wondersmith-and-sons:

i bet vimes boots theory comic breaching containment makes every discworld fan feel like vetinari at a lords meeting. the answer (poor people have to spend more money constantly for worse products which in the long run keeps them perpetually in poverty) is literally laid out right in the front of them, but you’re stuck with a roomful of idiots flailing around missing the point and saying the mindnumbingly stupidest shit possible (just save up! just be frugal! just budget!) when the answer is. literally. right in front of them.