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Old 12-27-2019, 12:38 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by slowmover View Post
“Valid”?

What character — what actions — do we associate with the vain?

Are they in any way honorable persons?

Y’all crack me up.

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Everyone has some degree of vanity. At some extreme end we'd all agree that there is such a thing as too much vanity, but then somewhere below that we have different thresholds for what constitutes an unhealthy level of vanity.

I've got no problem with someone buying a Jeep just because they think it looks cool, and they want to be associated as a Jeeper. I wouldn't derive much enjoyment from such a thing, but that doesn't mean others don't. I have an interest in powered paragliding, and it's perfectly reasonable that many people wouldn't derive enjoyment from that. Different interests is fine... and in the end, all is vanity.
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