Blackbird Spyplane once coined the term state of shopping to refer to someone who is more obsessed with browsing & buying than actually living in the things that they buy. Wearing only new stuff is a tell; “roasting” the thing is a sign of a life well-lived.

The camera, again

I was out with my friend the other night, and he, a photographer, dissed Leica, possibly forgetting that I own one. Mercifully, he dissed it in the way that Leica deserves to be dissed: as a brand that rich people buy and never use. I encounter these people in my consulting circles all the time, holding Q or M models that all look like they came straight from the store.