Fucking called it about him finding the 001 GBA SP too dim, but didn’t think he would be so blatant as to say he now wants to find the 101 model.
As before, if he did any amount of basic level research he could have spent significantly less on a better system. He really does just buy whatever dumb thing enters his head for nerd points. What a moron.
In fairness to Lou, his fetish is for gifts and lavish consumption. (quasi-lavish. Lavish by the standards of a broke redneck)
For Lou, the value of a purchase he makes is less the product in itself, and more the rush of getting something that costs money cuz HE A GOOD GIRL and HE DESOORVES IT.
As such, I don't think buying a better GBA for less would actually do anything for Lou. The GBA would end up the same way regardless if it was 001 or 101 - forgotten, caked in dust, discarded on his dirty floor - but the high from buying the more expensive 001 would last longer and taste better on his pale diabetic lips.
In fact, there might even be some animal level of base cunning at work here, since NOW Lou has to buy a NEW GBA, because oh woe is me it's too dim and the pixels, you see, the pixels don't quite work with his diabetic eyes. So he can do his monthly electronic shuffle, selling or mothballing the 001 and begging "his friend" for the 101. One product, two purchases, TWO opportunities to FEEL GOOD.
Had Lou bought a sensible device (and not immediately thrown it away because it failed some arbitrary standard), he'd only ever have the one shiny shiny dopamine hit. So if you think about it, buying the bad version and then having to replace it with a slightly better version is, intentionally or not, the perfect strategy for Lou.