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Comment by bigyabai

3 hours ago

> It’s 99% status signaling

So is buying a $5,000 laptop. Much like shoes and bags, a kernel of practical demand quickly grows into an unlimited demand for vain materialism.

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Razengan  3 hours ago

> So is buying a $5,000 laptop.

No they actually do shit

  • bigyabai  27 minutes ago

    So does a $5,000 bag. 99% of owning a $5,000 laptop is virtue signalling.

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