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<p>Agreed. And back to GWU - a casual observer who is observing students in coffee shops and cafeterias and the like might indeed observe that there are a good amount of designer “things” (as in handbags, shoes, etc.). However, simply wearing / using that stuff doesn’t mean that the person is making a point as to how expensive their stuff is.. As far as I could tell, girls who reach into a Target handbag to pay for their coffee seem to be the same as girls who reach into a Louis Vuitton handbag to pay for their coffee – they are focused on getting out their money for the coffee, not in exclaiming, “And look here! Look how expensive the bag is that I’m diving into, in order to pay for this coffee!” That’s the projection (stated earlier on) that I object to - that using is flaunting. It can be, but it takes a lot more than using to be flaunting.</p>