![]() For me, I don’t care either way as long as they don’t treat people with a bad attitude. I just think both cases are excesses, and it seems strange to be disgusted in one and not the other. Mate, I have read this damned paragraph a million times (note: exaggeration) and from that wording I still understand that your main issue is the intent, i.e showing ppl that you eat expensively vs enjoying expensive food. on the other hand, when people go to an expensive eatery to eat expensively, rather than to eat expensive (ergo, good) food, i think that’s unseemly. even if there is suffering in the world at least the money is going toward genuine first order pleasure on on the part of the person dishing out the dollars. i do not begrudge someone who spends hundreds of dollars at the french laundry, that shit be good. if i perceived that the conspicious consumption was driven by epicurean appreciation i would be less concerned. Razib: some of the commenters have pointed out what elicited my disgust. This entry was posted in Humor, Musings, TV by Taz. “The more attention the better.” Īt least I have something in common with the girls from Sweet 16…I’m kidding. “We both love attention–that’s one of our main motives for having the party,” Divya said. Priya added, “It’s pathetic when people suck up.” Still, dealing with sycophantic classmates and a bit of teasing is a small price to pay for the spotlight. Such a contrast from the girls, girls, girls earlier this month. So let’s see, there were first those two desi girls that secretly partied, Kaavya gets half a million to write a ‘plagiarized’ book before turning 17, and now, we have these girls. Ĭan you believe this ridiculous consumption? Elephants, diamonds, Bentleys and homes? If this is what they got for their Sweet 16/18, can you imagine the weddings? I can’t wait till the show airs, which unfortunately, has no links up yet on MTV-but I’m sure the mutineers will keep us posted. Her sister’s graduation gift package included a Bentley, diamonds and two homes in India. And they will make their grand entrance on litters, during an elaborate procession led by elephants…”We both want to lose three pounds,” said Priya, who received a Mercedes convertible and an assortment of diamond jewelry for her birthday. The Format, their favorite band, will perform. Their Bollywood-themed party for 500 guests will be held in the family’s backyard - all 4Å“ acres, behind the 10,000-square-foot house. Kothapalli, who immigrated to the United States from India in the mid-1980’s. “If you can afford to have a grand celebration, then why not,” said Dr. ![]() His daughter Priya turned 16 earlier this month, and she is in the throes of planning a joint birthday-graduation party with her elder sister, Divya, 18. Srinivasa Rao Kothapalli, a prominent cardiologist in Beaumont, Tex., is more than willing to relinquish his checkbook. From the SM news tab, we’ve now learned desi teen girls haven’t missed the wrath of this reality TV show either. Maybe that’s why I have a sick, sick obsession with watching MTV’s reality TV show Sweet 16, where in the span of a half an hour segment you see thousands and thousands of dollars being thrown down for a measly birthday. It wasn’t elaborate, but in those days, we didn’t have MTV to show us how ‘the others’ celebrate their Sweet 16. ![]() It was small with just family, and a few of my school friends. For my 16th birthday, we had a sheet cake from Sam’s Club, and maybe a couple of balloons.
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