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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Everybody is price sensitive.
Some are simply more price-sensitive than others.
(No, I'm not going to apologize to Orwell.)
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If you're not going to apologize, then I'm going to link to his essay on the cost of
books vs cigarettes
It still has a lot of merit, IMO.
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And if our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading is a less exciting pastime than going to the dogs, the pictures or the pub, and not because books, whether bought or borrowed, are too expensive.
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