If there's one thing we hate as a nation, it's watching other people spend money like it's going out of fashion.
Schadenfreude - taking joy in the suffering of others - may be a German term but it's arguably a lot more fitting in this part of the world.
As Irish people, we love to see each other fall flat on our faces lest we get ideas above our station Lord bless us and save us, and by the same token we hate nothing more than to see successful people spend their money without a care in the world.
Take Sunday night's Room To Improve, which has quickly replaced The Late Late Show, Derry Girls and the Angelus as THE television event of the week.
We had Cork couple Dave and Susie, who enlisted the help of Dermot Bannon to turn their Fermoy abode into something the late Hugh Hefner may have deemed 'a bit much'.
They wanted a spa, a sauna, a gym, a separate entrance for the dog, a team of oompa loompas to help out around the place and countless other bells, whistles and windows that cost more than your average townhouse in Bray.
Twitter showed the darker side of the Irish psyche, although plenty of people were quick to add that Dave and Susie had earned their money and could do as they wished with it.
https://twitter.com/emmajhade/status/967877215391232001
https://twitter.com/emmajhade/status/967896496254406656
https://twitter.com/rihoward/status/967878110430494720
https://twitter.com/philipnolan1/status/967877723011059712
We had the obligatory Simpsons reference...
https://twitter.com/emer_harrington/status/967891581868093440
And a bit of Daniel...
https://twitter.com/pdiddler4/status/967879076051652608
While you couldn't swing a cat for references to Dublin's rental crisis...
https://twitter.com/terrafahy/status/967882348770594816
Aaaaand... back to those notions...
https://twitter.com/KarlBrophy/status/967882122672377859
https://twitter.com/conicalmark/status/967908545697144834
https://twitter.com/awisegal1/status/967901312124903424
https://twitter.com/BerODonovan1/status/967894404072656896
https://twitter.com/Garrethmurphy/status/967885247810547720
