Barbies for men. I like it!
I like to feel that MMM was inoculated us against needless subscriptions and upgrade cycles.
I was browsing around on ebay for a newer iPad, as my current iPad 2 has an iffy home button and a cracked screen. I just couldn't justify it. Dang MMM'ers in my head wouldn't let me.
Listened to a watercooler discussion .....
I'm making fun of the gun hobby but this really can apply to any hobby. I've watched people do the same with everything - bikes, motorcycles, fishing gear, 4WD vehicles, etc. I've "upgraded" a couple of my things too. Usually only functional upgrades or preservation upgrades (make something old usable and reliable again).
Funny how we can get stuck in those kinds of upgrade traps.
Any level of hobby can look ridiculous to those looking on from the outside, especially spouses.
When I was motorcycle racing, people would take a brand new $6000 motorcycle and put 3 grand or more into "upgrades" that were NOT required by the safety rules*.
I was tempted, but I knew the problem was not the bike, it was me.
I had evidence. I was endurance racing, and had a partner who got on my bike and proceeded to go 15% faster than I did. Same bike same tires same gas same day same weather etc etc.
This means that in a 10 lap race he would have lapped me at least once.
* When I had a racebike stolen, I bought a used racebike and counted up all the extras that were on it and came up with at least 3 grand.