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Re:Cratering motor fuel sales in Norway show the death spira... by ben_w on Saturday October 21, 2023 @03:37PM (#37969887)
It is when your standard for "rich" is framed in terms of "can afford to buy good boots".
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Re:Cratering motor fuel sales in Norway show the death spira... by jncfhnb on Saturday October 21, 2023 @08:22PM (#37971745)
Which is not the definition implied by the original quote so great. We agree.
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Re:Cratering motor fuel sales in Norway show the death spira... by ben_w on Sunday October 22, 2023 @04:58AM (#37973885)
What are you even talking about? This is literally called "boots theory" and is explicitly giving boots as an example. That's what "framing in terms of" means.
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Re:Cratering motor fuel sales in Norway show the death spira... by jncfhnb on Sunday October 22, 2023 @10:27AM (#37975672)
If you read the discussion, the quote responded to included the claim

> The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Which is a dumb claim. As you’ll note, I said that the general effect was true but this claim was wrong.

You appear to be arguing something tangential

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