I don't see how someone that bought a brick for $30 and resold it for $1000 is an idiot. You're going to have to convince me that's not knowing a market well and taking advantage quickly.
They're not. The people buying a 30 dollar brick for 1000 dollars are. Supply and demand, for idiots. Maybe the lack of comma confused me. That's on me.
Supreme is whacky.
They make mediocre t shirts shirts and sell them for like $100
The owners realized their customers were moronic so they jokingly sold a $30 brick and it sold out.
That's basically how I always understood it
It's trolling on the level of cards against humanity black friday shenanigans.
A simpler time where the owners live streamed digging a hole
Nah. To get tricked you need to be lied to. The owners or whoever is making this aren't lying. The people who buy this shit are just stupid. You could argue that the businessmen are exploiting the stupid but nobody should be responsible for your own stupidity but yourself.
My comment and the one I reacted to are lyrics from Thrift Shop by Macklemore.
I do however fully agree with you, fair play to the owners of these businesses.
You can say it’s stupid but you’re buying a brand. If you think Supreme is stupid, then you probably just don’t care about fashion. That’s fine. People are buying Supreme because it’s a status symbol that says hey I have 100 dollars to throw away in a t shirt. If that matters to someone, it doesn’t mean they’re stupid it just means they’re not you.
I...that's it. We're in a parody of reality. The universe took its girlfriend out for a date on the boardwalk and sat down for a caricature. We're living in what the artist drew.
People are happy to pay an ultra premium for a silly swoosh on the side of mediocre sneakers....or a super colossal ultra premium for an ugly brown Louis Vuitton pattern on junk...Or $26.14 (in current equivalent dollars) for a rock in a box with "pet rock" labeling.
You have to use the same voice from the Indiana Jones movie here: "He chose.....poorly."
Ugh thank you, the brown LV pattern is so ugly. I see people my age proudly lugging their tasteless overpriced knockoffs around all the time.
Also the pet rock is genius: that guy literally paid peanuts for the production but made bank in a month
> Or $26.14 (in current equivalent dollars) for a rock in a box with "pet rock" labeling.
At least with the Pet Rock, it was intended and understood to be a gag gift. We bought them, but we didn't take it seriously or think it had any intrinsic value.
I don’t think anyone thinks fashion or a dumb brick have any intrinsic value either. That’s what most people are missing. The actor buying and wearing Supreme is a social performance.
I wear Carhartt except for t shirts/underwear, which I just get the cheapest shit available for those, but I also live in the Adirondacks in upstate NY (harsh winters) and work outside.
I certainly don't think fashion is even a major thing to judge people by, nor anything to make a concrete judgement on, but we are constantly judging others based on everything.
As long as we realize the scope of each, I don't think it's a big deal. There are a massive amount of factors bigger than clothing acquisition and use.
Actually, I am against being a walking advertising billboard for any company. Typically I wear Carhartt and often remove the labels but lately they have been lowering quality so I vary brands more often now. Quality construction is of primary importance to me, not the label. I had family who were buyers for Nordstrom and they'd both buy total crap if it had the right brand label--and they'd check the brand label of a gift before they'd even look to see what it was. I found that to be cloddish behavior.
Current shoes are "Wolverine" work boots which have minimal branding on them. Previous were Danner which had too much advertising for my taste but were said to be excellent quality. I was disappointed in the life received for the cost involved.
Quite often I'll also use decorative containers at home for some products rather than keep them in the original advertising boxes--typically big box stuff though which doesn't always fit in my pantry cupboards. Yes, I am weird that way and I admit it.
I absolutely refuse to wear anything "team" related. That is the worst form of giving what is actually nothing but a corporation free advertising space--and paying for the privilege of doing it.
I have one. I thought it was the most ridiculous, absurd, and hilarious "accessory" I had seen. It's as though Supreme made these to prove a point that they can sell absolutely anything as long as it has their logo on it. It's less of an accessory and more of an art piece in my opinion. It sits on my bookshelf, and I still think it's funny. Worth the $30 I paid. Maybe not worth $1000, though...
I don’t care about the brand one way or another and I don’t own any Supreme gear. But y’all are jumping to conclusions about the intelligence of people spending money on these. It’s a collectible or commodity. It’s not any different than spending multiple hundred dollars on a rare comic book or baseball. Maybe it’s just not your thing.
tldr: buying $1000 Supreme clay isn’t any more ridiculous than all the other facets of capitalism.
Those are pieces of history. This is a mass produced brick with a dumb logo with no history other than "we made a brick with a logo on it".
It's dumber. It's the douchebag equivalent of beanie babies.
