Jebslund wrote:Wallenburg wrote:Coincidentally, it was the last time an entire society told me that I was only a real person if I bought a men's toothbrush or men's shampoo.
Bull. Lambos aren't even advertised to the general public (barring magazines specifically discussing cars, and, even then, most of the advertisements are in the form of articles on them, rather than ads to buy them.).
I'm also going to point out that there is a huge difference in the performance of a Lambo and the performance of a 2k beater, or even a brand new mom car. The Lambo costs more because it is much higher quality. They didn't just paint a regular sedan pink and say, "Well, that justifies a higher price!".
Side note, as a very angry person once said, “Aesthetics matter!” There is a reason we pay out of the nose to get products that are not the norm; those products of different color stand out. A pink sedan is not the norm, and as such, its price would increase beyond just the cost of pink paint. There’s a very real, cultural benefit to having anything that is even slightly different. And that’s both why it’s desirable to have one and more expensive, it is, subtly, but still tangibly, more valuable.