# You fucking rich little TWERP. (Kinda weak rant) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 25, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304 "2004-03-25T06:37:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/81 "2004-03-28T07:27:32Z")
**Yosemitebabe** makes sense. It doesn’t behoove any of us with electricity and computers to be doing too much heavy criticizing and judging. I wonder if the money I spent on Earthlink this month or even SDMB could have saved a life - _literally saved a life._ But if I let that reality get too close to me, I’ll go beserk. Like _Lamar Mundane_\*, I am extremely skeptical about the $12,000 figure. I think the OP’s friend is unfamilar with what fine clothes actually cost and what the rich actually spend on clothing. They didn’t get rich _that_ way. My cousin was a pauper by some standards I suppose, but he left behind assets of about $25,000,000. Yet he had his shoes resoled. They were expensive shoes and he was no fool. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/82 "2004-03-28T07:36:29Z")
> [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > I can’t believe we’ve gotten this far and this hasn’t been questioned. $12,000 for regular clothes? I would bet that an average male actor at the Academy Awards doesn’t have $12,000 worth of clothing on. I doubt that many of the women do (although I think a few do). Does this guy wear tailored high fashion from top designers everyday? > > Plus, his suits cost a lot more than $12K? Seriously, what kind of suits cost $15-20K? Based on my googling, a Savile Row tailored suit costs about $4000. What do you get for 4 times that? Yeah, it’s a bit of a head-scratcher. I just visited Brooks Brothers’ website, distributors of quality manufactured suits, made in 1st World countries like Italy. [http://www.brooksbrothers.com/suits/landing\_suits.tem](http://www.brooksbrothers.com/suits/landing_suits.tem) The prices range from $500 (“tailored in Italy”) to $900. Question for the OP: How old is your friend? Are you certain he wasn’t pulling your leg or using hyperbole? This story is a little strange. * * * Apropos nothing, here’s a quick calcuation: US GDP per capita US, 1995 (1987): about $21,000 or .57 “suits”. Madagascar GDP per capita: about $380. $380\* .57 =about= $220. Value of M4M’s weekend outfit \< $220 \< Value of M4M’s suit. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/83 "2004-03-28T18:25:30Z")
> [@yosemitebabe](#): > > So, if the OP feels like he can complain or bitch about the rich guy spending money on clothes, then he opens himself up to be criticized for spending $12,000 on a car. Why not? It’s pretty offensive to the donkey-riders of the world, after all. Sure, but a huge chunk of the population in 1st world countries could be criticized in the same way. But Lib singles out the OP. By criticizing the OP, isn’t Lib himself being obnoxious, and opening himself up to criticism? Also, Lib’s posts seemed unecessarily mean-spirited. Then again, this is the Pit… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/84 "2004-03-28T18:34:48Z")
You’ll notice that my first post was conciliatory and retrospective in tone. I was hoping to share with him the benefit of my half-century of life experience. He responded basically by telling me to go screw myself and still blamed his friend for his own fucked up worldview. Given the circumstances, wouldn’t you agree that I have been more than patient? ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/85 "2004-03-28T18:42:08Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > You’ll notice that my first post was conciliatory and retrospective in tone. I was hoping to share with him the benefit of my half-century of life experience. He responded basically by telling me to go screw myself and still blamed his friend for his own fucked up worldview. Given the circumstances, wouldn’t you agree that I have been more than patient? I don’t think his worldview is that fucked up. Furthermore, I don’t think anyone who was treated in such a rude way by a friend really has any incentive to be patient with anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/86 "2004-03-28T18:43:11Z")
Well, you’re right. I probably shouldn’t have been so patient. But I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/87 "2004-03-28T18:52:46Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > Well, you’re right. I probably shouldn’t have been so patient. But I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. Lib, that wasn’t what I meant, and you know it. This guy is financially in a bad way, and his friend proceeded to wave his wealth in the guy’s face. That merits a pitting alone. Walking in and immediately starting to pick apart his worldview without any aknowledgement of his friend’s rudeness is just a little cold, wouldn’t you say? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/88 "2004-03-28T19:30:01Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > You’ll notice that my first post was conciliatory and retrospective in tone. I was hoping to share with him the benefit of my half-century of life experience. He responded basically by telling me to go screw myself and still blamed his friend for his own fucked up worldview. Given the circumstances, wouldn’t you agree that I have been more than patient? No, I don’t see you as being patient with **caphis** at all. You seem more like you have an axe to grind on this issue, and s/he turned up as a good target for you. More importantly, back to the OP. What you might consider, **caphis** , is telling your friend that it’s important to earn your degree on your own, but any contacts he could supply you with to get a good job after college would be much appreciated. I’m with you on not taking the money - it would complicate a friendship too much for me. I could take money from my parents, but not from friends. There is a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/89 "2004-03-28T19:35:24Z")
