Things that are unintentional status symbols.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being a good skier.

Straight teeth.

Dietary requirements.

I would substitute sailing for skiing. Anybody can get themselves up to Whitetail. (I love skiing.)

Straight teeth, but not perfect-perfect teeth. Kate Middleton's tony french orthodontist deliberately left slight imperfections (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2066489/Kate-Middleton-smile-Secret-Duchess-Cambridges-perfect-pearly-whites.html).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a good skier.

Straight teeth.

Dietary requirements.

I agree with this except for dietary requirements. I think the opposite: being able to eat anything in moderation, drink and function, smoke a cigarette occasionally when with prep school friends and still look attractive and not be self conscious at all. "Grandmother smoked and drank gin until she was 92"

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a good skier.

Straight teeth.

Dietary requirements.

I agree with this except for dietary requirements. I think the opposite: being able to eat anything in moderation, drink and function, smoke a cigarette occasionally when with prep school friends and still look attractive and not be self conscious at all. "Grandmother smoked and drank gin until she was 92"

PP here. I mean, "gluten intolerant," "vegan," etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a good skier.

Straight teeth.

Dietary requirements.

I agree with this except for dietary requirements. I think the opposite: being able to eat anything in moderation, drink and function, smoke a cigarette occasionally when with prep school friends and still look attractive and not be self conscious at all. "Grandmother smoked and drank gin until she was 92"

PP here. I mean, "gluten intolerant," "vegan," etc.

You know gluten intolerance is a real health problem, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a good skier.

Straight teeth.

Dietary requirements.

I agree with this except for dietary requirements. I think the opposite: being able to eat anything in moderation, drink and function, smoke a cigarette occasionally when with prep school friends and still look attractive and not be self conscious at all. "Grandmother smoked and drank gin until she was 92"

PP here. I mean, "gluten intolerant," "vegan," etc.

You know gluten intolerance is a real health problem, right?

For less than 1% of the population, which is far, far less than the amount of people who go gluten-free to mask their subtle eating disorders into socially acceptable habits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, now we're starting to assign value judgments to these symbols. Those of privilege are well-spoken and everyone who uses grammar incorrectly is uneducated, and we know how unsavory that is. *fans self with ivory-ribbed fan inherited from great-grandmother*

You are the one reading the value judgment into that statement. Also you need to work on your reading comprehension.

And yes, I think it is reasonable to expect a purportedly educated person to know the most basic rules of grammar. Do you teach your kids to say "give she the toy" and "her wented to the store with he?" Because that's what it sounds like to me when people say "give it to her and I." This is not complicated stuff. If someone routinely sent you emails that said "forward the draft to I" would you not wonder about that person?

Look, doofus. There is a difference in saying displaying this trait will put you in Group A. This trait would put you in Group B. In this case, status is the separation.

It is another thing to say Group A > Group B, therefore the traits of one indicate superiority to the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a good skier.

Straight teeth.

Dietary requirements.

I agree with this except for dietary requirements. I think the opposite: being able to eat anything in moderation, drink and function, smoke a cigarette occasionally when with prep school friends and still look attractive and not be self conscious at all. "Grandmother smoked and drank gin until she was 92"

+1

Smoking is trashy and revolting. Don't kid yourself that anyone aside from you and your pals think you look attractive while doing it.

[Anonymous]

Expensive haircuts for kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eating a "paleo" diet.
Running marathons.
Doing yoga more than once/week.
These to me are the biggest show of people who have way too much damn time on their hands.

I think eating a Paleo diet is just douchy, not a status symbol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a good skier.

Straight teeth.

Dietary requirements.

I agree with this except for dietary requirements. I think the opposite: being able to eat anything in moderation, drink and function, smoke a cigarette occasionally when with prep school friends and still look attractive and not be self conscious at all. "Grandmother smoked and drank gin until she was 92"

PP here. I mean, "gluten intolerant," "vegan," etc.

You know gluten intolerance is a real health problem, right?

For less than 1% of the population, which is far, far less than the amount of people who go gluten-free to mask their subtle eating disorders into socially acceptable habits.

+1

[Anonymous]

I guess we know now what DCUMs really care about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess we know now what DCUMs really care about.

[phone] Really? Is this what you think about? If you have that much time on your hands then I wish the answer was "volunteering in a soup kitchen, women's shelter, .." Too hopeful?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eating a "paleo" diet.
Running marathons.
Doing yoga more than once/week.
These to me are the biggest show of people who have way too much damn time on their hands.

I do yoga 3-5 times a week - I have two under three years old and work full time. I don't have tons of free time - yoga is just important to me. Other people are into treadmills and/or stairmasters; I'm into yoga.

[Anonymous]

Having chickens in your yard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a good skier.

Straight teeth.

Dietary requirements.

I agree with this except for dietary requirements. I think the opposite: being able to eat anything in moderation, drink and function, smoke a cigarette occasionally when with prep school friends and still look attractive and not be self conscious at all. "Grandmother smoked and drank gin until she was 92"

PP here. I mean, "gluten intolerant," "vegan," etc.

You know gluten intolerance is a real health problem, right?

For less than 1% of the population, which is far, far less than the amount of people who go gluten-free to mask their subtle eating disorders into socially acceptable habits.

False. It is just under 1% specifically for celiac - percentage is much higher for the broader spectrum of gluten sensitivities.

Though I'll grant you it could be an unintentional status symbol, as getting diagnosed takes time and good medical care, and the GF diet is frequently more expensive.