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What are you referring to with the phrase "status symbol"? I can't connect it at all to your listed points. An Olympic medal is about obvious a status symbol a
by NiloCK 7mo ago
What are you referring to with the phrase "status symbol"?
I can't connect it at all to your listed points. An Olympic medal is about obvious a status symbol as I can imagine but it can't (meaningfully) be bought or transferred.
The status signified with a knit sweater is membership (and good standing!) in a caring family with elders not yet fully subsumed into their phones.
People, acquaintances and strangers alike, frequently comment on the knit socks I often wear, ask after who made them, and all of a sudden we're on "how's your mom" terms.
- ghurtado 7mo ago> it can't (meaningfully) be bought or transferred. https://www.ebay.com/b/Olympic-Medal/27291/bn_55191416?_sop=16&mag=1&rt=nc https://www.ebay.com/b/Olympic-Medal/27291/bn_55191416?_sop=... > People, acquaintances and strangers alike, frequently comment on the knit socks I often wear, Ok, that explains pretty much everything about your line of thought. Thanks.
- NiloCK 7mo ago(edited for clarity) > https://www.ebay.com/b/Olympic-Medal/27291/bn_55191416?_sop= https://www.ebay.com/b/Olympic-Medal/27291/bn_55191416?_sop=... Of course you can buy an Olympic medal. You can't buy the status conferred by the medal (of Olympic champion / nth runner up). > Ok, that explains pretty much everything about your line of thought. I don't understand this either. Are you insulting me?
- bluecheese452 7mo agoBuying someone else’s medal is not a status symbol. That is why they included the word meaningfully.
- johnnyanmac 7mo agoYou're the kind of person that would try to buy a Nobel peace prize off a recipient, aren't you?