“Those shady orientals can’t do Marxism properly, like me, a free and independent thinker who would never fall for bourgeois propaganda.”

  • Invidiarum [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Just googled the price of leaf gold: 100 leafs are around 60 bucks on amazon. Really ripping a hole into Das Kapital.

    Honestly, didn't expect it to be that cheap

    • TheCaconym [any]
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      3 years ago

      That's the price of the leafs. The big talentless grifter in that restaurant (Salt Bae - vids of his "cooking" are genuinely disgusting, see this example - that's butter he's pouring all over this abomination) sell each of those golden steak for about 1700€ (~2000 USD). Not that it's relevant here as the twitter thread explains.

        • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          Literally yes. He's a talentless hack of a restauranteur who can't actually even cook himself. The entire point is that it's a (poorly) curated experience only for wealthy people who want to go somewhere and say "Well, that was different!" rather than caring if it was actually a good experience. You can easily get better food just about anywhere for 1/20th the price.

          This is just something "unique" that is also unattainable for the poor, making it exclusive. It's the same novelty as going to a "put chocolate on your hands so u can feel like a baby again" type r/wewantplates pretentious experience, but you also don't have to sit next to the middle class while you're there.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah. And once you have a few million dollars there's literally nothing to spend all your money on except yachts and houses. Someone also pointed out that a 2k price tag keeps the riff raff and press out of the establishment, while still being chump change for rich people. You're paying 1960$ for privacy.

      • HarryLime [any]
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        3 years ago

        Ugh, now I feel sorry for the guy for eating that steak. It did look a little dry in the picture.

        • TheCaconym [any]
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          3 years ago

          Also, it looks suspiciously like meat. :im-vegan: btw

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Gold leaf is so thin you can almost see through it. It's a vanishingly small amount of gold.