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on god i'd make heartbreaking political compromises to see boat guys suffer
People that don't take their boat out aren't boat people.
true but i don't know a term specifically for 'dude who parks a boat in his driveway 365 and talks about his boat all the time, yet never uses it'
there should be a name for a person that seeks validation for their purchases or expenditures.
Marx calls it conspicuous consumption.
So conspicuous consumer sounds right