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Sophisticated Ignorance's avatar

A Patek doesnt announce itself. The orange iPhone was designed to. The distinction between those two choices is the whole essay.

The lifestyle tax is real. The harder version of this question is whether the things we chose quietly, the ones nobody notices unless they already know are still doing the same work.

Steven A's avatar

And yet, you still bought the new iPhone...

Pascal's avatar

The decision to get the iPhone was already made and for purely practical reasons. Had to upgrade to the 17 for a better camera.

Chose the blue one tho.