Wealthy people can be soooooooo insensitive

Most people are not wealthy, or even close to it, though many enjoy reading about and watching and following the lives of the rich and famous.

Maybe it’s envy, maybe it’s enjoying hanging on the drama, laughing at the comedy and gawking at the lavish spending.

Or maybe it’s just the dumb things rich people do with their lives, the way they behave and the things that show how out of touch they are with the real world.

Of course, I have a couple of examples.

First, it’s the opposite of conspicuous consumption, which is when rich people buy expensive and flashy items to display their wealth for a...