I don't understand how one would buy it. Any help?
Bragging rights? Feeling empty inside even though you're on top of the pyramid and trying to fill yourself with pricey objects?
Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)
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#92Absolutely have zero use for it, 100% feel like i MUST have one
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is this not meant for some ceremonial gift-giving to superiors to ensure better career prospects or something?
I can see it being used in very high-end, high-touch retail environments. When you spending $75,000 on a new suit, the tailor shouldn't be using a Dollar Store calculator.
So $76,100 for a suit and a calculator. Imagine how many lives could be changed if that cash were used to, say, install toilets in rural India.
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#94Interesting translation:
>A spin metal finish is applied to the rounding and decimal selector levers, giving them a unique brilliance.
Naturally, they mean that the levers were faced off on a lathe, then maintaining that center, machined to size/shape --- nice touch given how the chrome plated plastic buttons on my PRS-505 e-book reader wore down after years of use.
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can see it being used in very high-end, high-touch retail environments. When you spending $75,000 on a new suit, the tailor shouldn't be using a Dollar Store calculator.
So $76,100 for a suit and a calculator. Imagine how many lives could be changed if that cash were used to, say, install toilets in rural India.
I was also thinking this, but I think shaming people for spending money the way they want is counterproductive. Same as with veganism, claiming the moral high ground (even implicitly) can be very galling, even to people who would otherwise agree. I think it's cool if people want to spend their money to help others. If they want to spend it on a nice suit instead, it's not my cup of tea but there are much more harmful ways to spend it.
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#96Reading this webpage, and then the other comments here, taught me something important about myself: I am a Philistine. I don't think I would notice any difference between this and a glossy plastic calculator costing $5. I actually assumed that this piece was for people who collect calculators, but it seems like it has broader appeal based on the other comments?
That is because you have to see it in real life. I have never seen this calculator myself, but I have been to a lacquerware company called Hanoia in Vietnam. They als do lacquerware for Hermes. First thing you will notice is that the colours are super rich. If you see a yellow tea box, then it has the deepest and richest yellow you have ever seen. It is like going from a 2010 LCD to a 2026 OLED screen.
I have used both screens recently and I only notice the difference when I'm thinking about it. (Or when there's not enough space to fit everything I want to see.)
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is because you have to see it in real life. I have never seen this calculator myself, but I have been to a lacquerware company called Hanoia in Vietnam. They als do lacquerware for Hermes. First thing you will notice is that the colours are super rich. If you see a yellow tea box, then it has the deepest and richest yellow you have ever seen. It is like going from a 2010 LCD to a 2026 OLED screen.
>It is like going from a 2010 LCD to a 2026 OLED screen. Revealing. I'll bet plenty still can't tell the difference (or don't care). I'm one. I've always used low-end laptops, mobiles, clothes, vehicles, anything else you can think of. I care that it functions (so I buy good brands and new) but everything else except price is a very secondary. When I read things like "rich, vivid colors" in a description of a screen,…
Water is water but tap water is not tap water.
Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)
#98It's a vanity item, like a Rolex watch, and its existence is not for actual utility. Utility-wise for the cost, it's not outstanding compared to regular calculators. If you spend enough time with S100X for the cost to be justified, then you are wealthy or you are spending way too much time at the calculator and should reconsider your workflow, e.g. using a spreadsheet or Python script instead, and those things are ch…
iphone is a vanity item. this is something unique handcrafted.
I'm an Android user but iPhones are good value. Most people use their phone a lot so it's worth paying extra for something capable, reliable, easy to use.
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're not the only one. There are millions of people out there who have no appreciation for art, craft, skill, quality, or finesse. They're very base people who go through life seeing only price tags, and tallying worth only in dollar figures. They act like life is a video game and money is the score. It's a shallow life, devoid of the appreciation of all the wonderful things available, and in my estimation, barely…
I have almost exactly the opposite reaction. By not caring so much about the minute details of physical things, or having the very best croissants or whatever, frees you up to enjoy anything or focus on interactions with people, ideas, anything else.
Being able to enjoy/tolerate a cup of coffee from my cheap machine at home saves me €2 and 30 minutes of my day. I’m happy that I am not a connoisseur.
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well then consider yourself lucky and don’t try to fix what isn’t broken! I have this for wine. I can tell an objectively disgusting wine but other than that I find most wines (I’m in Europe so it’s different) pretty decent. I’m working hard to keep it that way. I have friends who are almost always disappointed in their wine and have to pay a fortune for a bottle they’ll find decent. No thanks.
This is such an under appreciated point. I feel the same about wine but have ruined myself for coffee, bread, cheese, etc.
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