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  1. I’ve bought four pairs of
    I’ve bought four pairs of sun­glass­es since 1996. The first was a pair of Oak­ley E‑Wires ($100), and I replaced those with these CK shades ($120). I also bought a pair at a truck stop to wear at Burn­ing Man last year for $10. Oth­er than that, I have my cycling glass­es, which I won’t spend more than $50 for – over $50 you’re not pay­ing for tech­nol­o­gy or mate­ri­als, you’re pay­ing mar­ket­droids to tell you what you think looks cool. Which is fine for out on the street, but not on the bike.

    I do the same thing with pens. Con­sid­er­ing how often I lose every­thing else I own, I think it’s sig­nif­i­cant that I have been able to keep track of $120 shades and an $85 pen for years on end. Pay­ing more builds a psy­cho­log­i­cal wall against my los­ing items.

    Of course, it’s only *will­ing­ness* to pay more. I would­n’t spend $85 or $185 on a pen I did­n’t real­ly real­ly like or sun­glass­es I did­n’t think looked good on me.

    And shit, right now I can’t pay 85¢ for any­thing, so it’s a moot question.…

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