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My wife and I make okay money in a middle class area, but, due to a combination of good luck, and contrived to circumstances, we recently got to watch a college football game in the stadium's super executive corporate sponsor level suite. It was awesome. Open bar, amazing catered food, and people networking all around me who are clearly in the c-suite of their respective companies. I had a list of crazy things I was going to say if someone asked me what I did, but it never came up.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This is kinda lame but i feel like i would have zero apettite in that situation. I would just feel vaguely disgusted at the gluttony surrounding me thinking about all food that would be thrown away afterwards.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

To each their own. For me it was a neat gift and a joyful experience.

[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Ya, but it's REALLY important to that person that YOU know that they are morally superior to you.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah im glad you could enjoy it. My brain is just wired wrong i think.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, someone tells you a story about themselves and you just have to make it about you and shoehorn in some moral superiority

Are you a parrot?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I would have felt pretty much the same way. And eaten the food anyway.

[–] lemonSqueezy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Food waste is bad. In the US composting is becoming more popular. Even those a holes in Vegas are turning food waste into methane based fuel production. Covid started up a bunch of organizations doing second chance food distribution for food pantries. It's hard in the US due to strict rules on food safety and lawsuit risk.

Imagine you change the script a little and it's you getting a once in a lifetime unexpected VIP experience at your favorite venue to see your favorite celebrity/person. I think food waste might not be at the top of your concerns.

It's been a long time since I read The Catcher in the Rye. A modern version of it would have Holden Caulfied somehow have this experience and be tormented by both sides of it, including your point of view. I'm not sure what he would do with the framed base and ticket afterwards.