Michelle Woo’s Reviews > American Bulk: Essays on Excess > Status Update
Michelle Woo
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“It’s true that Costco gets you more for your money, but it seems like the discount is only a secondary pleasure. It’s not the money part that inspires a cutlike devotion. It’s the more. Spend time in any Costco, and you’ll feel it too. The joy of Costco does not lie in the thrift. It lies in the bulk.”
— Nov 07, 2026 11:52AM
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Michelle Woo
is on page 11 of 240
(On Costco overconsumption)
“It is the scarcity that is anticipated but never realized.”
— Nov 07, 2026 11:33AM
“It is the scarcity that is anticipated but never realized.”
Michelle Woo
is on page 7 of 240
“They chalked their fighting up to fundamental differences: she was frugal, he was ravenous… They think that they clash because they’re opposites. But the impulses that drive them are exactly the same.”
— Nov 07, 2026 11:28AM