog/question-of-the-day/question-of-th...

https://www.nerdwallet.com/travel/studies/summer-travel-repo...

So really, you may be the one who's disconnected from reality. Not to say that things aren't getting better, I think they're getting worse. Just that you've got a bit of a doomer mindset.

[cwillu]

No, 40-60% plan to travel, and the average amount of that travel is 3000. That is not at all the same thing as “40-60% of americans spend $3000 a year on travel”!

The data provided simply isn't sufficient to support the claim.

[nl]

I went down a whole rabbit hole trying to find the numbers for this. If you Google there are lots of different numbers reported.

According to [1], the average American household spend $682 on airfares in 2024, plus an additional $199 on "Intercity bus, train, and ship fare"

There is spending data on "out of town" trips in [2] but it is extremely hard to work with.

If the average household spends $881 on these cost then it's probably at least reasonable to double that in total travel spend, so in round numbers at least $2000 is an estimate I'd believe.

It also makes $3000/year within reasonable bounds of possibility. But in terms of measuring how households are doing I'd note this is down from the 2023 numbers.

The normal issues with measuring average vs median apply etc.

[1] https://data.bts.gov/stories/s/Transportation-Economic-Trend...

[2] https://www.bls.gov/cex/tables/top-line-means.htm

[parl_match]

> The data provided simply isn't sufficient to support the claim.

I posted more than one article.

A $3000 trip is within reach of more Americans than you expected. I don't know why you're unhappy to find that out.

[nl]

I dug some numbers out on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116241

$2000/year on average seems a good estimate, and $3000/year is something that could be possible.

This is higher than I expected.

[jimbokun]

More people travel overseas than ever before. To the extent major tourist destinations are having to take measures to limit the number of tourists coming there.

[matwood]

Families pay double that or more for a week at Disney.

[com2kid]

> Families pay double that or more for a week at Disney.

Not anymore. Disney now targets high income earners, not the average American.

[tayo42]

LAX to Tokyo is 1100 per person. I could do the rest of the trip on 60 dollars a day? That's like Thailand prices maybe.

[parl_match]

I'm seeing LAX to NRT direct for <$900

Granted, I was thinking of my home airport, SFO. The tickets from there are <$800 a person round trip

[prmoustache]

Not for a dedicated shopping trip.

[vntok]

Or maybe you can buy some stuff while visiting on holidays?

[TacticalCoder]

> "Normie America" loves that shit.

Mate I'm in the EU and neighbor has got a statue of big gorilla on his balcony.

The EU is just as consumerist as the US. I can't tell you the number of young dudes who think they look cool because they're wearing a fake Hermes manpurse and who wear a cap as if a videoclip from the 90s from Vanilla Ice just called (don't get me wrong: I love Ice Ice Baby and I read Vanilla Ice is a good person. But it's 2026).

And there have been several EU companies getting funding to create an "AI personal shopper app" (all getting pwned by Google and other big players).

No really: the EU is incredibly consumerist too.

[sleepyguy]

I don't know why your being junked, few companies know more about people than Google. That's why this pos is marketed directly at them.

[ricardonunez]

This was going to be my response, the biggest data miner in the world doesn’t know how users are buying online? That’s a big claim

[KalMann]

Are you sure? I think "normies" would prefer to see and try on the clothes they buy.

[xboxnolifes]

People will order clothes they see on tiktok without ever having touched them. Having something where their users can basically say "order me that shirt" while they are tiking their tok or rolling their reels, and it works most of the time, is a company's wet dream.

Though, people "want" a lot of things that actually end up making them less happy. So responding to demand doesn't necessarily make it a good thing, but only time will tell.