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		How did Apple’s AirPods go from mockery to millennial status symbol? (theguardian.com)
		5 points by rusk on Feb 10, 2019 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

0_gravitas on Feb 10, 2019 | [–]

Memes are a very bad metric to measure what is or isn't a "status symbol"

anthonys on Feb 11, 2019 | [–]

Because they work pretty well?

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