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	tso	2010-03-07 , 14:37
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Originally Posted by CrashandDie

I'm sorry, we must not be living on the same planet. Nice to finally talk with an extra-terrestrial. Because you see, on my planet -- strange as it may seem from your point of view -- our population is purchasing more media than ever before. Even with a so-called economic crisis, people are buying more crapazines that before, are spending more money on concerts, buying more songs on iTunes and games on iPhones than ever before. Books have gone up as well, and blu-ray growth has never stopped rising since it came out.

here is a funny little something:

when there was a economic downturn, the skirt length of dresses lengthens. Why? Because the ladies wearing them used it to symbolize that they could afford the extra expense. Its counter-intuitive as hell if one try to think of humans as rational about spending. But if one drag status seeking into it, spending money on these kinds of things during a downturn becomes a kind of social finger thumbing ("i can afford to waste money on entertainment, you cant").

This factor, the human hunt for status, is so often overlooked in figuring out activity its downright tragic.

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