History Quotes / ConspicuousConsumption

->''"When the rest of us have to put together a costume for Halloween or Purim or whatever weird cosplay shit you do in your free time (no judgement) we go out to our nearest Savers...But not Music/{{Madonna}}. Madonna is a very rich and very powerful lady. When Madonna wanted to dress up as [[Series/GameOfThrones Daenerys Targaryen] for Purim, she didn’t just send out her assistant to Party Depot and grab a generic 'Dragon Princess' costume-in-a-bag...Emilia Clarke explained that the reason Madonna’s Purim costume was so good was because it was the real thing. Emilia had received an email from an HBO publicist asking if she’d be willing to loan Madonna hone of her dresses from [=GoT=], and since she can read between the lines – that Madonna doesn’t ask, she DEMANDS – she agreed and let her wear it. Good move, Emilia; it’s always better to keep Madge on your good side lest you wake up in an ice-filled bathtub with your kidneys missing and all the youth drained from your face."''

->''"When the rest of us have to put together a costume for Halloween or Purim or whatever weird cosplay shit you do in your free time (no judgement) we go out to our nearest Savers...But not Music/{{Madonn}}a. Madonna is a very rich and very powerful lady. When Madonna wanted to dress up as [[Series/GameOfThrones Daenerys Targaryen] for Purim, she didn’t just send out her assistant to Party Depot and grab a generic 'Dragon Princess' costume-in-a-bag...Emilia Clarke explained that the reason Madonna’s Purim costume was so good was because it was the real thing. Emilia had received an email from an HBO publicist asking if she’d be willing to loan Madonna hone of her dresses from [=GoT=], and since she can read between the lines – that Madonna doesn’t ask, she DEMANDS – she agreed and let her wear it. Good move, Emilia; it’s always better to keep Madge on your good side lest you wake up in an ice-filled bathtub with your kidneys missing and all the youth drained from your face."''

->--'''Steve Martin'''

->''"I don't think people went around saying to themselves: 'I need to have a 10,000 square foot house. We weren't exposed to things we didn't have in the same way kids these days are. There was not that window into the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Kids weren't monitoring every day what KimKardashian was wearing, or where KanyeWest was going on vacation, and thinking that somehow that was the mark of success."''

->''"You've got to be shitting me. Artisanal Toast? 'Artisanal' goddamn TOAST is a trend now. There's officially [[HumansAreMorons no reason to try to save our species]]. Let's just send the Earth crashing into the sun and be done with it... Apparently, there are places in [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles LA]] and [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity New York]] which sell pieces of toasted fucking bread with ricotta and jam on them for upwards of $7. Like you do for toast."''
-->--'''''Jezebel''''', [[http://kitchenette.jezebel.com/artisanal-toast-is-apparently-a-fucking-thing-now-1584472659/+markshrayber "Artisanal Toast is Apparently a Fucking Thing Now"]]

->''"When {{Lorde}} release 'Royals' and blasted all those pop songs and rap songs about partying and stuff, she didn't do it because it was overdone, or because she doesn't like partying, or because she doesn't get hip hop and she's looking down on people who had to work for their success. No, she doesn't like these songs because ''they're goddamn boring!'' It's like watching a sports movie where, instead of being undergdogs, the heroes ''start out'' the no. 1 team and then they win every game and they become champions... Haven't parties gone out of style since the late-[[TheEighties eighties]]? I don't get any of this."''
-->--'''ToddInTheShadows''' on Music/IggyAzalea's "Fancy"

->'''Creator/RobertEHoward''', "[[ConanTheBarbarian A Witch Shall Be Born]]"

->-- '''AleisterCrowley''', ''Moonchild''

->''"I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought [[AndTheRest some dumb stuff]], too.”'''
->--'''Steve Martin'''

->''Salome was clad in the barbaric splendor of a woman of Shushan. Jewels glittered in the torchlight on her gilded sandals, on her gold breast-plates and the slender chains that held them in place. Gold anklets clashed as she moved, jeweled bracelets weighted her bare arms. Her tall coiffure was that of a Shemitish woman, and jade pendants hung from gold hoops in her ears, flashing and sparkling with each impatient movement of her haughty head. A gem-crusted girdle supported a silk shirt so transparent that it was in the nature of a cynical mockery of convention''
-->'''Creator/RobertEHoward''', "[[ConanTheBarbarian A Witch Shall Be Born]]"

->''Hey, buddy - ah, these pretzels suck - how's your day been, buddy? We haven’t really talked much since I left you for dead! Hey, you think you’ll freeze to death out there? Nah, probably not. The bandits’ll get you first. My day? It's been pretty good. Just bought a pony made of diamonds, because I’m rich. So, you know. That’s cool. Kay bye!''
-->'''Handsome Jack''', ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}''

->''"In this book, dating from 1899, Veblen discovers and defines [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense the leisure class]], whose [[ConspicuousConsumption strange duty is to spend money significantly]]. So, they live in a neighborhood, [[ShiningCity because it is said that this neighborhood is the most expensive]]. Liebermann or Picasso fixed large sums [for their paintings], not because they were greedy, but to not disappoint the buyers whose purpose was to show that they could afford a cloth bearing their signature. According to Veblen, [[CrackIsCheaper the golf boom is due to the fact that it requires a lot of ground]]. He erroneously states that the study of Latin and Greek is rooted in the fact that both languages are useless. [[CorruptCorporateExecutive If a manager does not have time for conspicuous waste,]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections his wife or their children do so for him]], so that periodic changes of fashion provide liveries.''
->''Veblen thought and wrote this book in the [[{{Eagleland}} United States]]. [[{{UsefulNotes/Argentina}} Between us,]] the phenomenon of the leisure class [[UpToEleven is more serious]]. Except for the very poor, [[MockMillionaire every Argentine pretends to belong to that class]]. As a child, I have known [[{{Determinator}} families during the hot summer months living secretly in his house, to make people believe that they vacationed]] in a [[BigFancyHouse hypothetical summer village]] or in the city of Montevideo. One woman confided to me her intention to decorate the hall with a signed painting, certainly not by virtue of calligraphy.''

