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Re:The Cost of Being Poor: Why It Costs So Much to Be Poor i... by xlii on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @01:28AM (#34077371)
It’s quite common.

I heard exact same anecdote about boots from my grandfather loooong time ago. It’s possible that author hadn’t had chance to hear in “in the wild”.

I believe it’s one of those wisdoms passed from generation to generation.

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Re:The Cost of Being Poor: Why It Costs So Much to Be Poor i... by postsantum on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @01:57AM (#34077511)
I believe this was a marketing strategy of some boots maker that went viral
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Re:The Cost of Being Poor: Why It Costs So Much to Be Poor i... by xlii on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @02:30AM (#34077705)
I was curious and decided to check - there’s Wikipedia page about it. Looks like it Pratchett wasn’t first and took from general wisdom but that specific anecdote was popularized by the book.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory

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