What is the most opulent thing you've ever experienced personally?

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Tabris said:
I'm in Ginza specifically near Tokyo Station if that helps in your quest to hunt me down and steal my chair? Is that it... wasn't sure if I was following along on what you're doing.
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In Ginza huh? Somehow I'm not surprised :p I'll stay in Setagaya with the plebs
actually this neighborhood might also be too opulent for me
 
Google said:
I'm at work in Vancouver because it's 5PM here and I'm enjoying this thread so much.

I'm here for the rest of my life because my dumb wife won't move to California with me and I can't afford a divorce.

OPULENCE
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This is the post of the thread.
 
Your girlfriend has nice taste in shoes, she's wearing very pretty blue bow heels in that photo! Don't know if anyone noticed :p (Serious post, I'm a girl who likes shoes, not being creepy or sarcastic)
 
My company put me up in a Strip-view room at the Mandalay Bay last year. For free. In 32 years of living it's the only experience I've had that I'd ever consider to be opulent. Get on my level, Tabris.
 
Honestly the only thing that comes to mind during a vacation to Puerto Rico last year. We'd just finished snorkeling on a reef and were sailing back to the island at sunset, hitting the rum pretty hard. Not overly opulent I guess, but I distinctly remember thinking "people like me don't get to do this."
 
Google said:
I'm at work in Vancouver because it's 5PM here and I'm enjoying this thread so much.

I'm here for the rest of my life because my dumb wife won't move to California with me and I can't afford a divorce.

OPULENCE
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Afford a divorce? Do you have kids? Assuming you have no kids, A decrease in living standards is sometimes worth it.
 
In Japan the toilets . Water jet to clean your ass don't have to use your hands like a peasant. Toilet paper ahah so common
 
Google said:
Why are we all in Tokyo posting on GAF instead of enjoying the opulence surrounding us in Ginza?
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I don't know. I'm currently in Tokyo on holidays too haha.

Also holy shit, silver arrows with 410 billion metric tonnes of salt pouring out of his anus. Get a grip, buddy.

Edit: Wait, people didn't know what opulent/opulence meant? Damn, maybe my vocabulary isn't as bad as I thought haha
 
EviLore said:
Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.
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This is the best EviLore post I have ever seen.
 
my mom almost got married to the guy who was the heir to the old lady in the "Where's the Beef" Wendy's commercials when i was like 11

that family was really really rich from that one commercial lol
 
I was served a feast by 20~ women, on a private piece of land protected by 100's of armed guards. There was all kinds of food and drinks.

I was then offered to marry any of the girls I wanted, and a claim to a lord title, the land and power over the armed soldiers.

True Story
 
IvanJ said:
Back when I lived in the US in the 90s (Atlanta), I was invited to an exclusive night club. That nightclub had a black bathroom attendant, he was there to assist people who I guess are incapable of opening a faucet, pouring liquid soap or wiping their hands dry by themselves.

That was the most opulent thing I've ever witnessed, and also one of the worst experiences of my life, I just felt so bad for that guy, that job looked so demeaning (especially since I think him being black had a deeper meaning).
I politely declined his assistance, left him a tip, then left the club and never came back.
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Were you at the Cheetah? Bathroom attendants are a pretty common thing. You'll find them anywhere from the shittiest strip clubs to the nicest nightclubs. They also come in all shapes, sizes and colors.. All equally worthless and best ignored.
 
Rabbi_Vole said:
Were you at the Cheetah? Bathroom attendants are a pretty common thing. You'll find them anywhere from the shittiest strip clubs to the nicest nightclubs. They also come in all shapes, sizes and colors.. All equally worthless and best ignored.
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Fucking hell, this post had a twist ending to it
 
Tabris said:
Love Foie Gras. Here was the Foie Gras we had in Dubai:

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This one was really neat as the Foie Gras was made into those green balls you see. These were my favourite for sure.

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Might I suggest a more opulent camera phone?
 
BronsonLee said:
Fucking hell, this post had a twist ending to it
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But true. Is there anything more annoying than a bathroom attendant with a bowl full of one's offering to squirt soap on your hands and hand you a paper towel? If anything, they're actually a hazard to the public health because you will go out of your way to avoid them. They're very presence deincentivizes basic bathroom hygiene.
 