He is NOT financially in a bad way. He has a place to live, a car, and clothes. He works and goes to school (if I recall correctly). He is better off than a billion other people. And his friend was not rude. His friend offered to give him money. Not loan. GIVE. But Caphis took that as an insult and came here to pit his unfortunate friend. Being jealous of his friend’s good fortune is bad enough, but damning him if he doesn’t and damning him if he doesn’t is crazy. Caphis will not even acknowledge he is no different from his friend when compared to people who really are poor. He thinks its okay for him to have a living standard above others, but not okay for others to have a living standard above him. And that’s what riles my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/90 "2004-03-28T19:51:52Z")
Sure, why not. But you still have to admit that his friend waving his wealth in the OP’s face was inconsiderate at best. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/91 "2004-03-28T19:59:03Z")
When you crawl up a woman’s dress, it is inaccurate to say that she waived it in your face. See, that’s why I said early on that the whole story is fishy. You cannot have an actual friend who is rich beyond avarice while you don’t know about it. An acquaintance, perhaps. A pen pal, maybe. But not someone you know. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/92 "2004-03-28T20:47:37Z")
> [@yosemitebabe](#): > > I’d say that the guy was kind of clueless in how he talked about money (but it was a decent gesture of him to offer—though I don’t blame you for refusing his offer). However, his abundance of money has nothing to do with you and is none of your business. How he spends his money, and what he spends it on, is none of your business. You can have private opinions on it, sure, but bottom line, it’s none of your concern. > > Best that you don’t discuss it with him again. He doesn’t get where you’re coming from, you don’t understand where he’s coming from (hell, I don’t either) and that’s that. If he’s a decent friend otherwise, then just keep the conversation away from money from now on and forget about this incident. Yes, it’s none of your business. Just because you’re eating scraps and that other guy is throwing steaks away because he doesn’t like their shape, it’s none of your business. Paying attention to people who have plenty when you have little or nothing just makes for bad feelings. (Makng Jedi hand wave) Pay no attention. This is not the rich guy you are looking for. Ignore him. Not ignoring him is class warfare … or something. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/93 "2004-03-29T00:34:40Z")
I keep thinking that **caphis** and his friend had a factual misunderstanding of some sort. ## His friend _meant_ to say $1200, (could be more!) for a suit. Not $12,000. Hey, what’s an extra digit among friends? Oh and I agree with **Evil Captor** , assuming that I understand him correctly. Our purchases have a moral dimension, insofar as morality is based upon the consequences of our actions. Alternatively, one could take note of Mark 10:23-26: “…How difficult it is for those who have money to enter God’s domain!.. Children, how difficult it is to enter God’s domain! It’s easier for a camel to squeeze through a needle’s eye than for a wealthy person to get into God’s domain!” (Luckily, “…everything’s possible with God”. PC users, rejoice.) ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/94 "2004-03-29T02:16:01Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > He is NOT financially in a bad way. He has a place to live, a car, and clothes. He works and goes to school (if I recall correctly). He is better off than a billion other people. And his friend was not rude. His friend offered to give him money. Not loan. GIVE. But Caphis took that as an insult and came here to pit his unfortunate friend. Being jealous of his friend’s good fortune is bad enough, but damning him if he doesn’t and damning him if he doesn’t is crazy. Caphis will not even acknowledge he is no different from his friend when compared to people who really are poor. He thinks its okay for him to have a living standard above others, but not okay for others to have a living standard above him. And that’s what riles my ass. Frankly, I don’t give a shit what “riles your ass”. Your arrogant tone in your replies has far overshadowed any point you tried to make with me, and you left nothing but a bad taste in my mouth from your first reply. You took any quick shot you could at me, for absolutely no reason, you made assumptions about my life and about how I think, and accused me of lying (which merited a collective “wtf?” from the readers) for no reason. That makes you an ass. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/95 "2004-03-29T02:34:24Z")
