Be thankful for the crass commercialism of the Christmas season.
My car was in the shop so I was driving my wife’s machine. This confined me to listening to the radio instead of pod casts. An advertisement caught my attention. The item up for bid was a new TV with colors four times as clear or some such nonsense. Since I am a bit color blind and can’t see very well at my age it doesn’t make any difference to me. Their goal was to get people to rush out and buy the latest technology. New. Shiny. It seems so sordid but I am not sure I have a problem with that. Here is my reasoning. The sooner everyone runs out and wastes their money on high priced technology the sooner it will come down in price and be in my price range.
I don’t need it. I won’t buy it until it gets cheap. Even then I will wait for my old one to wear out. But the day will come when I am ready so go for it. Meanwhile you have my permission to buy, buy, buy. Sell, sell, sell. The more you spend the sooner it will get into my range. By then I might be ready.
homo unius libri
Most folks don't think that far ahead.
ReplyDeleteMy wife bought some shiny for me for Christmas. We tried it and found how expensive it is to operate. I think the key was when I asked her where she wanted to put it on the counter. It will be returned.
DeleteGrace and peace.