Oscars Gift Bag Includes $275 Toilet Paper

[Initech]

If you’re going to ascend a Hollywood throne, you might as well wipe like a king.

Academy Award nominees such as Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio will walk away winners with gift bags packed with over-the-top items like $275 toilet paper, a $250 sex toy and even a $1,900 breast lift.

Gift company Distinctive Assets has stuffed goody bags with a whopping $220,000 worth of expensive toys, spa treatments and trips topping last year’s $125,000 party favor.

“This is considered the ultimate consolation prize for non-winning nominees,” said Distinctive Assets’ Lash Fary in a statement.

Only the lucky nominess from the following categories will get to take home the extravagant swag: best actor and actress, best supporting actor and actress and best director.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/oscar-nominees-200k-gift-bags-article-1.2525842

$275 toilet paper. What the serious fuck? If you have that much money, you might as well cut out the middle man and just start wiping your ass with $20 bills. This is why we need to start taxing the rich.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. $150 toilet paper sold on ebay. Fancy, pastel stuff in luxury box

http://www.ebay.com/itm/toilet-paper-Hanebisho-Butterfly-Imperial-dedicator-product-high-quality/201492836495?_trksid=p2141725.c100338.m3726&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20150313114020%26meid%3Dcb719eb37ff0480db32175f99bb0c4a5%26pid%3D100338%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D11%26sd%3D121741804673

[shanti]

2. all for the 1%

who don't even need that shit.

[Initech]

3. Seriously.

I've never been to Japan. Always wanted to go but lack the money. And these people get 10 day walking tours for fucking free. George Carlin was right - it's a big club and we're not in it.

[CrawlingChaos]

4. I HAD to look this stuff up

Not surprisingly, Gwyneth Paltrow had a hand in it.

A description of the product can be found here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3348760/Loo-paper-costs-flight-Australia-Swiss-firm-s-luxury-roll-cost-632-comes-holder-moisturiser.html

‘Tender virgin new-growth fibres are refined with a provitamin B5 and essential mineral coating to provide maximum skin protection even in dry use.’

The website says that the cleansing spray is pH balanced and contains a hypoallergenic detoxifying cleanser which has been ‘especially created for the intimate area’.

The ingredients are dermatologically formulated ingredients including glacier water from mountain springs in the region of Titlis in Switzerland.

The moisturizer is described as enhancing the skin’s ‘resilience as a protective barrier’ and has a delicate fragrance that finished off the feeling of ‘pristine perfection’.

Honestly, words fail me.

[Initech]

5. No $400 toothpaste squeezers?

That was one of the most insane things in her gift guide last Christmas.

[CrawlingChaos]

6. Seriously??

Good god.

[Initech]

7. Not making this up either.

One of those insane things people with more money than brains spend it on.

[shanti]

10. Ok!

That really is some bullshit.

[Avalon Sparks]

8. Entertainers

I don't care if entertainers or pro athletes make a lot of money. At least we as a people pay their salaries for what we shell out to watch them perform. They aren't really stealing the fruits of or labor like the fat cat CEO's. Movies, DVDS, TV shows and sporting events are still very affordable for most, at different levels ... Dollar movies, Internet tv, low dollar sport tickets.... At least the Stars earn their keep. It's probably the reason most entertainers are Democrats, and also most actors are actually empathetic, they are able to put themselves in other's shoes. Most fat cat CEO's are border sociopaths. No fuks given for anyone but themselves.

Aside from that the toilet paper and Goop are ridiculous.

[kiva]

9. One exception to the over the top madness...

Ten thousand meals at animal shelters donated by Halo, Purely For Pets in your name — part of the “feed it forward” program, a gift valued at $6,300.