When the ultra rich have $74k to blow on a racing simulator.

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 09/14/2020 at 11:02 • Filed to: None

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How many do you think they’ll sell (limited to 150) ?

And how many of these will the average buyer purchase (2? 4? 8?)?

Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to have such a set up, but...

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MonkeePuzzle > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:10

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sure, that’ll fit in with any mansion’s interior design

For Sweden > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:12

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For that money just get a VR headset

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > MonkeePuzzle 09/14/2020 at 11:13

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I mean... if you can’t afford to remodel the room/wing around this racing sim, then you can’t afford the racing sim, obv. :-P

InFierority Complex > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:17

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Those rear leg/wing things are going to scratch the hell out of my amaranth wood flooring in the gaming wing of my palace estate. Gonna have to pass on this one.

Ssfancyfresh > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:18

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Couldn’t I get, say, 2 actual DB9’s or maybe 3 Db7’s for the same price? Maybe a V8 or v12 vantage?

I know that’s not the point. 

MonkeePuzzle > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 09/14/2020 at 11:18

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a wing? pfft, this wouldnt be in the main house, not even in the east wing (which we all know is teh crappy wing), I’d be set up in a custom man-cave apartment above the 32 car garage styled like an old barn

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > For Sweden 09/14/2020 at 11:20

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I really do need to get one (or two) now that they’re getting cheaper. Can probably find one used that’s never been used.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > InFierority Complex 09/14/2020 at 11:21

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Completely understandable.

For Sweden > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:21

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Can you use two at the same time?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Ssfancyfresh 09/14/2020 at 11:21

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To the people buying these things, it’s like us dropping $10 on lunch.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > For Sweden 09/14/2020 at 11:22

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For the kiddos! I don’t know, honestly.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > MonkeePuzzle 09/14/2020 at 11:28

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Wrong again, it goes in the Hanger

Tapas > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:30

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I doesn't even go up, down and all the way around like a few home built sims

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:36

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$5 taco bell box ONLY

fintail > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:36

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I’ve been told by some very honest and definitely not deceitful, deceptive, or delusional people that if we don’t tax the rich, endless prosperity will rain down on everyone. S o don’t tax the rich , and we can all have one of these beauties!

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:38

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I mean I’d rather have a $50k car and $25k worth of track time but whatever 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 09/14/2020 at 11:39

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I had a stretch of a few years where I’d go to a nearby Wendy’s almost every day for lunch and get 2 or 3 things off the dollar menu... and a water.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 09/14/2020 at 11:40

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Right?!

Tripper > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:44

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Pretty sure I could land a 997 turbo S for that kind of coin def a non s

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Tripper 09/14/2020 at 11:48

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It’s just play money for the people buying these.

MonkeePuzzle > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/14/2020 at 11:49

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wrong twice, I goes in the underground bunker

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/14/2020 at 11:49

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*hangar :p

Sovande > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:50

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Why does everyone hate the rich? Is it just jealousy? Should we assume all those with wealth, even those who started with nothing, are awful? What’s the wealth cutoff that makes someone rich?

I bet if I worked harder I could earn more money.  Does that somehow not hold true for other people?  Is that the problem?  

Sovande > fintail 09/14/2020 at 11:54

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Real question: What is the cutoff for taxing the rich? Why does success mean you are a bad person in this country? I t used to be an aspirational country. People would aspire to things and then work hard to achieve them. Now we just have a bunch of people who claim the rich to be too rich.

boredalways > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 11:58

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Wheelerguy > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 12:06

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The only two things actually worth anything there are the wheel/pedal box setup (that wheel from Precision Sim Engineering is the closest one can get to a true working 2010s F1 wheel — and it’s also modeled in this asset mod for Assetto Corsa ) and the Samsung G9 Odyssey monitor. The rest? Chuck it.

fintail > Sovande 09/14/2020 at 12:09

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LOL. That’s not a real question, not when you inject “bad person” into the discussion. That’s a painfully weak strawman style retort.

After 40 years of trickle down lies and nonsense, now we just have economic mobility that trails most similarly developed countries and an ever-decaying quality of life compared to those same areas.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 12:16

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Heh, I at least have the same monitor as (size at least) as this rig. Maybe I should try build one myself? Granted it will look redneck as fuck with various types of 2x4's and scrap plywood lol.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Sovande 09/14/2020 at 12:42

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No hate. But things have gotten severely out of whack in some countries.

With how wealthy some countries are, almost no one should go hungry or be homeless in their cities . And in the U.S., what used to be a strong blue-collar middle class is shrinking year-by-year. Half our our nation now pays no taxes (because they make so little), and half pay it all. Sets up conflict between the “haves” and the “have-nots”. I don’t begrudge anyone their wealth, whether they earned it or inherited it, but for the people who are going to buy this $74k toy, I think they could probably afford to chip in a little more to make things better for “the least of these”.

