After a few hours of cards, shitty brands usually show their true colors as cards get marked and lose their texture. I’m not really a big card player by any means but these new Theory11 Bee Stingers playing cards landed on my desk. Once available only in casinos Theory11 made the jump to ensure they were more commercially available. Not sure how they stack up against plastic cards but for $5 USD, you’re essentially getting the best paper cards that money can buy I guess. It sort of dawned on me that in pursuit of luxury and the best of the best, the ability to attain that top tier level for objective products is seemingly within your grasp. I’m not sure if everybody shares the same feelings when it comes to fulfilling your material needs but usually I research the shit out of my product decisions. The over encompassing theme when dropping my cash seems to make sure I’m spending it wisely and getting the best I can given a certain budget. I don’t give a shit if it’s as trivial as a toothbrush or a little bigger ticket item like a camera, I’m looking to maximize gains. I think I’m weird in the sense that I derive a certain satisfaction from getting the best bang for your buck. Sometimes that deal is a lot easier to come by and the pricing ceiling is low (i.e. dope ass toothbrushes with multi-articulating heads) and other times its way out of reach (i.e. cars). How many people read the book front to back when trying to attain product balance and happiness on a budget.
I wonder what people think of this piece with such a heavy tone on consumerism. Re-reading it (and something not far from the truth), I do get stoked when I come into contact with well-designed, functional products over various mediums. Products aren’t the basis for my happiness haha, not by any means but I do like them shits. How could I not, products are the hamster that run the proverbial Hypebeast wheel so to say haha…