Kyla Scanlon

It's something that happened.

Did not know that.

It's something that happens in higher income countries is, you know, more and more so they'll spend on these sorts of things.

It's the same pattern that we saw in Japan as well.

South Korea, too.

So, yeah, it makes a lot of sense.

And there's going to be a lot of luxury brands that are able to capture that.

A lot of dog airplanes that are able to capture that.

And it does represent a strange amount of economic health.

That's crazy.

Well, it does create, I think, yeah, I mean, it creates a distorted lens on the economy because, like, some people would be like, hey, you know, they're buying their dogs airline tickets, you know, things have to be somewhat okay.

They're fine.

Yeah, it's seen as like, and they do have the money to do it.

Like it's some, well, they're taking out debt, but it's some element of economic health.

And then it's just a shift in priorities too.

And, you know, we often talk about this like fabled American dream.

It's something I write a lot about because I think it's really interesting.

Like what does the society subscribe to as a path?

And I think right now that path is evolving because of the economic constraints.

You know, houses are just a lot harder to come by, and so it's harder to do family formation, to stay in one place even.