Normally, a construction-grade hardhat is nothing to write home about, but I completely encourage you to click through to this simply so you can read the description for this item. First of all, the bid is over $200; essentially for a piece of aluminum. Second, the auctioneer claims that yellow is one of the rarest colors in existence…I wonder what they think of puce?

And the auctioneer also claims that this hardhat is a thing of beauty, which led me to wonder if I’m being too crass here. Perhaps this person was raised by wolves and has been living in a cave for the last 20 years, and here I am mocking them for taking delight in the simpler things in life. Quite possibly, we could all learn something magnificent from this lover of hardhats.

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