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0 pointsjaysonelliot1y ago0 comments

Can you explain that joke for me? I keep reading it and I don't get it.

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The punch line is that more expensive is better in cases where you buy something just to flex wealth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

To put it simple: He only bought the necktie so he can brag how rich he is. He could have bragged even more if he had bought the necktie in the other shop.

d0mine1y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Russians

atulvi1y ago

it's just that rich Russians do not have financial sense.

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