Re:The $3500 Shirt – A History Lesson in Economics
by joelhooks on Saturday January 24, 2015 @11:18PM
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This is interesting in that I look at all the crap my kids have and was thinking the exact opposite. I had a handful of things. A few games. A few outfits. These kids have piles of stuff (alongside their laptops, smartphones, and consoles). We are always throwing out/donating stuff too.
Maybe they are just spoiled...
Re:The $3500 Shirt – A History Lesson in Economics
by Domenic_S on Saturday January 24, 2015 @09:57PM
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Lego are still a thing! My friend and I discovered this. He bought me the Imperial Star Destroyer set for my birthday. We drank whiskey and built it all night -- it was one of the best nights I've had recently!
Re:The $3500 Shirt – A History Lesson in Economics
by sjtrny on Saturday January 24, 2015 @11:56PM
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I'm jealous of that giant rock you're living under. How did you avoid the marketing campaign for the lego movie?
Re:The $3500 Shirt – A History Lesson in Economics
by minthd on Sunday January 25, 2015 @08:18AM
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True. This article gives further support to this:
Teenagers Favor Tech Over Clothes
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/business/less-prep-more-pl...
Tl;dr teens buy less clothes, prefer tech, and restaurants. Why restaurants ? because of the wifi.
Thinking back 20 or 30 years ago, there simply used to be many more kinds of things that people would buy. As a child I had a toy closet full of games and toys of infinite variety. My friend's kids all seem pretty happy with a tablet and maybe some legos and that's about it.