> At no point in my comment, or any other comment, have I said, suggested, or implied that anyone should stop buying/discussing cars or that SV new grads should stop accepting/discussing high salaries.

> It makes it even worse to see the casualness that people in this thread are talking about $200-300k+ salaries,

> This is the type of attitude that I fear really makes Silicon Valley outsiders have a good amount of disdain for SVers.

>>I have seen Americans casually discuss what cars they own and what cars they would like to buy. I have never once chastised them and asked them to think about the homeless and poor kids in Africa before casually discussing cars like an everyday thing. > And why do you say that as if it's a good thing? Perhaps its this exact attitude of extravagance and wastefulness

Thanks for your comment. Can you please point out, anywhere in it, where it is suggested, implied, or stated that people should stop talking about/buying cars, or discussing/taking high salaries?

If not, I'm going to stop this discussion because it's probably just going to devolve into incivility from here.