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Hippo_Tron

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22. The price of this dessert is far greater than its cost

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun Jan 15, 2012, 09:55 PM

Jan 2012

So while I agree it's atrocious that 50 million Americans face food insecurity, it's not because celebrities are using up society's resources to dine on desserts sprinkled with gold flakes. This is merely a transfer of wealth from one already wealthy person to another already wealthy person that results from the fact that human beings place a high value on the aesthetic (and apparently culinary) value of gold. Relatively few resources are used in this transaction.

Bottom line, there needs to be less wealth concentrated at the top. Doing so may possibly eliminate the market for gold-flake topped desserts, or it may just lower the price. I'm fine with either.

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Golden Globe Celebrities Will Dine On Gold As 50 Million Americans Face 'Food Insecurity' [View all] malaise Jan 2012 OP

"there's gold in them thar porta-potties!" Schema Thing Jan 2012 #1

There are millions of people eating out tonight at fancy places.... Logical Jan 2012 #2

So you can not understand what's wrong with eating Gold? da_decider Jan 2012 #3

I work for a living, and I don't feel disrespected. Codeine Jan 2012 #5

I can agree with that. nt AverageJoe90 Jan 2012 #12

It is "in your face" over the top ostentatiousness... rfranklin Jan 2012 #15

It's a visual enhancement. nt oldhippie Jan 2012 #19

Sprinkling a little powdered sugar could have accomplished that, too... Crankie Avalon Jan 2012 #28

I work for a living andI can't understand what's wrong with eating gold. I do it about once a month. Synicus Maximus Jan 2012 #7

People eat all sorts of stuff I cannot afford...... Logical Jan 2012 #9

Well, if they eat in, they're still employing someone Zalatix Jan 2012 #11

Um, kind of misleading: that kind of gold is not expensive frazzled Jan 2012 #4

they aren't facing food insecurity because wealthy are eating this dessert JI7 Jan 2012 #6

I don't suppose they could have just donated the value of the gold to a homeless shelter... Crankie Avalon Jan 2012 #8

The value of the gold is probably far, far less than you assume. nt Codeine Jan 2012 #13

A couple hundred bucks would go a long way for a homeless shelter Capitalocracy Jan 2012 #17

The article in the link says it added up to $1,800 Crankie Avalon Jan 2012 #20

A lot of the Golden Globes ceremony is there for tacky ostentation muriel_volestrangler Jan 2012 #27

you wonder bdamomma Jan 2012 #10

Your right, most of the woman would look at dessert marlakay Jan 2012 #14

The carbon footprint of the dessert is obscene Politicub Jan 2012 #16

that's a great point dana_b Jan 2012 #21

Now THAT is an issue. Codeine Jan 2012 #25

Looks like a glorified Twinkie. nt Capitalocracy Jan 2012 #18

The price of this dessert is far greater than its cost Hippo_Tron Jan 2012 #22

Airline Bottle of Goldschlager Schnapps - $2.50 jberryhill Jan 2012 #23

Described to me as tasting "like cinnamon-flavored ass." nt Codeine Jan 2012 #24

I've never tried the cinnnamon flavored kind jberryhill Jan 2012 #26

The Incas once asked the Spanish conquistadors if they ate gold derby378 Jan 2012 #29

Does gold have any nutritive value? customerserviceguy Jan 2012 #30