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Postby New switz empire » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:25 am

It looks stupid!

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Postby Free Ride » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:30 am

New switz empire wrote:It looks stupid!

It's pretty.

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Postby Nervium » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:37 am

Another pinnacle of rich decadence achieved.
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Postby Ifreann » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:40 am

Nervium wrote:Another pinnacle of rich decadence achieved.

Eh, it's hardly the first burger constructed primarily to cost a fortune. Probably not even the most expensive such creation.
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Postby Nervium » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:50 am

Ifreann wrote:
Nervium wrote:Another pinnacle of rich decadence achieved.

Eh, it's hardly the first burger constructed primarily to cost a fortune. Probably not even the most expensive such creation.


I'd like to call it an achievement nonetheless.
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Postby Tekania » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:52 am

Sounds more like an upscale "dinner". Upscaling traditional foods is a pretty common motiff these days. Course, I'd never go for a 1700.00 burder myself, but I have eaten up "upscalled" fare restaurants before, and I do enjoy some of the refresh takes and modifications on traditional food fares done in places like that.
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Postby The Rich Port » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:55 am

Nervium wrote:Another pinnacle of rich decadence achieved.


Pinnacle implies something to be proud of and high.

This is more like a new oceanic trench in decadence.
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Postby Esternial » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:59 am

Don't forget the 1000 dollar featureless app dubbed "I am rich".

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Postby Unitaristic Regions » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:01 am

It might taste pretty good. A normal cheeseburger is probably as nice, though...
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Postby The Rich Port » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:02 am

Unitaristic Regions wrote:It might taste pretty good. A normal cheeseburger is probably as nice, though...


Caviar, gold leaf, and Kobe beef?

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Postby Tekania » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:13 am

Unitaristic Regions wrote:It might taste pretty good. A normal cheeseburger is probably as nice, though...


Yes, nothing can taste good enough to constitutie a $1700.00 price tag for a single menu item.
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Postby Bandwagon » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:47 am

In Soviet Russia we put one bun in two burgers.
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Postby Risottia » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:27 am

CTALNH wrote:
Risottia wrote:'70s in Italy. Economic crisis. Showing that you weren't being affected.

More of a political-economical statement than gourmandise.

So more of hey bitches look at my swag and my golden burger suck it down lmao?

Basically, yes.

Which, with the Brigate Rosse and similar jolly fellows around, maybe wasn't the smartest attitude...
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:54 am

Ifreann wrote:
Nervium wrote:Another pinnacle of rich decadence achieved.

Eh, it's hardly the first burger constructed primarily to cost a fortune. Probably not even the most expensive such creation.

I could taste the exquisite flesh of the noble swan for that kind of money, with a nice vintage wine of an outstanding year to go with it. For a decent hamburger I'll just go to a local snack bar, for less than ten euros I can get something really fancy.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby L Ron Cupboard » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:23 pm

The next logical step is to make a burger out of a billionaire - a Buffet Burger perhaps.
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:26 pm

L Ron Cupboard wrote:The next logical step is to make a burger out of a billionaire - a Buffet Burger perhaps.

Or a Grilled Trump Whopper.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby Reploid Productions » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:38 pm

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Eh, it's hardly the first burger constructed primarily to cost a fortune. Probably not even the most expensive such creation.

I could taste the exquisite flesh of the noble swan for that kind of money, with a nice vintage wine of an outstanding year to go with it. For a decent hamburger I'll just go to a local snack bar, for less than ten euros I can get something really fancy.

No kidding, for $14 I can get an amazing gourmet burger at this one place in my area, and for like $20 I could get the burger and a fancy beer to wash it down with!
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Postby Lysset » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:40 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:I could taste the exquisite flesh of the noble swan for that kind of money, with a nice vintage wine of an outstanding year to go with it. For a decent hamburger I'll just go to a local snack bar, for less than ten euros I can get something really fancy.

No kidding, for $14 I can get an amazing gourmet burger at this one place in my area, and for like $20 I could get the burger and a fancy beer to wash it down with!

And I could make an amazing burger using nothing more than the ingredients I have at my house!
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Postby Blakullar » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:42 pm

Galloism wrote:It doesn't even look appetizing.
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:43 pm

Lysset wrote:
Reploid Productions wrote:No kidding, for $14 I can get an amazing gourmet burger at this one place in my area, and for like $20 I could get the burger and a fancy beer to wash it down with!

And I could make an amazing burger using nothing more than the ingredients I have at my house!

Hell, I could make a vegetarian hamburger that will make your mouth water for a very decent price.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby Ifreann » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:45 pm

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Lysset wrote:And I could make an amazing burger using nothing more than the ingredients I have at my house!

Hell, I could make a vegetarian hamburger that will make your mouth water for a very decent price.

But could you make a vegetarian status symbol whose entire purpose is its exorbitant price for a very decent price?
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:50 pm

Ifreann wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:Hell, I could make a vegetarian hamburger that will make your mouth water for a very decent price.

But could you make a vegetarian status symbol whose entire purpose is its exorbitant price for a very decent price?

Just add edible glitter. If the consumer desperately desires to pay more for empty status symbols, who am I not to exploit that glaring human weakness? If there's one thing Steve Jobs actually managed to do right, it's that. Not that Jobs did burgers. He was too busy with directing the manufacture of pretty electronics and trying to forget that it was Bill Gates Himself that saved Apple from oblivion by injecting craploads of cold, hard cash into that company.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby Post War America » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:52 pm

Looking at that caused me to give up hope, I'm gonna go join the beets in a bowl of Borscht now.
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Postby Tekania » Wed Oct 08, 2014 1:00 pm

Ifreann wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:Hell, I could make a vegetarian hamburger that will make your mouth water for a very decent price.

But could you make a vegetarian status symbol whose entire purpose is its exorbitant price for a very decent price?


Make the burger our of platinum, with gold and silver buns.... completely vegan... and obviously anyone with enough money to buy it would have enough money for the dental work afterwards.
Such heroic nonsense!

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Postby Hurdegaryp » Wed Oct 08, 2014 1:01 pm

Post War America wrote:Looking at that caused me to give up hope, I'm gonna go join the beets in a bowl of Borscht now.

There's probably a restaurant in Moscow or St. Petersburg where you can order a ridiculously expensive bowl of really fancy borscht.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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