> [@Measure for Measure](#): > > Oh and I agree with **Evil Captor** , assuming that I understand him correctly. My point was that some people seem to think that wealth can and should make no difference among friends, or among people, and that it’s wrong to take note of that fact in one’s daily life and one’s personal life. Sorry. We live in a world where some people starve to death for want of moey and some people can afford to buy their own personal jet aircraft. That’s really fucked up. We can all try to behave as if relative wealth makes no difference – after all, people would really be on your case if you were complaining about how your poor friend is always whining about not getting enough to eat – but in the real world, money matters. As George Bernard Shaw once said, “Of course the rich are different from the rest of us – they have more money.” ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/96 "2004-03-29T02:59:07Z")
> [@Gadfly](#): > > Sure, but a huge chunk of the population in 1st world countries could be criticized in the same way. But Lib singles out the OP. By criticizing the OP, isn’t Lib himself being obnoxious, and opening himself up to criticism? Lib singled out the OP because the OP felt entitled to single out his rich friend. The OP figured that he could criticize how someone else spent his own money, and Lib was pointing out that if you want to dish it out (criticism), you’d better be able to take it. > [@Evil Captor](#): > > Yes, it’s none of your business. Just because you’re eating scraps and that other guy is throwing steaks away because he doesn’t like their shape, it’s none of your business. For a rich to do _literally_ do that (throw away perfectly good food while someone right in front of him is starving), is indeed heartless and clueless. But that’s not all that is happening here, and that’s not what I’m talking about. For a rich guy to be callous and devil-may-care in front of a grindingly poor friend, to literally “rub his nose in it” is really crappy. I think that the OP’s friend did a touch of that, just a touch of it, and for that he (the OP’s friend) is oblivious and clueless. And that part of the OP’s rant is not out of line. But the rest of it is NOT THE OP’s BUSINESS. To start bitching about how this guy spends his money on this and not that, (and how the rich guy’s spending is not “justified”) is out of line. If this rich guy wants to spend money on clothes, he can do so. Because it’s his money and he doesn’t have to answer to anyone else about how he spends it. Just like my dad’s book collection is not anyone else’s business. Or, do you think that everyone and their sister is entitled to chime in and tell my family how much money we can spend on books? Or tell us that the money we’ve spent on books could be better spent on something else? Is this what you think? > [@](#): > > Paying attention to people who have plenty when you have little or nothing just makes for bad feelings. Yeah, for the most part, yeah. Their good fortune takes nothing away from you, as long as they: 1. didn’t steal from you. 2. don’t owe you money that they are refusing to pay pack (instead buying fancy suits or books, as the case may be). 3. Aren’t literally crushing starving orphans under their boots as they throw away steaks. Feeling outraged at how other people spend money or begrudging other people their good fortune makes you a bitter, ungracious person. And, as mentioned above, makes you open to the same sort of scrutiny. So, tell me. What have _you_ spent money on lately? I’m sure some of it is not “justified.” So let’s all pore over your spending habits and pick them apart, shall we? And while we’re at it, you’ve made some money selling artwork, so you tell us—the people who spent that money to buy your goods—I’m sure they could have spent their money much more wisely, right? They could have given that money to the poor and needy instead of spending it on something completely non-essential, non-life-sustaining. I’m sure there are people who have told your clients (or potential clients) that they could spend their money in a far more “justifiable” way, rather than buy something from you. So I guess we should begrudge you getting that money for your work. It could have been spent on something far more worthwhile and “justifiable.” ---
**Author:** ![laigle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@laigle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laigle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/97 "2004-03-29T03:11:41Z")
When my dad was in college, he got in a frat to try and network (seeing as how he was an orphan with two pairs of pants to his name and wanted to be a doctor). One of the guys there was the kid of someone who owned a chain of retail stores. He got a box of new, clean, very expensive clothes every week from his parents. The reason for this being that he didn’t “believe” in doing laundry. So instead of cleaning his clothes, or even taking them home to have them cleaned for his sorry lazy ass, he just threw them away. My dad suggested giving them to charity once, and the guy took offense because poor people shouldn’t be able to dress that well. He washed out of school, and a few years later out of life, owing to myriad addictions his parents financed for him. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/98 "2004-03-29T06:10:11Z")
