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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by cableshaft on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @10:49AM (#11344953)
I didn't have brand name anything in high school. I got through it okay. Wasn't the most popular kid by any means, but I was shy to begin with (I didn't start being more outgoing until I started going to regular meetups recently, years after I had owned 'status symbol' iPhones).

I'm not denying that other teens can and do feel the way your psychologist said, but I'm pretty sure it's a learned behavior, not something innate, and can be unlearned.

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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by petra on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @11:08AM (#11345139)
I'm not expert in that subject, but the psychologist, who saw this deeply, over many different kids, saw it as a big problem. An i'm sure she knew full well what's innate/learnable and how practical is that unlearning process.
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