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A good paying job? A high wage? A nice car? A big house? A trophy wife? A green weed free lawn?

What is America's Greatest Status Symbol? I post the answer sometime next week.

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w3iner

I would say Gadgets, but that is in my world, in the rest of america It would have to be everytrhing, you either have it all or you are bust.

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aximbigfan

electronics. by far.


chris

Hoggie3

weapons of course. lol

hstn

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Tankman

Originally Posted by Hoggie3

Weapons of course. lol

Fast answer, couldn't agree more. Perhaps that's why the USA is global. :hide:

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Duwenbasden

Big Things, and bling bling.

lfellows

Tools. He or she who has the best tools wins more tools.

Perceptum

What Senator they have in their pocket.

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stevenator65

I don't know, what is the great status symbol you speak of? Is it SUVs like your idol, Rush Limbaugh says?. You should reference your souces. Try starting a thread with your own thoughts. Or better yet, just join in a thread with your own, original thoughts. Remember this if you don't know the answer:

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Noiro

It's usually defined by what the average person doesn't have.

LOL gadgets is out (I own many :p)
Clothes? ehh, I have them too.
Bling is, not if it turns green.

I say the car is, you can tell a person's status by what they drive. Heh I hide mine with a 98' BMW 850, I'm such a poser.

Pebu

First of all, the question is vague. Are you asking what proves one American's status is better than another? Are you asking what proves America's status over other countries? Or one American's over one non-American?
Not to mention it would be very subjective. One person may think he or she is better than I because he or she has a Bentley and a huge estate, while I may think I'm better than that person because I have a family... It's a question that doesn't really have much of an answer, no matter how many you try to throw at it.

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I use the term "better than" kinda loosely in there, so don't take any offense to it or anything.

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Frannyman

No clue... I guess I'll go for the Hoggie3's answer...

offtopic:
btw, I always wondered why you call your country America. America is the name of the continent, you know...
The country's name, if it can be called a name, is United States of America.

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AKAJohnDoe

Clearly, the correct answer is male pattern baldness.

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StanleyR1

Way to vague a question. Not sure what JMJ means by "greatest." In terms of how Americans define themselves amongst each other, I think the most universal status symbol is their Home.

Originally Posted by Frannyman

No clue... I guess I'll go for the Hoggie3's answer... offtopic: btw, I always wondered why you call your country America. America is the name of the continent, you know... The country's name, if it can be called a name, is United States of America.

Actually, the continent is North America not America. (South America is a seperate and distinct continent.) The name "America" by itself doesn't identify any specific geographic or political boundries.

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