There are clearly lots of good-hearted wealthy people who are often very generous with their giving, and that’s great. No idea what the wealth cutoff is for “rich”, but clearly it varies from place to place. I think the “normal” rich are probably taxed about right (the folks that have, over the course of their career s, saved up a million or three and are now living comfortably), but the ultra-rich, who make most of their yearly income outside of normal wages and for whom $100k is just a drop in the bucket, clearly need to be taxed at a higher level.

outrageousking > Sovande 09/14/2020 at 12:48

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It’s jealousy. A lot of people want the money the rich have without working for it.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 09/14/2020 at 12:54

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Yes. Yes, you should.

I wonder if Kanye “games” on his screen.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 14:00

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Doubt it, it just sits collecting dust.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 09/14/2020 at 14:04

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Amoore100 > Sovande 09/14/2020 at 14:31

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I don’t blame you for being a bit naive because I too was blissfully unaware of how wealth works in contemporary America before I went to college, but it is really quite dismal when you consider the abject and overwhelming wealth of the top 50 people in this country against the inescapable poverty facing something like 50% of this country.

I am lucky enough to have lived without ever being affected by the systemic economic issues of modern-day capitalism. However, I have friends who cram five-person families into two bedroom apartments yet work seven days a week (all of them) . They are first-generation Korean immigrants in the restaurant business and it wouldn’t be fair to say that they should try to go into something more profitable as the parents are already well into their 50s while all the kids concurrently attend college . Besides, if everyone left the restaurant business, who would feed the tech workers?

The most important thing is for there to be a safety net so that it isn’t incumbent on the individual to live at the very edges of their capability. If one of them got sick and had to stop working, they would very easily probably have to move in with family or otherwise not afford rent and go homeless. There just isn’t room to fuck up or even account for economic depressions, and that s eems completely unfair. We’re all human, we all make mistakes; just because I had the liberty of being born to American tech worker parents doesn’t mean I deserve an easier life than my friend whose parents who do far more grueling work.

Many countries that are poorer than ours can afford to give people like her family subsidized rent, food security , and adequate public transportation. As it is, their Toyota Sienna sits out on the street, parked up because it needs some expensive repair they can’t afford yet. I just don’t see what they could do differently to live any better, and considering they at least own their own business there are many, many people who are worse off than they are. Jeff Bezos doesn’t think there’s any other way to spend his fortune than on space travel, yet just half a second of his income would put that Sienna back on the road. It’s really preposterous. 

Sovande > Amoore100 09/14/2020 at 15:02

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I’m a 45 year old college graduate who has worked since the age of 14. Don’t presume to know your audience must not have been taught at your university.

I understand economics. I understand wealth distribution and the inherent ills it brings. I’ve lived it .

What I don’t know what rich is defined as and nobody seems willing to provide the answer.

t0ast > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 15:37

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“Top specification PC including Intel i7 CPU and Nvidia GTX 2080 GPU”

What, i9 and 2080ti (or 3000 series) too rich for a $74k rig?

Kinda makes me wonder what steering motor they consider to be “the gold standard for high-end simulators ” as well.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > t0ast 09/14/2020 at 15:43

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Yep.

Amoore100 > Sovande 09/14/2020 at 15:55

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I’m not presuming your circumstances, just sharing my experience.

Also, my response was aimed at your query why  some people ‘just don’t work harder’. No hate, just relevant anecdote.

https://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2017/article/never-mind-1-percent-lets-talk-about-001-percent

Sovande > Amoore100 09/14/2020 at 17:10

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You called me both naive and blissfully unaware and assumed I had not been to college. That's pretty much making assumptions, college boy. 

Amoore100 > Sovande 09/14/2020 at 17:29

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My apologies. Your questions just smacked as ignorant considering that they can easily be researched in a few moments on Google, but I understand that perhaps the distinction isn’t as clear to everyone and my perspective is likely skewed. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 17:45

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You could do actual grass roots racing for a third of the cost of that sim 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Sovande 09/14/2020 at 17:49

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Working hard does not alway yield results . Knowing the right people, or in many cases,  being willing to screw over other has much more to do with it

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 09/14/2020 at 17:51

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Am so jealous of people who have access to Taco Bell. I used to love in a town with a t-bell. Now the closest one is an hour away. 

Sovande > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/14/2020 at 18:35

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That's simply not true. 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/14/2020 at 19:52

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Eeeeck!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 09/14/2020 at 19:57

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Yeah, glad those days are over...