那是一个炫耀性消费的时代—有钱人喜欢摆阔。

It was an age of conspicuous consumption – those who had money liked to display it.

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文化规则决定了食品消费的各个方面。

Cultural rules determine every aspect of food consumption.

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许多人指责广告是人们过度消费的根源。

Many people condemn advertisements as the root of over-consumption.

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But I was a really good programmer and I wanted to understand the consumer side of the Internet.

但我是个很好的程序设计师,我想了解互联网关于消费者的一面。

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or you live at a very high cost, very high standards, high cost living,

要么你就过高消费高质量的生活，

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So, no one was really excited to build the product or build the tool and they weren't consumers of the tool.

所以，没人真正为造出产品或工具而感到兴奋,因为他们不是这个工具的消费者。

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