In retrospect, I feel guilty about impulsively mixing the “cheerful price” mechanism and the “social pressure” mechanism. I suspect Said is right that the gimmick of the former added to the “punch” of the latter, but at the terrible cost of undermining the integrity of the former (it’s supposed to be cheerful!). I apologize for that.
In retrospect, I feel guilty about impulsively mixing the “cheerful price” mechanism and the “social pressure” mechanism. I suspect Said is right that the gimmick of the former added to the “punch” of the latter, but at the terrible cost of undermining the integrity of the former (it’s supposed to be cheerful!). I apologize for that.