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BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
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JellyCat
Canada138 Posts
Haha it looks great, I'm kinda of impress by the printing (at least you can see the details). Hopefully it will last after washings (reverse before washing guys :d) | ||
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decafchicken
United States19935 Posts
On May 15 2008 05:01 MoltkeWarding wrote: Why is it that all your responses to me are the consequence of a either limited reading comprehension or narrow interpretive faculties? I'll spell it out more clearly here: The social value of the tl.net logo is, for most instances, neutral, or, upon inquiry, possibly a social minus. In other words, it is approximately equal in value or slightly less to a blank white t-shirt. While this by itself doesn't equate to much in lost value, the loss of possibility of wearing a more prestigious logo makes the social cost of the t-shirt considerable. Generally we purchase something when we perceive its value to be higher than the monetary value demanded. Therefore the net loss of wearing a tl.net shirt must be calculated as follows: (value of preferred shirt - its monetary cost) - (value of tl.net shirt - its monetary cost) Pussy. | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22250 Posts
On May 14 2008 22:43 mnm wrote: if u want more female pics, u need to help me find 23 females that will wear xs tl tank tops =[. i wear my tl shirt to bed since its big on me =p. My girl will wear one. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On May 15 2008 05:01 MoltkeWarding wrote: Why is it that all your responses to me are the consequence of a either limited reading comprehension or narrow interpretive faculties? I'll spell it out more clearly here: The social value of the tl.net logo is, for most instances, neutral, or, upon inquiry, possibly a social minus. In other words, it is approximately equal in value or slightly less to a blank white t-shirt. While this by itself doesn't equate to much in lost value, the loss of possibility of wearing a more prestigious logo makes the social cost of the t-shirt considerable. Generally we purchase something when we perceive its value to be higher than the monetary value demanded. Therefore the net loss of wearing a tl.net shirt must be calculated as follows: (value of preferred shirt - its monetary cost) - (value of tl.net shirt - its monetary cost) oy, masterful deflection here. i expected you to say that the price of the shirt would definitely be known to tl.netters thus owning the pricey shirt would be demonstrative of one's wealth on tl. i would follow by asking, rhetorically, whether you take your status on tl seriously enough to buy a pricey shirt for it. or perhaps i tried to do too much with this short sentence: unless of course people on the streets readily perceive the price of a good without the aid of socially recognized markers of worthiness. means that even if you spend a million dollars on a tl.net shirt, unless you make a funny sign advertising the shirt's price, no one will know that it is a million dollar shirt. contrast the 'shirt i brought from the internets' with well known luxuries like diamonds or fur, the point should be clear. in any case, masterful deflection. | ||
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blagoonga123
United States2068 Posts
I missed the first batch dangit T_T | ||
thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
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IntoTheWow
is awesome32269 Posts
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lazymej
Canada269 Posts
On May 15 2008 11:56 thedeadhaji wrote: we seriously need a Moltke vs Oneofthem showmatch in philosophical debate or something. To be settled in a bo27. Debates are overrated. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22250 Posts
On May 15 2008 11:56 thedeadhaji wrote: we seriously need a Moltke vs Oneofthem showmatch in philosophical debate or something. That would just take forever... one of them is intelligent and persistant, the other is a brick wall. | ||
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dronebabo
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crayontire
Canada14 Posts
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crayontire
Canada14 Posts
Where do u get 1! where can u buy 1? any link? | ||
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Culture
Canada488 Posts
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BroOd
Austin10831 Posts
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MoltkeWarding
5195 Posts
or perhaps i tried to do too much with this short sentence: No, rather than overreaching the point, you were simply being a poseur in calling "basic economics" something so universally obvious as the difference between price and value. Just another toddler-epiphany in didactic rhetoric. obviously such argumentation would make anyone associated with respectable intellectual circles wince. i really suggest enrollment in an economics 101 and acquainting yourself with a little basic economic theory before debating this stuff. | ||
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HeadBangaa
United States6512 Posts
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On May 15 2008 14:57 MoltkeWarding wrote: No, rather than overreaching the point, you were simply being a poseur in calling "basic economics" something so universally obvious as the difference between price and value. Just another toddler-epiphany in didactic rhetoric. obviously such argumentation would make anyone associated with respectable intellectual circles wince. i really suggest enrollment in an economics 101 and acquainting yourself with a little basic economic theory before debating this stuff. you completely missed the point. i obviously know what a status good is, the problem is with you implying that the tl.net shirt will become a status good in general, by a rise in its price. it is plain fact that the functional price in a veblen good is not the same as the purchasing price, but rather the socially recognized price of the good. these two may be equal, but not necessarily the same. class status goods are symbolic in function, meaning the market independent characteristics of a particular good must have already incorporated some level of association with wealth within a given society before we can say it is a status good. now, the fact of the matter is, a tl.net cotton shirt is not perceived to be of any value by the guys on the street, no matter how much you may have paid for it. further, you may find boasting about the tl.net shirt you brought for a million bucks difficult. rather than being a sign of your wealth and social status, that shirt may instead show you dont know how to spend your money. i gave the only reasonable interpretation of your comment on price and status, that within tl.net, a rise in the shirt's price may indeed make it a status good. yet you did not take that route. the rest is elementary. + Show Spoiler + seriously, you give ambiguous signals. are you trolling? | ||
Last Romantic
United States20661 Posts
why is it that moltke manages to make himself perfectly intelligible while oneofthem simply sounds pretentious hmmm. for the record i disagree with moltke; but I can see where he's coming from. | ||
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