Shopping for dress shoes
"So, do you think I should even look at these ones? I mean, they're $50 cheaper."
"No."
"If I looked at them, I'd only be doing it so that I could scorn them and objectively tell myself that the ones for $50 more are actually worth it."
"Yep."
"So in fact, it would be a total waste of your time and mine, and I'd only be doing it to alleviate my own consumer guilt, and so that I can pretend that I didn't just buy these out of sheer vanity and preference for their appearance."
"Yep."
...
"I'll take these ones. No, not those, these ones for $50 more."
Sigh.
"No."
"If I looked at them, I'd only be doing it so that I could scorn them and objectively tell myself that the ones for $50 more are actually worth it."
"Yep."
"So in fact, it would be a total waste of your time and mine, and I'd only be doing it to alleviate my own consumer guilt, and so that I can pretend that I didn't just buy these out of sheer vanity and preference for their appearance."
"Yep."
...
"I'll take these ones. No, not those, these ones for $50 more."
Sigh.