The economics of fun – The secret economics of a VIP party

Re:The economics of fun – The secret economics of a VIP party by fxtentacle on Sunday September 06, 2020 @04:16PM (#24394323)

TLDR: Some rich guys like to show off in front of attractive girls. Obviously, the market will provide. The girls are not idiots, so they will attempt to take advantage of their proximity to money. But usually, that's not working too well.

BTW, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't enjoy that kind of attention. The whole concept of buying drinks for girls has never appeared to me, because isn't that kind of a self-generated proof that your character is too boring?

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Re:The economics of fun – The secret economics of a VIP party by Animats on Monday September 07, 2020 @02:25PM (#24401395)

The girls are not idiots, so they will attempt to take advantage of their proximity to money. But usually, that's not working too well.

Right. If you've had the opportunity to talk frankly with women from the actress/model/waitress set, of which there are far too many in LA, you hear how it's not working. It's fun when young, but not a career path. The number of models worldwide who make more than an entry-level Google employee is less than 100.

A typical model job is catalog photography: "OK, the next outfit is #4527, the tan blouse on the second rack, and hurry it up, we have 50 more to do before lunch." The high point of a friend's career was being in a McDonalds commercial that ran nationally.

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Re:The economics of fun – The secret economics of a VIP party by treyfitty on Sunday September 06, 2020 @04:47PM (#24394539)

Have you ever had the opportunity to utter the words “can I buy you a drink?”? It’s usually preceded by developing rapport and by the time you know the answer to the question, it’s a rhetorical question at that point.

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Re:The economics of fun – The secret economics of a VIP party by fxtentacle on Monday September 07, 2020 @12:31PM (#24400535)

Sure, I've had the opportunity, but as I said, I never saw the point of it.

I met my wife walking around in a park and commenting the art for display there. It was like 2PM in the afternoon, so the topic of drinks didn't really come up.

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Re:The economics of fun – The secret economics of a VIP party by leptons on Monday September 07, 2020 @01:43PM (#24401080)

Buying a woman a drink at a bar isn't exactly the same as meeting a wife. It's quite a bit more superficial than that.

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Re:The economics of fun – The secret economics of a VIP party by fxtentacle on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @03:23AM (#24405983)

While I do agree, I still don't see the point of buying drinks in a bar when I could meet the same person in a much more relaxed and interesting setting outside of a bar instead.

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