The Ugly Tacky Tastelessness Tipping Point
3 Comments Published by Tom Gara on Sunday, September 14 at Sunday, September 14, 2008.
Ignore the terrible mauling of the English language in this Gulf News story, and instead bathe in the terrible awfulness of its underlying message:
At least it's biodegradable. I like to throw my old televisions into the river every now and then, and the thought that they may not fully dissolve and return to the mother earth that they emerged from keeps me awake at night.
I'm all in favor of needless wasteful hedonism: taking your morning bath in 1960s champagne, colour-coded Ferrari for each day of the week, insisting on Ph.D qualified house cleaners, your own private superconducting supercollider to entertain the kids. Go right ahead and spunk your money on needless excess, enjoy.
Just don't become the clueless slack-jawed yokel of the rich world, gleesfully excchanging your cash for a handful of coloured beads. It's embarassing for all concerned.
"German company Schaub Lorenz has unveiled the world's most expensive and ultra luxurious LCD TV in the Middle East market for $130,000 (Dh477,100).Oh God, make it stop. I don't know what is more offensive, that companies think that all you have to do is stud something with diamonds and it will sell like mad in the Gulf, or that these kind of things actually DO sell like mad here.
The 40-inch LCD TV is studded with diamonds and white gold. Each diamond is of V VS1 brilliant white colour.
The eco-friendly TV is made with degradable and reusable components....."
(Gulf News)
At least it's biodegradable. I like to throw my old televisions into the river every now and then, and the thought that they may not fully dissolve and return to the mother earth that they emerged from keeps me awake at night.
I'm all in favor of needless wasteful hedonism: taking your morning bath in 1960s champagne, colour-coded Ferrari for each day of the week, insisting on Ph.D qualified house cleaners, your own private superconducting supercollider to entertain the kids. Go right ahead and spunk your money on needless excess, enjoy.
Just don't become the clueless slack-jawed yokel of the rich world, gleesfully excchanging your cash for a handful of coloured beads. It's embarassing for all concerned.
1960s champagne would only be good for bathing. Vintage champagne is only drinkable for 15 years...
...pedantic bastard, no? :)
that may be true, but bathing in cabernet sauvignon is unacceptable.
Yes. You'd turn red. Yew.