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Re:Writing for Snobs by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @04:51PM (#24486559)
If an expensive track suit, not sharing your Porsche on the 'gram and referring to your lawyer as "legal" are all it takes to seem legit then getting swindled by a "vendor" in Uzbekistan might be in your future.

Edit: the point was that shallow things easily copied with minimal investment make bad signals.

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Re:Writing for Snobs by Swizec on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:00PM (#24486658)
It’s an example and the rules are always shifting. Same as how the kids know whether you’re cool or not.

If you’re not part of the in crowd you’ll never know what glaringly obvious signal makes you stand out.

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