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while $1300 for dinner for two is pretty excessive, it's not really even that high on the list of pricey.

Posted by mafic Feb 1 '16, 17:28

that's two people, for probably three hours each, so around $220/hour.

a first class return flight from (arbitrary long flight choice) Vancouver to Hong Kong is going to run you probably ~$10k on a decent airline, that's like $400/hour.

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I'll have the most expensive thing on the menu, stuffed with the second most expensive thing -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 17:36 1
- very well. Lobster stuffed with tacos. -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 17:38
I think it's the what possible utility can spending that amount on dinner possibly garner for the diners other than them revelling in conspicuous - Loyola Feb 1, 17:31 3
- what extra utility are you getting out of a Bugatti Veyron or a 10000 sq ft mansion? - Reagen Feb 1, 17:33 2
  - It's not a like for like comparison. Paying $25 for a leaf of lettuce, versus paying it's true cost of 0.02 is more stupid. - Loyola Feb 1, 17:38 1
    - but how is it 1.5 milllion dollars better? - Reagen Feb 1, 17:41
and it's better than them spending it on some tangible asset that they get to keep - Reagen Feb 1, 17:30
you can spend a hella lot more on a bottle wine/champers, some places have $10k cognac or scotch pours -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 1, 17:30

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while $1300 for dinner for two is pretty excessive, it's not really even that high on the list of pricey.

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