And yet it’s just going to get crappy in the end.
Happy to come close. There’s nothing as satisfying as figuring out an acronym you’ve never encountered before based on context. Well, almost nothing.
Saltine crackers. I will not lower my standards to buy anything but Nabisco Premium Saltines.
I just thought of something: V8. There are a lot of generics/store brands that I find acceptable, but I’ve never seen a store brand of vegetable juice that comes even remotely close. They’re all horribly thin and tasteless compared to V8.
Not just close. You nailed one of the two accepted meanings.
The link I provided in response to **Doug K. **is to a humorous book called “GAS - Living With Guitar Acquisition Syndrome”
If it makes it into the title of a published book, that’s good enough for me.
ebooks. I read about a book a week and they usually cost about $10. I figure $40 a month for entertainment is a steal.
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/gear-acquisition-syndrome/
http://www.homestudiocorner.com/gear-acquisition-syndrome/
http://gas.guitarforum.net/avoidinggas.htm
It’s always been Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Even on guitar forums.
It’s Gear.
Someone choosing to title their book Guitar… does not change the acronym.
mmm
Picnic food in the park.
A sourdough baguette, avocado, smoked salmon, radish and soft cheese. 20 bucks, a knife and a blanket. Luxury.
[ETA: I apologize deeply for this hijack…]
Never said it couldn’t be Gear; as a photographer, that is what I call it. But anyone saying it can’t mean Guitar is trying to prove a negative and not allowing usage to determine meaning. Even though one of the links below claims to know the origin of the term, I don’t really care: there are probably articles out there that claim other origins. Even if one was patently wrong one time, they are both valid terms today.
From here:
Here’s the article from Walter Becker of Steely Dan:
Wow, there’s even a “guitaracquisitionsyndrome.com” website:
http://www.guitaracquisitionsyndrome.com/Page_1.php
Lad mags…oh, you said splurge on. Nevermind.
Ya know, I looked at the word ‘splurge’ several times as I was crafting that post. 
mmm
Definitely ice cream. Talenti Gelato is worth it.
Headphones. Sure, you can buy functional headphones for less than $20, but I don’t think I own a pair that cost less than $175. Plus, I use a different pair for different types of music, so I usually carry at least three pairs when I travel. My wife just sighs and rolls her eyes.
On the other end of the extreme:
“Honey, why did you buy NoNamo ice cream? I thought you hated it. You said it tastes like skim milk put in an ice tray.”
“Yes, but it was two for $4.00 today only.”
Hmm… Splurge can mean in quantity as well as quality, right? I splurge on plastic forks and spoons, paper plates, and zip lock bags of several sizes. I use more than most people do, I think, and I like it! I usually am pretty environmentally and cost conscious, but I use the heck out of these items.
Aveeno shaving cream. Once in a while my inner cheapskate reasserts itself and I buy a can of Barbasol, thinking, oh, it couldn’t be as bad as I remember. It is.
Does your local library provide them? You could get them for free if they do.
Here is what we offer at my work/public library. Perhaps yours does the same.
My minimum acceptable ice cream is about $16 per half gallon.
Ribbons. I have always loved ribbons. Now that I am old, I figure that I can wear anything I like. I wear one or two ribbons plaited in my hair every day. I have bought hundreds of different ribbons and have 1.5m, 2m and 2.5 metre lengths of each.
I have them rolled up on toilet rolls, in three colour coded drawers. I will buy ribbons whenever I can find one I don’t have and that I would wear. At between $1 and $2 a metre, usually, it is a lovely splurge.