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		rustystump 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blurry rendering of games on Mac Depending on culture it very much is. Money is a direct signal of status in a way most other things are not as it is correlates to resources which nature selects for. In the us of a, money is the ultimate status and often used as the measuring stick to the value of ones ideas, personhood, and everything in between. I cannot stand it but it is what it is.

monkeyelite 8 months ago [–]

No, its the way you talk, interests, activities, goals, etc.

Do you remember the TV show duck dynasty where a rural family form the south became millionaries selling sporting goods?

How would you compare their socials status to a Berkeley undergrad with parents who work in the bay?

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