This doesn’t seem to be an answer to Wei Dai’s question.
I parse the given answer as “because the social status was worth more to me than a monetary discount”. (Though ‘because I didn’t think of it’ might be a more strictly accurate answer.)
The comment misunderstands what was going on. I wasn’t trying to manipulate him into doing anything. I just didn’t want to sign his piece of paper.
This doesn’t seem to be an answer to Wei Dai’s question.
I parse the given answer as “because the social status was worth more to me than a monetary discount”. (Though ‘because I didn’t think of it’ might be a more strictly accurate answer.)
The comment misunderstands what was going on. I wasn’t trying to manipulate him into doing anything. I just didn’t want to sign his piece of paper.