One thing I find more bizarre than the sheer number of people who measure their self-worth by the objects they own or covet is the fervent devotion they show in not only defending their chosen object as though the foibles of their fetish somehow are held against them personally, but to vehemently proselytize to and denigrate those who merely opted to possess a different object or not to possess such an object at all. It is even more strange when the person in question did no more than merely exchange a few dollars for said object, contributing nothing to it's conception, design, or manufacture, but somehow feeling a sense of achievement through a simple act of consumerism. I can understand the sense of pride associated with, as well as the corresponding impassioned response to criticism of, something one has had a personal stake in creating but to throw down one's gauntlet over mass-produced consumer goods as though one's honor was somehow tied to not only the purchase of a particularly good, but the failure to purchase the same good by other people, seems a bit odd.