I think I saw John Updike quoted once saying there is no passion in life that can’t be turned into an occasion to spend.
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Ah… the good old days when wandering through the corner computer store. No rationalization is too outrageous.
But enough about me.
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You forgot to mention a huge supply of Mazola!
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How much do you 'spose he spent on the Sebastian Gorka make-over?
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All I need is that one more thing.
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Nice!
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That zeal for spending led me to the pawnshop which made me shift from trumpet to cornet. The moral?
Spending is Good.
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Oh yes. And then life would be perfect.
Interestingly for the current case we’re pondering here, most of us learn it’s not quite as simple as that and simply owning a thing doesn’t, in fact make life perfect, and we learn it sometime before we reach the age of 10.
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There’s this poster here who complains mostly good-naturedly about people taking him too literally, and hopefully he won’t show up, but until then…few ten-year olds can define passion. That’s what I was responding to. Emiliano got it right. 
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They’re just pissed they didn’t get their choice of a gas-station-quality pocket knife or a Dollar-General-Reject duffel tote like the “free gifts” that NRA offers new members.
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“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” — attributed to Eric Hoffer
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I didn’t know this. I love it. Those were the days, when Crumb’s Mr. Natural was the ur grifter and cynic. I would have said the two of them were tendentious, leftist ideologues, and likely boring as hell. Maybe not so much, eh?
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No, you pretty much nailed it. 
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Well I never complain about anything and I hate people who do complain because shut up you complainers you’re all such a huge pain but anyway it’s kind of two different things and people under the age of ten might not be able to define passion but they know how having one feels. Just ask my friends who had a young kid who wanted a hoverboard so bad he wrote them a long letter full of explanations why everyone would be better off if he had a hoverboard.
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“And this chair …”
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If you want someone to understand the word “schlockhouse” give them a knife with the “Browning” or “Smith & Wesson” brand on it. It’s like there’s a federal law it has to be a piece of absolute crap.
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Oath Keeperers:
We are Will Ferrell! “Por ti volare!”
Stewart Rhodes:
I am John C. Reilly! “Boats and ho’s!”
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“And my dog…”
Grrrr…
“Not my dog…”
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Some faster than others.
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Grifters gonna grift.
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