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Oh, i can AFFORD any phone i want...but i use a cheap android because my self esteem is not dependent on using money to signal other people about my high social
by RappingBoomer 4y ago
Oh, i can AFFORD any phone i want...but i use a cheap android because my self esteem is not dependent on using money to signal other people about my high social status
- Angostura 4y agoYou're projecting. I can't afford any phone I want, I use a 5 year old iPhone and my choice has nothing to do with my social status. My next phone is likely to be an iPhone too.
- herbst 4y agoThe op definitely defines their social status via their phone. We all know some people just prefer apple for whatever reason.
- RappingBoomer 4y agolol...projecting? so you are saying that deep down inside I really want an iphone? LOL...ok, dude...
- Angostura 4y agoNo, I'm saying you are projecting your belief that a phone is a status symbol onto other people.
- RappingBoomer 4y agoyeah, you're right...it's really delusional to think that iphone possession is a status symbol...I'd have to be insane to think that!
- adventured 4y agoThe iPhone isn't a good social status signal any longer - the majority of smartphone users in the US have one. If the majority can afford something, it's quite obvious it no longer functions for signaling high social status. The iPhone hasn't been a good social status signal for nearly a decade at this point.
- hulitu 4y agoTell that to school children. "Daddy why can't i have an iPhone ? Everybody has one "
- curtainsforus 4y agoThere's a 'waterfall' effect of status signals. The upper class uses signal A to differentiate themselves from the middle class; the middle class catches on, and starts using signal A to imitate the upper class; the upper class moves on to signal B, to differentiate themselves from the middle class; the lower class use signal A to imitate the middle class; the middle class uses B to differentiate themselves from the lower class and imitate the upper class; from there, it cycles. ABA->BAB->ABA The upper class aren't worried about being mistaken for the lower class; that's why 'ghetto chic' exists, and why Zuckerberg wore hoodies. Conspicuous adoption of low-class signals can be a signal of high-class- for a while, till the rest of the culture catches up. Usual caveats of 'this is a simplified model' etc.