Reality; Threatening The Yuppie/"Go Shopping"-Lifestyle!!

[Mr. Shaman]

Gee....what're they gonna resort-to, next, to define their relevancy??!!! ​

"It is also a rude awakening for a generation of shoppers who grew up on easy access to credit and have never had to limit purchases to simply what they needed or could afford.

Instead, buying and consuming have become part of the national culture, with many people using what is in their shopping bags to express their own identity, from the latest gadgets to designer handbags.

"People that have been ... identifying with and defining themselves by their material objects and expenditures are losing a definite piece of their identity and themselves," he said. "They have to learn how to replace that."