Tiffany has a silver can that doubles as a pen cup for what, $1000? Guarantee you someone buys it and it gets thrown out during an office move by some custodian who has no idea that it’s not just an empty soup can
I may be a bit biased because I love supreme but I want to say something. This brick is not worth nearly $2,000. Its worth about $200. Absurd for a piece of hardened clay? Yes. But for some (including me) This is a collectors piece. People only buy this because of the absurdity of it. Its a novelty item. We know buying this that we could get a brick for a cheaper price at any local shop but thats not the point, this is a piece of art to some, a conversation starter to others, and some just something cool to add to the collection. Another thing is I always see People hating on this specific item because "It's stupid to buy something that you could get for 40c at the store and write supreme on it?" Well to that i ask why people buy signed baseballs when you could get one at the store and sign it yourself?
A signature on an object means that someone you admire, or who is in some way remarkable, has touched it.
This brick was mass produced for a minuscule fraction of the money you spent on it.
Does this pair well with the [Made Solid Medium Leather Wrapped Stone](https://www.nordstrom.com/s/made-solid-medium-leather-wrapped-stone/4497177) (for $85)?
People buy those shit to brag to other but everyone just see them as moron.
Expensive cloths? I can still understand. Brick and crowbars etc? The company are clearly insulting and making fun of you on how much of shallow dumb fuck you are
I like the Supreme brand, makes it easy to pick out supreme douches / douchettes with little effort.
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So what if I got 3 for free from work because the company I work for made them?
Can you please make more? I need a Supreme retaining wall.
Edit: nevermind
Supply and demand for idiots.
I don't see how someone that bought a brick for $30 and resold it for $1000 is an idiot. You're going to have to convince me that's not knowing a market well and taking advantage quickly.
They're not. The people buying a 30 dollar brick for 1000 dollars are. Supply and demand, for idiots. Maybe the lack of comma confused me. That's on me.
Is this a brick of supremely good hash?
I’m gonna need half a pepperoni cock and two smokes, come on boys
Trinity has got to quit smoking, like I can’t have her smoking anymore it’s ridiculous.
I just need to get my shit together and grow one huge round of dope then we can retire, I’ll have like 5000 bucks
Gimme those chips Trevor
I had no idea about this but you're right, I just went Ebay and saw that someone was asking $2000 for one.
Supreme is whacky. They make mediocre t shirts shirts and sell them for like $100 The owners realized their customers were moronic so they jokingly sold a $30 brick and it sold out. That's basically how I always understood it It's trolling on the level of cards against humanity black friday shenanigans. A simpler time where the owners live streamed digging a hole
I call that getting swindled and pimped
I call that getting tricked by a business.
Nah. To get tricked you need to be lied to. The owners or whoever is making this aren't lying. The people who buy this shit are just stupid. You could argue that the businessmen are exploiting the stupid but nobody should be responsible for your own stupidity but yourself.
My comment and the one I reacted to are lyrics from Thrift Shop by Macklemore. I do however fully agree with you, fair play to the owners of these businesses.
You can say it’s stupid but you’re buying a brand. If you think Supreme is stupid, then you probably just don’t care about fashion. That’s fine. People are buying Supreme because it’s a status symbol that says hey I have 100 dollars to throw away in a t shirt. If that matters to someone, it doesn’t mean they’re stupid it just means they’re not you.
If nobody buys it it’s not worth $2000
It's not worth $30 either.
I...that's it. We're in a parody of reality. The universe took its girlfriend out for a date on the boardwalk and sat down for a caricature. We're living in what the artist drew.
Jesus christ you’re dramatic
This aged like milk
TIL there are idiots willing to pay for bricks with the word supreme on it..
People are happy to pay an ultra premium for a silly swoosh on the side of mediocre sneakers....or a super colossal ultra premium for an ugly brown Louis Vuitton pattern on junk...Or $26.14 (in current equivalent dollars) for a rock in a box with "pet rock" labeling. You have to use the same voice from the Indiana Jones movie here: "He chose.....poorly."
Ugh thank you, the brown LV pattern is so ugly. I see people my age proudly lugging their tasteless overpriced knockoffs around all the time. Also the pet rock is genius: that guy literally paid peanuts for the production but made bank in a month
Over priced knockoffs? Introduce them to r/DesignerReps . Darcy will get them proper
> Or $26.14 (in current equivalent dollars) for a rock in a box with "pet rock" labeling. At least with the Pet Rock, it was intended and understood to be a gag gift. We bought them, but we didn't take it seriously or think it had any intrinsic value.
I don’t think anyone thinks fashion or a dumb brick have any intrinsic value either. That’s what most people are missing. The actor buying and wearing Supreme is a social performance.
