this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2023
232 points (100.0% liked)
chapotraphouse
13530 readers
166 users here now
Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.
No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer
Gossip posts go in c/gossip. Don't post low-hanging fruit here after it gets removed from c/gossip
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
on god i'd make heartbreaking political compromises to see boat guys suffer
People that don't take their boat out aren't boat people.
true but i don't know a term specifically for 'dude who parks a boat in his driveway 365 and talks about his boat all the time, yet never uses it'
there should be a name for a person that seeks validation for their purchases or expenditures.
Marx calls it conspicuous consumption.
So conspicuous consumer sounds right