Mechanical watches down the ages have been
used as a status symbol.
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.
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.
Hats at the time were
used as a status symbol.
They are so often
used as a status symbol, and even to intimidate rival gangs.
Ornamental dogs had been
used as status symbols the world over for centuries.
Not exact matches
It is ironic that the very activists who emerged from this new environment developed the strategy of claiming victim
status through the
use of such
symbols as the pink triangle.
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.
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.
When we
use being busy
as a
status symbol, we are holding the egocentric belief that «I am busy, therefore I am important.»
We have hundreds of examples; one might be that the rainbow
used to be a
symbol of God's wrath on a decadent society, and another of course would be The Devil himself — once feared by believers and even non-believers alike — but nowdays is consigned along with the Bible and Jesus resurrection to «myth»
status and cartoonised
as a little man in red pants and a pitch fork.
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.
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.
First and foremost, the X6 gave the customer base a vehicle that can be
used as both a performance vehicle with some off road capabilities,
as a fashion statement, a luxury
status symbol and a comfortable long trip vehicle
as well.
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.
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 essential household accoutrements are showcased within the grounds of Villa Belong Dua along with a traditional thatched Balinese rice barn from the village; now more often
used as a playhouse, but once a
symbol of social
status indicating the ownership of precious rice - fields.
In many cases game creators may not even realize their mechanics are working to cement this mentality, but when games
use a woman's affection, her body, or her sexuality
as a carrot on a stick, they're actively encouraging men to think of women
as objects, prizes, and
status symbols.
Use of an archaic
status symbol such
as a fountain pen these days is paramount to saying «I'm important / rich enough to have someone else do the transcription to word processor!».
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?
«We
used to be poor and look forward to owning a car
as a
status symbol, but we have to get over that,» Wang tells the Monitor.
The newest iPhone, whose name has already leaked out
as iPhone X, will be like the original in that it will be higher in price than most people are
used to paying for phones, it will be constrained in availability due to the difficulty of its manufacture, and it will serve
as a
status symbol for its owners.
The rest of the world still had yet to catch up on the
use of the rug
as a
status symbol as well
as elegant interior decoration, but the Middle East and Asia had already started to make the most of their affinity for area rugs.