Sentences with phrase «as status symbols»

I think the days of huge homes as status symbols is winding down and people are more interested in lifestyle than 5,000 square foot homes that do nothing but collect dust.

People get into houses as status symbols — and those gated communities can be killers in terms of setting social expectations.

I am not completely discounting this being a possible necessary govt role because what happens if a sizeable proportion of people are rich enough and want to retain use of gas guzzling muscle ICE cars as status symbols despite high carbon taxes while it also becomes clear we need to get to zero net emissions?

«They've done a study and they've found that people under 30 no longer view cars as status symbols or even positive things,» Kartheiser told the Times.

In other words, achievements are designed to function as status symbols for gamers.

The trope occurs when women or women's bodies are employed as rewards for player actions, a pattern which frames female bodies and sexuality as collectible or consumable and positions women as status symbols designed to validate the masculinity of presumed straight male players.

Simply put, trophyism is the tendency for men to view women as objects to be collected and displayed as status symbols of their sexual prowess or virility.

One of the big dangers with the more expensive cards is that people grow attached them and some even see them as status symbols (they're not).

Amex cards have typically been seen as status symbols and prestigious to own.

Ornamental dogs had been used as status symbols the world over for centuries.

Uncaring owners have taken a friendly breed and through lack of training and socialization, made their dogs aggressive either to fight other dogs or as status symbols.

Normally no, however the practices employed by some owners who have the dogs as status symbols can produce an aggressive animal purely due to the dog's willingness to please their owner.

The people creating the most problem with dogs are: those using dogs as status symbols for the wrong reasons; undereducated owners who do not realize the time it takes to properly raise any dog; those who unintentionally allow undesired behaviors to grow and fail to address them.

These animals are used to gain profit, for fighting and entertainment, and they serve as status symbols for most of the people living in the city.

What breed is most often exploited at this time, as status symbols for doing bad things, guarding drugs, belonging to gangs, and in dog fighting?

Animals should not be treated as possessions, and in a humane world, would not be bought and sold, used as status symbols, or otherwise exploited.

They are luxury products that act as status symbols.

Unlike the Range Rover, an S - class can't ford three feet of water, but celebrities, athletes, and the wealthy use both vehicles as status symbols.

The steel rotors are the proper choice here; overused as status symbols, carbon ceramics tend to be awful in the real world with noise and vibration that aren't worth their excessive cost in daily use.

Case and his colleagues concluded that most were used for military purposes, such as spotting distant ships or approaching troops, or were simply collected as status symbols, before they achieved widespread scientific use.

Evidence shows that in Germany, where these little mannequins originated, doctors used these dolls not as explanatory aids but rather as status symbols, conveying the doctor's expertise of the female body.

Carriers as status symbols within their closed community.

«They're looked at as status symbols.

Television, the company argues, is still seen as a status symbol in emerging markets.

If you're one of the few guys in a city who owns a Harley, people are going to see that as a status symbol.

One example of this is that they don't see a vehicle as a status symbol.

The company touts the terminal as a Stradivarius for the beautiful music of making money, and as a status symbol.

Style is important as a status symbol and a measure of their success, but they're unconcerned with personal health.

This wasn't quite as big of an issue in America, but for many years, the Burberry brand was the standard issue dress as a status symbol of thugs and gangs all across England.

Starbucks has had great success in China as consumers view drinking lattes as a status symbol — it's also a trip that may become less frequent due to the economic slowdown.

Depending on the culture and times jewellery may be appreciated as a status symbol, for its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols.

The dynamic of footballer transfers has become polarised by the emergence of billionaires who see owning a football club as a status symbol, and at the other end of the scale, by the growing debt of clubs at all levels.

Mechanical watches down the ages have been used as a status symbol.

He noted that most workers responded favorably to the new arrangement in the pilot study, especially younger employees, who don't see the corner office as a status symbol.

When we use being busy as a status symbol, we are holding the egocentric belief that «I am busy, therefore I am important.»

Because of this, having an abundance of fat is no longer seen as a status symbol — it's seen as a symbol of disregard, apathy, laziness, or weakness.

And maybe Japanese people should start rethinking of rice as a status symbol and start eating these other grains again as part of their regular diet again.

live in a day and age where being «crazy busy» functions as a status symbol.

And either way, it's not good, because we already live in a day and age where being «crazy busy» functions as a status symbol.

In our culture, dating an older partner is often seen as a status symbol for younger women — we're often told that older partners will be more financially and emotionally stable, which is why being courted by an older partner is often seen as a compliment, a confirmation that you, indeed, have your act together and are desirable.

The G550 has proven that under the posh leather and the lighted kick plates that define its modern role as a status symbol, it's still a rugged, solid - axle old beast, a truck to put the fear in the Soviets and remind everyone that Germany is a country not to be trifled with.

That shameless rear wing and the fact that no one will ever suspect that you're buying it as status symbol give it that much more cred.

Between safety features and infotainment systems driving up even entry - level vehicles» price tags; and car - hailing apps turning four - wheeled freedom machines into appliances, people 18 to 35 simply don't have a good reason to care about cars, unless they want a luxo - truck as a status symbol.

Treasured as a status symbol believed to bring good luck, the Asian arowana is bred on high - security farms in Southeast Asia and sold by the hundreds of thousands each year.

I know if a new book by William Gibson or Neil Gaimon came out and was one of a kind, with a very limited run, I would certainly spend $ 200 on it and use it as a status symbol.

Truth is that Apple has that market to itself — the Tablet as Status Symbol market.

Thus, it creates the illusion of exclusivity, so it is now regarded as a status symbol.

Isn't the letter intentionally designed to present the new, higher limit as a status symbol, to undermine your good common sense about credit?

It's often interpreted as a status symbol and measurement of love.

Of course, the Tesla is beyond the budget of many car buyers, but for those who can afford a premium vehicle, the Tesla is an «EV that doubles as a status symbol,» says Eric Novak, editor - in - chief for EnviroDad.com and co-creator of the Canadian Green Car Award.