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Living your life as if conspicuous consumption is bullshit is much more distinguishing.

• 082349872349872 2y ago
  Call me crazy, but I'd guess that retail products that (a) have a SKU, and (b) are submarine advertised on websites with >40mm monthly viewers, however much they may be positioned as being sold to those with near-infinite disposable income, are really being hawked to those with merely disposable income. see https://images.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/183/2018/05/09164150/WSJ.com-Audience-Profile.pdf https://images.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/183/201...
  • throwaway2037 2y ago
    > submarine advertised I never heard of this term before. What does it mean? And can you give an example?
    • 082349872349872 2y ago
      https://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html https://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html Examples aplenty (from biblical times to the present, albeit in a slightly different domain) to be found in Linebarger, Psychological Warfare (1954) > Almost all good propaganda—no matter what kind—is true. It uses truth selectively. (note that PR people used to call themselves "propagandists" in peacetime as well, until WWI gave that a bad rep, and they needed to rebrand)