Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money?

 Perhaps some people like the idea of having influenced somebody in how they spent big $$$ on a purchase?

Some people are overly concerned with 'fairness'. My brother is like that. Funny thing is that he used to say that same thing as a child: 'That's not fair!'. Sounds good at face value (the idea of fairness) but it can get out of hand really fast. 

I've never been concerned about what/how other people do...none of my business. As long as they're not harming themselves/others.

@sandthemall 

I've never been concerned about what/how other people do...none of my business. As long as they're not harming themselves/others.

Well said. A surprising amount of what we do harms others. That's the tricky bit.

Agree 100% Russ. Some people have that puritanical streak that Mencken pointed out: people who live in terror that someone, somewhere, might be having a good time.

People who think a CCA through a cheap DS DAC and crummy class T amp makes them the moral superiors to those who invest in the companies and components that are really trying to advance the audio world, remind me of a mean old lady in town where I was trying to catch a train, who thought I was going too fast so she blocked both lanes of traffic diagonally on a busy road to slow me down. Literally stopped traffic dead. I bet she would be very critical of my stereo too 😂