Status updates are a new kind of conspicuous "consumption": instead of buying that pair of designer jeans for the big night out I'll just post a witty status to

Status updates are a new kind of conspicuous "consumption": instead of buying that pair of designer jeans for the big night out I'll just post a witty status to show off. Nothing wrong with that. Maybe even better than consumerism: no natural resources were lost in the production of this status update.