Tabris said:
Love Foie Gras. Here was the Foie Gras we had in Dubai:

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This one was really neat as the Foie Gras was made into those green balls you see. These were my favourite for sure.

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I thought those types of dishes were made up for movies, I'm such a pleb.

How does it compare to brisket?
 
MrVargas said:
- Went to a party at Dean Kamen's (famous inventor) mansion and it was basically like the mansions I'd imagine as a little kid. He even had the beauty and beast type library with a secret door that led to his wine cellar. Heck, we ate lunch in his helicopter garage.
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This one makes me jealous.
 
Does opulence of the soul count?

I only ask because last summer I donated bone marrow to a promising young child. I have an unusual heritage and was the only available donor for Timmy (alias). They had to do the traditional marrow extraction but it was worth it to know I was giving him a future. Unfortunately, as it is prone to happen, Timmy suffered an infection due to his weakened immune system. His kidneys failed and sadly I was the only possible donor.

I like to think I lost a kidney but gained a God-nephew.

This isn't bragging, it's merely a humble reminder that donating marrow or organs is a simple act which anyone can do. Thank you for giving me the space to share my plea for others to help, OP, Godbless you.
 
Loxley said:
Every year I attend the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Expo in Oshkosh, Wisconsin with my dad. It's the largest aviation enthusiast convention in the world, and for the week it's put on, it's air traffic control tower is the busiest in the world. It's a lot fun and really cool to see planes from everywhere you can imagine. Naturally, it attracts a lot of wealthy people, who usually fly their own planes (ranging from biplanes to private jets) and park them at the Expo for everyone to see:



One time I was standing in line with my dad for a hot dog and overheard this dude behind me say to his buddy, "I have no idea how my plane works, I pay people to worry about that for me." It was great.
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I grew up about 5 miles away from the EAA grounds. Because I lived so close, I grew to hate the event because of the influx of traffic. One cool part, though - Harrison Ford has attended EAA for years, and my sister was the waitress at his table at the restaurant of the Oshkosh Hilton hotel.
 
I stayed in a pretty nice hotel suite once. My company reimbursed me.

One time some friends took me to a trendy Brazilian restaurant in Beverly Hills.

Otherwise I've lived a relatively hardscrabble life.
 
sometimes i like to buy a bottle of champagne and a bag of oranges and juice all the oranges while i drink
 
EviLore said:
Bruh.
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Did you get my PM?

galdevo said:
This isn't bragging, it's merely a humble reminder that donating marrow or organs is a simple act which anyone can do. Thank you for giving me the space to share my plea for others to help, OP, Godbless you.
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That is so incredible of you. You gave the most opulent thing in this thread for sure!

Everyone should remember to get their donor status set. Most people think it's some huge pain to get a donor card but often you can do it online in a couple minutes as it's tied to your driving license in a lot of countries and/or provinces.

NintendoGal said:
Guess Foie Gras isn't that opulent after all! ;)
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It's not about the ingredient but who's cooking it and what they do with it that makes it opulent. If you can do amazing things like the ones I tried in Dubai with those ingredients, then I'll be impressed.
 
Took a girl out to dinner at McDonalds.

"baby I'm treating you like a queen tonight" I said smiling. "you can get the mcnuggies AND a drink"

She looked at me bewildered and shocked.

Needless to say I never spent that crazy amount of money again.
 
Tabris said:
It's not about the ingredient but who's cooking it and what they do with it that makes it opulent. If you can do amazing things like the ones I tried in Dubai with those ingredients, then I'll be impressed.
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To the contrary, it's ALL about the ingredients. Where it came from, how the animal was treated, etc. Yes, preparation is also important, but if you start with shit, you're going to end up with shit.
 
I experienced the Indy 500 from the CEO's suite in the Pagoda two or three years ago. It was pretty nice. Meeting the drivers and owners, having dinner with them and staying at a private luxury trailer lended by one of the pilots to my family (wife a d daughter at the time). And drove the official pace car around Indianapolis' streets, which was awesome.

