Post #1806184
2026-04-29 08:27 UTC
@derbadian
I read this as the bourgeois being better off than the poor for this reason; a moderate stake lets you live like that.
The rich buy stupidly overpriced boots to gatekeep, it's not the same.
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@derbadian@mas.to 2026-04-29 10:11
@eestileib Once the author has written something and published it, it's up to the reader what it means. There's no right or wrong. To me there's a lot going on, being poor is expensive, making (and keeping) money when you're rich is easy, etc. Vimes likes the shitty boots, they let him feel the cobbles of the city under his feet in a way that the rich will never feel. But his feet are still wet.