I've been noticing this more and more, there's an insistence that pointed economic or environmental criticisms of some consumption habit, usually almost exclusively partaken by the upper middle class and wealthier people, must actually secretly be a purely cultural critique. I'm sure these guys work for Exxon or some shit, lmao.

  • fifthedition [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    almost exclusively partaken by the upper middle class and wealthier people,

    STOP right there.

    OK I'm going to take a wild-ass guess and say you haven't been on a cruise ship. Ever. That your entire idea of cruise ship comes from "Titanic" or the 80s series "Love Boat". Upper middle class and wealthier people my ass. The most common complaint on a cruise ship is that you're among The People of Wal-Mart[tm] and you can't get away.

    https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cruises/?departureCode_GAL=true

    $472 from Galveston, five nights with a stop in Cozumel. How do you beat that price? If you know what you're doing, you can get it even cheaper. It's a tiny room, but who stays in the room? A cruise ship is just a big floating hotel. They're so smooth you don't know you're on the water, and there are a ton of restaurants, most of them free included in the room rate. Booze costs extra, gambling costs extra, shore excursions cost extra. But there are all sorts of ways to sneak booze on board.

    I've been on cruise ships and they're not my cup of tea, but I can see why people like them. They're cheap. Wealthy people wouldn't be caught dead on one of these floating trailer parks.