A beautifully executed and entirely justified diatribe-- well done. Just read a NY Times article (even the NY Times) expounding on the increasingly insane pricing on luxury fashion brands. It seems this kind of ridiculous over-indulgence has turned every basic element of human life-- food, clothing, shelter-- into something grotesque. There's something especially absurd about the truffle phenomenon-- this unsightly thing found in the most humble places in the most rustic of ways. Your Monty Python reference was perfect.
Thank you! I’m very weirded out by this shameless display of abundance. Even more so in a time and age where we should appreciate frugality. The truffle season is in full swing everywhere and this doesn’t keep people off ideas of playing truffle atop caviar atop anything expensive and luxurious.
A beautifully executed and entirely justified diatribe-- well done. Just read a NY Times article (even the NY Times) expounding on the increasingly insane pricing on luxury fashion brands. It seems this kind of ridiculous over-indulgence has turned every basic element of human life-- food, clothing, shelter-- into something grotesque. There's something especially absurd about the truffle phenomenon-- this unsightly thing found in the most humble places in the most rustic of ways. Your Monty Python reference was perfect.
Thank you! I’m very weirded out by this shameless display of abundance. Even more so in a time and age where we should appreciate frugality. The truffle season is in full swing everywhere and this doesn’t keep people off ideas of playing truffle atop caviar atop anything expensive and luxurious.