Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

@greyor happy new year :)

@rigormorphis happy new year 🎉

@rigormorphis @alis i mean, that too, but i do not think hundred dollar boots existed in victorian england tbh so the inflation between when discworld was written and now seemed more salient

@rigormorphis re: 1) i think this is an inflation comes for us all thing—when the original quote was written in the nineties a hundred dollar pair of boots was a LOT higher on the price scale than it is today. my current boots are ~200 and while i can find some shoes i’m able to wear comfortably for less than that definitely not *boots*

re: 2) i guess its hard to compare because everyone is rotating through different numbers of shoes and walking different amounts—generally my daily wear type shoes last me like 12 months of use if they’re nice enough (which in practice is often ~6 mo twice because there is basically zero overlap between what i find comfortable in summer and winter) but i definitely have some comfortable but more occasional wear shoes that have lasted much longer than that

@wallhackio do you want to go for a walk or are you too eepy from staying up till 4 am