Rafe Furst and I were discussing my predisposition for staying in the cheapest hotel within walking distance of the hotel I actually play poker in despite having the resources to pay for the more expensive properties. The money I save just stays in a fungible heap of other money and isn’t really earmarked for anything.

I posit that the hotel I stay in (let’s call it the Imperial Palace) though low end by Vegas standards is nicer than the normal living quarters of 75% of the world’s population. Given that I am in the room to sleep and shower, do I really need a nicer place? Is it karmically bad to stay in a nicer place that I’m not really using?

We came up with the following idea. On my next trip I will stay at the IP again but donate half the difference between its cost and the cost at Caesar’s Palace to a charity for the homeless. So now my frugality has a point.

The accommodation scenario is easy. It gets more complex when I decide between Subway meatball subs and the meatball appetizer at Rao’s…

Thoughts?

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