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renegade-ottertoday at 12:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

Why would you want to signal that? It relates in no way as to what kind of person you are. In fact, the richer you are, the more questions I have about how you got it and who got shafted along the way.


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TheOtherHobbestoday at 1:03 PM

I wouldn't, you wouldn't, and countless millions also wouldn't.

But there is clearly a demographic who do use social media to signal lifestyle status, often using that lifestyle status to sell products of various kinds.

The erosion of enthusiast fandom into paid influencer "fandom" is whole subculture.

bkotoday at 1:00 PM

> In fact, the richer you are, the more questions I have about how you got it and who got shafted along the way.

What a sad way to live life. Not only because it's untrue (assuming you don't live in North Korea), but it's incredibly dark and destructive.

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