Lumifer comments on Open Thread August 31 - September 6 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 02 September 2015 02:39:13PM *  1 point [-]

If you want to buy sex for money, you better have a lot of money, or it will reflect poorly on you.

Or: be classy, not crass. Form and style matter.

It is, of course, easier to be classy when you have a yacht stocked with champagne and caviar on hand... X-/

Doing things in a way which demonstrates that you have a lot of money can make almost anything high-status.

Counter-example: Donald Trump. A dictionary counter-example: nouveau riche :-)