> [@laigle](#): > > My dad suggested giving them to charity once, and the guy took offense because poor people shouldn’t be able to dress that well. Never heard of dumpster diving, had he? (Boy do I wish I were at that guy’s college back then and could wear his clothes. Hello dumpster diving indeed!) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/99 "2004-03-29T12:14:03Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > He responded basically by telling me to go screw myself and still blamed his friend for his own fucked up worldview. Given the circumstances, wouldn’t you agree that I have been more than patient? You mean this response? > [@](#): > > And no, Libertarian, I don’t begrudge him his wealth. I just found it downright disgusting for someone to spend $12,000 on an outfit (NOT even a suit, he clarified this for me; his suits cost a bit more), whether or not it was hard earned money. Sure, he has the right to spend it on whatever he wants, but I also have the right to disagree with frivolity. Hmmm… I don’t see “screw yourself” in there anywhere. Of course in your response to this you call him an idiot, presumptuous turd, you accuse him of wanting his own debts forgiven while calling in everyone who owes him (WTF is THAT all about?) AND you accuse him of making up the OP in the first place. I guess that’s what one gets for ‘disagreeing’ with how someone else spends their money. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304/100 "2004-03-29T14:53:35Z")
> [@yosemitebabe](#): > > Lib singled out the OP because the OP felt entitled to single out his rich friend. The OP figured that he could criticize how someone else spent his own money, and Lib was pointing out that if you want to dish it out (criticism), you’d better be able to take it. C’mon, if I call a guy who’s stealing stuff a thief, I’m dishing out criticism, but that HARDLY forms the basis for an assault on my character. > [@](#): > > For a rich to do _literally_ do that (throw away perfectly good food while someone right in front of him is starving), is indeed heartless and clueless. But that’s not all that is happening here, and that’s not what I’m talking about. Actually my analogy was pretty durned close. It’s all about the waste. The rich guy is pointing out that he’s wearing 12,000 suits when the othre guy is scraping to get by – maybe his annual income is $12,000. So he’s mocking the poor guy’s struggles, just as a wealthy guy tossing away steaks might be mocking a poor guy’s hunger. Exact same thing. > [@](#): > > For a rich guy to be callous and devil-may-care in front of a grindingly poor friend, to literally “rub his nose in it” is really crappy. I think that the OP’s friend did a touch of that, just a touch of it, and for that he (the OP’s friend) is oblivious and clueless. And that part of the OP’s rant is not out of line. I think he did a lot of it. > [@](#): > > But the rest of it is NOT THE OP’s BUSINESS. To start bitching about how this guy spends his money on this and not that, (and how the rich guy’s spending is not “justified”) is out of line. If this rich guy wants to spend money on clothes, he can do so. Because it’s his money and he doesn’t have to answer to anyone else about how he spends it. Just like my dad’s book collection is not anyone else’s business. C’mon, Yosemitebabe. $12,000 suits? What, were $1,000 suits just NOT GOOD ENOUGH for him? Jeebus, I have no idea what a $12,000 suit must entail … lotta taffeta I’d imagine. Maybe a tiara. I think it’s fair enough to look at crap like that and say … “Jeebus, get a clue.” And for the record, I also mock collectors of, well, records, baseball, comics, books, and other such stuff for buying crap at ridiculous prices, but you know what? They’re STILL much better than this rich guy, because the things they buy may well appreciate in value and thus be a way of building wealth, which I’m not against. Whereas I think a $12,000 suit drops in value the minute it walks out of the store, and especially if you go commando in it a couple of times. > [@](#): > > Or, do you think that everyone and their sister is entitled to chime in and tell my family how much money we can spend on books? Or tell us that the money we’ve spent on books could be better spent on something else? Is this what you think? I think I answered that in my post above. I might well be mocking your asses big time. > [@](#): > > Yeah, for the most part, yeah. Their good fortune takes nothing away from you, as long as they: Oh, but it does. In anything but a growing economy, when someone else grabs a bigger piece of the pie, everybody has to make do with a smaller piece. That’s what’s wrong with the U.S. economy right now… the rich people are grabbing too much of the pie. > [@](#): > > Feeling outraged at how other people spend money or begrudging other people their good fortune makes you a bitter, ungracious person. Feeling personally outraged, maybe, but feeling outraged on behalf of society makes you a fine, upstanding person, a beacon of fairness and justice. We’ve got too many folks who are willing to ignore social injustice and inequality 'round here. > [@](#): > > And, as mentioned above, makes you open to the same sort of scrutiny. So, tell me. What have _you_ spent money on lately? I’m sure some of it is not “justified.” So let’s all pore over your spending habits and pick them apart, shall we? Like most poor and middle class people, I blow all my money on food, shelter and clothing every fucking month. It’s disgustamating. > [@](#): > > And while we’re at it, you’ve made some money selling artwork, so you tell us—the people who spent that money to buy your goods—I’m sure they could have spent their money much more wisely, right? Hardly. My art is likely to appreciate in value, thus enriching those who buy it. 😛 Plus, at $15 or $20 a pop, I’m not breaking anybody’s bank account. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-rich-little-twerp-kinda-weak-rant/236304.md?page=6)