->"Hey, buddy - ah, these pretzels suck - hey, buddy, how ya doin'? So, how’s your day been, buddy? We haven’t really talked much since I left you for dead!Hey, you think you’ll freeze to death out there? Nah, probably not. The bandits’ll get you first. My day? It's been pretty good. Just bought a pony made of diamonds, because I’m rich. So, you know. That’s cool. Kay bye!"

->"Hey, buddy - ah, these pretzels suck - hey, buddy, how ya doin'? Great! Me? I'm swell. Just bought a pony. Made of diamonds. Because I'm rich. You have a good day now!"

-->-- '''JorgeLuisBorges''' prologue of Thorstein Veblen's [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense ''Theory Of The Leisure Class'']] (The reader can find more about this book at ConspicuousConsumption, RealLife).

->''Veblen thought and wrote this book in the [[{{Eagleland}} United States]]. [[{{UsefulNotes/Argentina}} Between us,]] the phenomenon of the leisure class [[UpToEleven is more serious]]. Except for the very poor, [[MockMillionaire every Argentine pretends to belong to that class]]. As a child, I have known families during the hot months living secretly in his house, to make people believe that they vacationed in a [[BigFancyHouse hypothetical summer village or in the city of Montevideo]]. One woman confided to me his intention to decorate the hall with a signed painting, certainly not by virtue of calligraphy.''

->''"In this book, dating from 1899, Veblen discovers and defines [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense the leisure class]], whose [[ConspicuousConsumption strange duty is to spend money significantly]]. So, you live in a neighborhood, [[ShiningCity because it is said that this neighborhood is the most expensive]]. Liebermann or Picasso fixed large sums [for their paintings], not because they were greedy, but to not disappoint the buyers whose purpose was to show that they could afford a cloth bearing their signature. According to Veblen, [[CrackIsCheaper the golf boom is due to the fact that it requires a lot of ground]]. He erroneously states that the study of Latin and Greek is rooted in the fact that both languages are useless. [[CorruptCorporateExecutive If a manager does not have time for conspicuous waste,]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections his wife or their children do so for him]], so that periodic changes of fashion provide liveries.''

->''Veblen thought and wrote this book in the [[{{Eagleland}} United States]]. [[{{UsefulNotes/Argentina}} Between us,]] the phenomenon of the leisure class [[UpToEleven is more serious]]. Except for the very poor, [[MockMillionaire every Argentine pretends to belong to that class]]. As a child, I have known families during the hot months living secretly in his house, to make people believe that summered in a hypothetical summer village or in the city of Montevideo. One woman confided to me his intention to decorate the hall with a signed painting, certainly not by virtue of calligraphy.''

->''Veblen thought and wrote this book in the [[{{Eagleland}} United States]]. [[{{UsefulNotes/Argentina}} Between us,]] the phenomenon of the leisure class [[UpToEleven is more serious]]. Except for the very poor, [[MockMillionaire every Argentine pretends to belong to that class]]. As a child, I have known families during the hot months living secretly in his house, to make people believe that summered in a hypothetical summer village or in the city of Montevideo. One woman confided to me his intention to decorate the "hall" with a signed box, certainly not by virtue of calligraphy.''

->''Veblen thought and wrote this book in the [[{{Eagleland}} United States]]. [[UsefulNotes/Argentina Between us,]] the phenomenon of the leisure class [[UpToEleven is more serious]]. Except for the very poor, [[MockMillionaire every Argentine pretends to belong to that class]]. As a child, I have known families during the hot months living secretly in his house, to make people believe that summered in a hypothetical summer village or in the city of Montevideo. One woman confided to me his intention to decorate the "hall" with a signed box, certainly not by virtue of calligraphy.''

->''"In this book, dating from 1899, Veblen discovers and defines [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense the leisure class]], whose [[ConspicuousConsumption strange duty is to spend money significantly]]. So, you live in a neighborhood, [[ShiningCity because it is said that this neighborhood is the most expensive]]. Liebermann or Picasso fixed large sums [for their paintings], not because they were greedy, but to not disappoint the buyers whose purpose was to show that they could afford a cloth bearing their signature. According to Veblen, [[CrackIsCheaper the golf boom is due to the fact that it requires a lot of ground]]. He erroneously states that the study of Latin and Greek is rooted in the fact that both languages are useless. [[CorruptCorporateExecutive If a manager does not have time for conspicuous waste,]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections his wife or their children do so for him]], so that periodic changes of fashion provide liveries."''

-->'''RobertEHoward''', "[[ConanTheBarbarian A Witch Shall Be Born]]"