So... this is my blog now. Sara and I had one together but she accidentily deleted the whole thing. She felt really bad so it's not a huge deal, and we're probably better off starting our own ones. I like to keep things seperate...ya know, toothbrushes, sinks, pillows, beds....kidding...
Just for a little explanation of the 'don't buy cheap meat' thing, it's a phrase I use a lot describing a general life principle I happen to subscribe to. That philosophy is this: You get what you pay for. More often than not, if something is expensive, it's good; and if it's cheap, it's probably not good. I notice that America has this way about it that thinks everything should be really cheap... but (oh yeah) be really good quality too. These two things very rarely coexist.
Furthermore, in the music/gear world, there is a little thing we call 'Gear Nirvana'. It is a fictional place (it doesn't exist) in which you can get really good gear without paying much money. I get people all the time at events and other places coming up to me and saying such things as "I want to buy a guitar. I want a REALLY good one, but I don't want to pay a whole bunch of money. What should I get?"
This makes me very upset about our current state of economic values where the bargain is a bigger priority than the value. This also doesn't simply mean that this person came up with this idea all on his own. It really means that they have been conditioned for years to think this is reasonable mentality. Fact is, if you want this REALY good guitar, you're probably gonna have to pay a whole bunch of money. Sorry.
Or you get the guy who doesn't want to spend much money on anything, but then wonders why his [guitar, keyboard, mixes] don't sound as good as someone elses. Hmmmm.... let's think... why doesn't the $300 Behringer compressor sound as good as the $1600 Universal Audio 1176LN? Hmmmmm....
Things are marketed this way too. Start watching for it, you'll see it everywhere. Furniture commercials, billboards, radio adds. They are trying to make you care more about saving a buck than getting your money's worth. Truth is, if something 'should' cost $3, and you find some way to get something almost as good for $2, it will probably break, you'll then go buy the $3 one. So you didn't save a buck, you just wasted $2, since you've now spent $5.
Okay, I stepping down off my high horse riiiiiiiight......now.
Oh yeah, the cheap meat part. I was at a restaraunt a couple years ago and saw on the menu a whole rack of ribs for like $10. I ordered them, ate them, and was subsequently dissapointed by them. In fact, I think they made me sick later. Point being, a whole rack of ribs should cost quite a bit more than $10. So instead of realizing this, I thought somehow I could get $20 worth of meat for $10. Hey this is the 90's! And it's America!
Thus, don't buy cheap meat.
Ramble ramble ramble
Later
Jon
About Me
- Jon
- I'm 26 and I am the production manager for CIY Summer Conference. This basically means that I answer for anything that happens on the stage at the event as well as and media elements produced ahead of time (video, music, etc...), event lighting sound, video, transitions, stage design, stage layout, venues, and truck driving. I am currently in a band called Foundation Red from which I had already resigned effective this April to fascilitate this job at CIY.
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so if the meat's cheap, i should buy it, right?
Congrats on the new blog. We'll start your economic counseling sessions next week. :)
I think you have a valid point in as far as getting what you pay for. But (and there always is one) something being expensive doesn't automatically make it good. I drive a Civic because they get good gas mileage and are supposed to last forever (so far so good at 101k). Acura makes the same car (they are afterall owned by the same company), but it costs more. To my knowledge they don't last longer or work better, they have more features and you pay more for the name. I'm all about buying quality - when it's something that matters - but there is a point where you carry the logic beyond it's useful life.
Example number 2. I was fortunate enough to find a company that sells high quality, certified diamonds for much less than your typical retail store (Zales, etc.). As a result, the stones in my wifes engagement ring are much higher quality (color and clarity) and are larger than I could have afforded at at retail shop where they would have tried to convince me that what I wanted should cost twice as much. I use this example because the stones are certified and had to be insured for nearly double what I paid for them (because the retail market value was higher and replacing them would cost that much at retail).
My point: sometimes paying more doesn't get you more...but as always, buyer beware.
I'd say do your research first - then buy what's best for you! But also, as the production manager at CIY, I woulds suspect that you buy a lot of stuff cheap, you can't be making that much!
As with anything, if you take a philosophy too far it breaks down. With that siad...Amen to your philosophy. I'm glad I was present when it came to you at that Applebee's that one time on that one tour.
I'm trying to get my dad on the "don't buy cheap meat" diet. It's a hard road.
So THAT'S why my $1,500 iMac still runs the same as the first time I turned it on a year ago and I've had absolutely no issues with it.
Oh, and why the $800 Dell I had a few years ago was crap after six months. I guess PC actually stands for "Piece of Crap!" Ha, ha, ha.
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