30 Of The Wildest Things The Rich Are Able To Purchase That Poor People Don’t Even Know Exist

*Pelts rude person with quarter* your right! It worked *looks at knocked out person*

Sarcasm...the lost art still very alive I see. Nice!

Throw money at a problem to make it SOMEONE ELSE's problem.

I read it as those of us who aren't rich may not realize how much of the work the rich pay others to do.

There was a story in the news over here about a relatively wealthy banker parking directly in front of Harrods in London. It's restricted to disabled parking only, on a strict time limit. But he can afford the fine so doesn't think anything of it. This is why fines should be proportional, like they are in Nordic countries - £60 is a big hit to me, but maybe £6k for someone like him?

If a penalty for a crime is a fine then that law only exists for the lower class.

Well put. Locally, a relative who owns a restaurant considers the daily $15 ticket a parking fee.

In germany cumulative parking violations can add up to an entry in your penal records + loss of your driving license up to severe prison time.

A distant relative's husband was like that when it came to smoking in hotel rooms. He saw it as a smoking fee, not a smoking fine.

Exactly - if you're rich enough, a fine is just a fee.

which is exactly why fines should be a percentage of your income, rather than a set amount.

if a crime is punishable by fine, it was meant for the poor.....

Everything and everyone has their price I guess...

I'm a Lexington, KY, native and this is 100% true.

'747 requires at least 12000ft of runway' is more bullsh*t. Weight, loading factors and weather conditions matter. There are 74's landing on runways 10,000ft and shorter.

Interesting. I assume the OP was referring to Bluegrass Airport (LEX) and that only has a 7004 ft runway. Maybe the OP has the plane model wrong or is repeating rumors.

Looks like you don't know anything about Dubai.

Far better would be the stainless steel cubes I saw recently: no dilution, higher thermal mass, and you can study your face in the highly polished surfaces.

Maybe it melts at a more consistent rate? Either way, fair play to them selling frozen water to the rich.

From reading the marketing blurb on their website, the dilution factor in mainly to the taste of the drink as "Traditional machine-ice, generally made with local tap water, may contain upwards of 150 impurities and carcinogens, resulting in poor tasting and potentially unhealthy ice."

yeah well all of the language used to describe the notes in the glass of $3500 scotch that ice cube is going into is equally bullsh*t so i guess it's apropos.

It's to do with the ratio of surface area to volume. A perfect, large cube will have a far smaller surface:volume ratio, so you get the benefit of a large hear sink (the volume), without the drawback of lots of dilution (from the surface). Alternatively, as @Peter LeGrande said, steel or marble cubes do the same job, but better and less expensive. And marble cubes look lovely too (my dad has some)

It has been proven the rich will buy anything

Partially is placebo effect. With such expensive ice cube and perfect size the drink will taste better! Maybe?

yes. marketing BS. Also I saw a youtube video on how to make clear cubes at home if you want to just for the novelty of it.

If these hand carved, ice cubes (that tickles me to say) are larger than normal, of course they melt slower hence stay cooler.

For frozen water mind you!

I think it's a surface area thing, but by that logic a sphere is even more efficient. Tell you what got an ice tray that makes 4 large spheres(dollar tree). We can just boil some water to minimize absorbed gas, freeze that, hope it comes out clear, and sell a bag of those for 350/ bag. See its more because I want to trick the people who buy this s**t into thinking mine is more valuable

Susie Elle: Hollow ice cubes. Same cooling surface, lower ice volume so less dilution. One issue with this may be the lower density, therefore not completely sure about the effective cooling surface.

The price is indeed silly., But if I was a guessing man, the perfectly smooth sides would mean that ingress by booze into the tiny nooks and crannies would be reduced meaning it wont melt as quickly.

It's not something you have every day, because honestly you can buy a machine & have filtered ice all the time, but it's definitely a thing. Mostly say when someone is having a "tasting" they might present " x-year old scotch from [insert lot number] over Gläce" I'm not a connoisseur, so it doesn't taste " better" to me.🤷‍♀️ I actually prefer the steel ones in the rare occasions I drink something on the rocks.

It's a question of surface area. One big cube has less than many small cubes. Of course, the cooling bit is bogus: the energy absorbed by the ice both cools the drink and melts the ice, and you can't have one without the other.

Air pockets cause it to warm faster, causing melt and dilution.

Melting rate will depend on mass and surface area. The shape isn't a factor.

I think there was an actual scientific study in Japan (because apparently cancer is cured now?) that concluded that the sphere was indeed the best shape. Can't find the link though.

You can crew a yacht for free, skippers are always looking for competent hands - and no, learning isn’t particularly expensive. Owning a boat is more money though

I'm on a yacht right now :D

The word "yacht" has a broader meaning than you seem to think.

😂😂😂😂😂

You can do day cruises in yachts for a relatively low fee

It's just a boat

Not not sure why you were down voted. Here's an upvote for you

That's assuming most of them can read and have bothered to learn.