I guess that's it?

I rented a small 13th century castle/fortress in Italy for 11 days last Xmas as well. I guess that counts?
 
Once, I got to watch the Blackhawks game in one of those little rooms in the mid between upper and lower level. That was probably the nicest room I've ever been in. The fridge was stocked with heineken keg cans and they wheeled in a dessert cart. Pretty neat.
 
NintendoGal said:
To the contrary, it's ALL about the ingredients. Where it came from, how the animal was treated, etc. Yes, preparation is also important, but if you start with shit, you're going to end up with shit.
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I'm not even sure what you were trying to argue in the first place. Because you have an ingredient in your freezer, it makes the foie gras from restaurants no big deal? If I had a fillet steak in my freezer, does that mean having Gordon Ramsay's Beef Wellington at Ramsays would be no big deal?

Weird argument. I'll take the course prepared by the chefs personally :) They were very tasty.

EDIT - Not from Ramsays in London but from Ramsays restaurant in Dubai:

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Tabris said:
I'm not even sure what you were trying to argue in the first place. Because you have an ingredient in your freezer, it makes the foie gras from restaurants no big deal? If I had a fillet steak in my freezer, does that mean having Gordon Ramsay's Beef Wellington at Ramsays would be no big deal?

Weird argument. I'll take the course prepared by the chefs personally :) They were very tasty.

EDIT - Not from Ramsays in London but from Ramsays restaurant in Dubai:
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The argument is that you were going hog wild all over the different fois gras that you've had (along with different preparation styles I suppose), which looked like you were expressing that it is an opulent ingredient.

Yes, the ones I took a photo of were frozen, but my point is that it's not really an opulent ingredient, it's merely perceived as one, but I guess if you want to view it that way...

I have access to things that are not frozen, that's just what we happen to have in the shop.
 
Tabris said:
I'm not even sure what you were trying to argue in the first place. Because you have an ingredient in your freezer, it makes the foie gras from restaurants no big deal? If I had a fillet steak in my freezer, does that mean having Gordon Ramsay's Beef Wellington at Ramsays would be no big deal?

Weird argument. I'll take the course prepared by the chefs personally :) They were very tasty.

EDIT - Not from Ramsays in London but from Ramsays restaurant in Dubai:

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Adopt me plz. You can Stuff me in a closet in some random ass floor in a high-rise building for all I care.
 
NintendoGal said:
The argument is that you were going hog wild all over the different fois gras that you've had (along with different preparation styles I suppose), which looked like you were expressing that it is an opulent ingredient.

Yes, the ones I took a photo of were frozen, but my point is that it's not really an opulent ingredient, it's merely perceived as one, but I guess if you want to view it that way...

I have access to things that are not frozen, that's just what we happen to have in the shop.
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yeah but its like i have a tree in my hard that doesnt mean i have another house or anything
 
NintendoGal said:
Yes, the ones I took a photo of were frozen, but my point is that it's not really an opulent ingredient, it's merely perceived as one, but I guess if you want to view it that way...
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No, the Foie Gras courses prepared for us is what were opulent (to me), not the ingredient by itself.
 
Tabris said:
No, the Foie Gras courses prepared for us is what were opulent (to me), not the ingredient by itself.
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OK, well that's fair then. Too many people view it as this really rare fancy thing, when in reality it isn't.

As an example of a food I consider opulent, certain caviar (wild harvested) because of what's involved and the effect on flavor.

Not quite opulent, but perhaps "fancy" and something I want to taste very badly: heart of a Parmiggiano-Reggiano wheel, freshly cut right in front of me. Maybe some 100 year old balsamic vinegar, oh man.
 
InfiniteBento said:
When I bought myself my first set of Japanese knives for pursuing my career in pastry.
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Man, I wish I knew enough about these sorts of knives to be confident I wouldn't be ripped off when entering a store in Japan.

Have walked into a few stores in the past, browsed some three-hundred dollar knives, realised I had no idea which I should buy, and walked out disappointed. Happy with my Global knife, but I'd really like something I know had love put into its creation.
 
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