jeez some people here have thin skins and would not survive long working in the city in hft/quant's where the end customers will think nothing of spending 2k on a pair of hand made shoes.
It's quite possible to be a hacker and appreciate fashion and good quality tailoring
Unless you're a DC staffer (and more specifically, a "typical DC staffer"), your showing off about your expensive suit didn't actually contradict anything in the comment you replied to, which is why I think your comment got grayed out.
It's quite possible to be a hacker and appreciate fashion and good quality tailoring