Economies of the mind

Jun 16, 2006 19:52

Sometimes, I'll resist buying cereal at $3.49 to "save money", but ( Read more... )

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vinyl86 June 17 2006, 02:32:41 UTC
I experience that a lot. But buying one or the other (in terms of the cereal \ beer) is good ~ it's better than buying both at the same time, in which case you'd be spending more money than buying whichever one you felt like that particalar night at the store. If that makes sense.

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raintracks June 17 2006, 09:41:51 UTC
I think everyone has that 'problem' and I think it's because we assign value to different things according to the situation. When I try to save 50 cents on cereal I'm in a 'conscious-consumer' mood in a setting that provokes that mood. When I gave a €1,30 tip last night on just two beers I'm in a completely different universe, judging by different standards with other things that make me feel good about myself.

We're human, translates as, we're not consistent creatures all the time even though that seems to be the idealtype.

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