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Friday Fun Thread for December 19, 2025

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I had some fun for maybe the first time ever doing some clothes shopping for Christmas. The main reason was my daughter was along with me and enjoying herself.

We were picking out clothes for her and her younger sister at Walmart. I was partly amazed at just how low in price some items could get. $3 t-shirts seems a little crazy to me. The most expensive item was a $12 sweater made of a fluffy white material.

It was also nice not having to try anything on. At their age you just buy on the slightly larger size and they'll grow into it within a year.

The crowds were also not as bad as I feared, or at least Walmart had it down to a science getting them all through the few dozen self checkout points.

I'm an unabashed capitalist, but even I sometimes forget the modern marvels right in front of my eyes.

We were picking out clothes for her and her younger sister at Walmart. I was partly amazed at just how low in price some items could get. $3 t-shirts seems a little crazy to me. The most expensive item was a $12 sweater made of a fluffy white material.

One of Gwern's ordinary life improvements since the 90s was that clothing is now 'too cheap to meter'.

My wife and I both like clothes, our minds were blown when we saw that people in the 1950s on average spent 10% of their income on clothing. Which would just be a mind-boggling amount for us to budget on clothes, how on earth would we spend $30,000 a year on clothing?

Why are you just throwing this humble brag out there? Look at the damage you've done.

Lmao I love the drama. Amen.

We should have some motte redistribution am I right??!??!?! EAT THE RICH!!!

Honestly, I figured I was on the low end here.

You might be on the low end of things by the average, but the variance is high.

I imagine you could throw it away pretty fast on boutique bullshit. $900 Gucci polos, etc.

Leaving aside absurd Veblen goods, I could buy the highest quality stuff at full price. But I'd very quickly accumulate too much of it, because top quality stuff doesn't wear out in a year. I can only own so many suits and leather jackets!

I think I mentioned a few months back that I once came across a book of etiquette from the late 19th century that recommended a gentleman spend two to three months’ wages on a good suit. Imagine buying a single set of clothing for $75,000.

That's just something made up by the suit companies to sell suits. Like the spending 3 months salary on a ring; you really expect me to spend 450k on just a ring?

LOL!

You're laughing because he's so poor, right?

Of course. What self-respecting woman would marry a man who only spends $450,000 on a ring? Pfah.

What the hell do you do for a living? Assassinate high profile political figures?

If you do you probably have to replace your fancy suits a bit more than the average guy.

He is Golgo 13.

I unfortunately make only a fraction of that. I was basing my numbers on FiveHourMarathon and his wife’s combined income.

Good Lord everyone on here is far richer than I am, apparently...

Yeah me too man. I'm glad I don't measure my self worth by salary because I would need an intervention after this thread, lol.

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