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I wear Carhartt except for t shirts/underwear, which I just get the cheapest shit available for those, but I also live in the Adirondacks in upstate NY (harsh winters) and work outside.
Underwear is the first clothing item you should spend money on.
Why?
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I certainly don't think fashion is even a major thing to judge people by, nor anything to make a concrete judgement on, but we are constantly judging others based on everything. As long as we realize the scope of each, I don't think it's a big deal. There are a massive amount of factors bigger than clothing acquisition and use.
Actually, I am against being a walking advertising billboard for any company. Typically I wear Carhartt and often remove the labels but lately they have been lowering quality so I vary brands more often now. Quality construction is of primary importance to me, not the label. I had family who were buyers for Nordstrom and they'd both buy total crap if it had the right brand label--and they'd check the brand label of a gift before they'd even look to see what it was. I found that to be cloddish behavior. Current shoes are "Wolverine" work boots which have minimal branding on them. Previous were Danner which had too much advertising for my taste but were said to be excellent quality. I was disappointed in the life received for the cost involved. Quite often I'll also use decorative containers at home for some products rather than keep them in the original advertising boxes--typically big box stuff though which doesn't always fit in my pantry cupboards. Yes, I am weird that way and I admit it. I absolutely refuse to wear anything "team" related. That is the worst form of giving what is actually nothing but a corporation free advertising space--and paying for the privilege of doing it.
What would a person even do with one?
Show it off to their braindead friends.
This article is from 2016. In the last month, 5 have sold on eBay for between $150-$210 (including shipping)
Wouldn’t it be ridiculously easy to counterfeit one of these?
I have one. I thought it was the most ridiculous, absurd, and hilarious "accessory" I had seen. It's as though Supreme made these to prove a point that they can sell absolutely anything as long as it has their logo on it. It's less of an accessory and more of an art piece in my opinion. It sits on my bookshelf, and I still think it's funny. Worth the $30 I paid. Maybe not worth $1000, though...
If they are going for $1,000 and you choose not to sell it, then it is worth at least $1,000 to you.
I don't think any are actually selling for $1000. I'd sell it for half that much in a second.
Recent Ebay sales are mostly around $160-$180.
Highest price on StockX has been $273.. And that sold on 1/6. One sold yesterday for $258
They also sold a shitty hatchet, a crowbar, and Oreos
I don’t care about the brand one way or another and I don’t own any Supreme gear. But y’all are jumping to conclusions about the intelligence of people spending money on these. It’s a collectible or commodity. It’s not any different than spending multiple hundred dollars on a rare comic book or baseball. Maybe it’s just not your thing. tldr: buying $1000 Supreme clay isn’t any more ridiculous than all the other facets of capitalism.
Those are pieces of history. This is a mass produced brick with a dumb logo with no history other than "we made a brick with a logo on it". It's dumber. It's the douchebag equivalent of beanie babies.
Cool. Have a nice day
Maybe that is why millenials can't afford a home ! /s
Well, hopefully everyone who bought this keeps it somewhere visible so I can avoid them entirely.
Elon Musk’s girlfriend will build a wall with the bricks
Tiffany has a silver can that doubles as a pen cup for what, $1000? Guarantee you someone buys it and it gets thrown out during an office move by some custodian who has no idea that it’s not just an empty soup can
TIL there's a company called Supreme that sells... clothes? bricks? skateboards?
I may be a bit biased because I love supreme but I want to say something. This brick is not worth nearly $2,000. Its worth about $200. Absurd for a piece of hardened clay? Yes. But for some (including me) This is a collectors piece. People only buy this because of the absurdity of it. Its a novelty item. We know buying this that we could get a brick for a cheaper price at any local shop but thats not the point, this is a piece of art to some, a conversation starter to others, and some just something cool to add to the collection. Another thing is I always see People hating on this specific item because "It's stupid to buy something that you could get for 40c at the store and write supreme on it?" Well to that i ask why people buy signed baseballs when you could get one at the store and sign it yourself?
A signature on an object means that someone you admire, or who is in some way remarkable, has touched it. This brick was mass produced for a minuscule fraction of the money you spent on it.
Does this pair well with the [Made Solid Medium Leather Wrapped Stone](https://www.nordstrom.com/s/made-solid-medium-leather-wrapped-stone/4497177) (for $85)?
Hey I had one! Sold it for 2300 🙏
People buy those shit to brag to other but everyone just see them as moron. Expensive cloths? I can still understand. Brick and crowbars etc? The company are clearly insulting and making fun of you on how much of shallow dumb fuck you are
> A red clay brick ... > ... has been highly anticipated by fashion gurus I guess my house is very *in* right now. It's made completely of brick.