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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I am asking why it's so fetishized.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Capitalism, excessive consumerism, obsession with owning latest brand their favourite social media clown wears?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

To show everyone that one can afford it, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Huh, every time I find something I dislike about capitalism, I find that Marx beat me there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I can't speak for adults, but in middle school, it was to fit in and not appear poor. I got over that in high school. Although, it was easier because that's when I became not poor.