If by "conscious display" the intent is to imply "hey look at how rich I am" then I would could easily assume that person has problems. However that can be quite different from just wearing "nice" clothes or owning a new car. If you own an expensive camera, you could be an enthusiast of pro who will get use of it, or someone with too much money who thought they needed the "best" camera so their pictures are automatically better, or a saddo who wants to show off. You can't tell from the camera alone.
Well, exactly.
Some people have so little going on in their lives that they're whinging about other people whinging.
), a car gets you from A to B, an expensive camera (arguably) gives your access to features that you want (not necessarily need) to achieve particular results that may not be available on cheaper models. I am not saying that everything should be utilitarian, but a personalised number plate does nothing to improve the world.
My issue with personalised number plates is that they have no intrinsic value. Clothes keep you warm (and attract the opposite sex
It's a bit like people buying and selling stocks and shares a thousand times a day just to make money.
....I don't understand your analogy with stocks and shares - For some people it's a very effective way of making money and the money then enables them to do whatever it is they like to do in their lives.
In my case, having a 'private plate' on my car has a definable value. I have owned the car with the plate from new and it has brought me a lot of free or heavily discounted performance modifications, given me free access to shows etc, and has even introduced me to strangers who are now friends. It has also brought pleasure to other car enthusiasts. But most of all, it adds to the feeling that my car has its own 'personality' and individuality. Finally, I can sell the plate at a profit, although I don't wish to.
If you love driving (as I do so very much) then a performance car does far more than just transport you from A to B. Every mile is a joy. 109,000 miles so far in 'RED' as she is known.
Anyway, it doesn't matter if we don't all agree about such things - Each to their own
I put my name on my images purely because It was me who took them, I am in no way a pro and never will be.
I have Chef qualifications but if someone told me they made the dinner I wouldn't say "Oh so you think you're a Chef now then!?!"
but yeah, I have definitely seen a few out there who think running a restaurant is just a case of make a plate of food appear; much as the same as some believe pushing a button on a camera makes a photographer, in both cases, It's the quality of the product that determines its worth, and the buyer can decide whether it's good quality or not. My food is probably better than a lot of unqualified cooks, but at the same time, there's nothing to say that there aren't many people who simply enjoy cooking and are just as good, if not better than I am. This also doesn't stop any of these people promoting themselves as Chefs or Restaurateurs (and many do). Whether their food is good enough to be advertised and buy can only really be determined by the public.).
I look into the mirror at erratic intervals and often end up reaching for an implement that'll help me crop some new wild whiskers sprouting from (insert your own chosen part of your anatomy here on your own behalf) my nose.
