@anachrohack@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 3 days agoWhat do people think is fancy, but is actually tacky or trashy?message-square85fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down17
arrow-up149arrow-down1message-squareWhat do people think is fancy, but is actually tacky or trashy?@anachrohack@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 3 days agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareSkaveRatlinkfedilink15•3 days agoAnd gold leaf isn’t even that expensive A single leaf is so thin, that is costs only a little over a buck. The tiny piece of gold on your fancy food? Only a couple cents But you can bet your ass that you will pay way more than that
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 days agoExactly the reason that confuse me about these trend, and we can’t even verify it’s actual gold instead of edible imitation. It’s basically telling people you’re rich enough to get scam.
minus-squareAngry_Autist (he/him)linkfedilink2•edit-23 days agofine dining’s price is loosely coupled to the ingredient cost for everything but the most expensive ones Gold leaf is cheap yes, but they are paying for ‘the experience’ Is it stupid? Yes But not even close to the moderately stupid spectrum of human idiocy
And gold leaf isn’t even that expensive
A single leaf is so thin, that is costs only a little over a buck. The tiny piece of gold on your fancy food? Only a couple cents
But you can bet your ass that you will pay way more than that
Exactly the reason that confuse me about these trend, and we can’t even verify it’s actual gold instead of edible imitation. It’s basically telling people you’re rich enough to get scam.
fine dining’s price is loosely coupled to the ingredient cost for everything but the most expensive ones
Gold leaf is cheap yes, but they are paying for ‘the experience’
Is it stupid? Yes
But not even close to the moderately stupid spectrum of human idiocy