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Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by mathgeek on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @06:48PM (#50373041)
> You're symbolizing a different kind of status though.

Now I'm curious whether you mean a higher status (which I infer when folks are using such things) or a lower status (which I could also infer).

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Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by bradleyjg on Thursday November 05, 2026 @04:33AM (#50377116)
It’s (attempted) countersignaling.
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Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by troyvit on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:30AM (#50379515)
Just a frugal one. For instance many of those machines touted zero waste for their coffee but the machines themselves are giant hunks of material that are destined for a landfill after a few years.
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