iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max by Grustaf on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @07:40AM (#20938885)

I don't see how FOMO explains anything more than the first purchase. The second and third purchases just seem like random stupidity.

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Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max by matwood on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @08:20AM (#20939211)

> seem like random stupidity.

Or phones are his thing. Everyone has a thing they have probably spent stupid relative amounts of money on. A gaming computer? Games? A guy I know from Jiu-Jitsu collects Gi's at $200+/each.

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Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max by aguzzi94 on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @08:41AM (#20939411)

Could be stupidity, or compulsive fomo. I think that to do what he did, stupidity is not enough, you have to have a big fear or insecurity inside to work as a sufficient motivator.

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