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>the emergence of a contemporary mode that publicly emphasizes everyday cultural practice (to accentuate ordinariness, authenticity, and cultural connection) A
by yterdy 3y ago
>the emergence of a contemporary mode that publicly emphasizes everyday cultural practice (to accentuate ordinariness, authenticity, and cultural connection)
A darker interpretation: elites signal their status by doing what the rest of us can't. "Everyday cultural practice" is now out of the reach of most, due to the contemporary nature of housing, work, education, and healthcare.
- lukas099 3y agoHaving kids and is becoming the ultimate status signal in my younger social circles. It's weird, but makes sense given the exorbitant costs of housing, education, and healthcare (all strongly associated with children).
- lotsofpulp 3y agoIt is not just having kids, which is relatively cheap. It is having kids and affording healthcare, their own room in the house, friends to play with (i.e. daycare) so that they are not just watching a screen all day, giving them access to sports and other organized physical activities, education in at least an average school (full of kids who have at least average household incomes), hosting birthdays, going on vacations (especially flying places). If I were to ask myself if I would have had kids if I were not able to afford the above, I would say no. And I grew up without any of that.