Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed partying and clubbing in earnest, but this is the worst kind of club. I can't dance next to a couple of naked girls in a bathtub without feeling like a hollow shell of a human being. Not really my idea of a good time. Interesting article, though.
That champagne in the picture is $40 a bottle at Whole Foods. No exactly unattainable. Not cheap either, but still if this is a 1/2 million dollar night, I better be drinking sparkling unicorn blood.
It's the most artificial of artificial inflations! They're not selling the bottle of champagne. They're selling the experience of drinking and partying only with other people who can drop a grand without batting an eyelid! It's not even a "quality piece of mind" at that point, it's a straight up status symbol of a party. You can be "cool" not because of who you are, or what you know, but straight up how much expendable cash you have.
But it's strange, they don't even go for status symbol liquor. Grey Goose is a decent vodka, but it has fucking geese on the bottle! It's uncool, you drink it if there isn't a better cheaper vodka at the bar or don't keep up on whats good cause grey goose has been decent and uncool for years. At the same price they could serve something trendy like Ciroc which is easily as good and is mentioned in a ton of rap songs. $900 for granny vodka just blows my mind.
I hear there's going to be an island for people just like thisYou can be "cool" not because of who you are, or what you know, but straight up how much expendable cash you have.
It's ridiculous and the people that will pay $ to experience this artificial feeling are morons. Put a $1000 price tag on a Pabst and I'm sure they'd buy it so long as the can was a color that distinguished it as being more expensive. Sad.