I lust after electronic things that usually happen to cost more than I can afford. I always tell myself how foolish it is to attach myself to such things, that I should look inside and find out what I truly need. Do I love myself not enough, too much? Do I imagine a panel of hipster judges watching me and gauging my degree of cool?
Take the Logitech (“Logicool,” in Japan) Z-5500 5.1 speaker system. THX-certification, 500 watts, 10-inch subwoofer. Does anyone need this when there are wars going on, people dying? Speakers with a dial that goes to 11? Who needs them? Don’t I have groceries to buy, family and friends to buy Christmas presents for?
OK, I know all of that. I know that, at $50 extra in Japan, they would cost me nearly one month’s rent. I know I will still have my own and the world’s problems to work on. I won’t pretend that the speakers will make me happy… so can I have them already?
Intended uses: Halo 2, DVD, iPod shuffle.