 How did the Dyson vacuum become such a status symbol for millennials let's break it down. Is it because they can't buy houses they can't have mortgages so they just got the new N3 MacBook and iPhone and a Dyson vacuum I guess that's where we're headed as a country. All right everybody we're gonna break this down obviously we're also gonna talk about other household items that are oddly enough status symbols for millennials do we own any do you own any let us know in the comments down below please hit that like button and check out other episodes of the hot pot boys but you know what could be a status symbol. Smala is currently maybe a status symbol but it's also just quality wise it's really good too check out SmalaSauce.com orders are going out right now looks super slick I updated the photos on the website. All right so we're talking about a New York Times article that just came out that went viral called what makes a vacuum cleaner sexy how Dyson's cordless stick became a status symbol a trophy of domesticity and generational must have and I had to talk about this because fire it off fire it off a couple shots David hey you know what we don't own guns we don't own rifles but David this that's just so the article goes on a state when you would imagine a life of luxury what comes to mind a mansion full of walking closets garage housing with sleek German and Italian vehicle names whatever it is it's probably not a cordless Dyson vacuum cleaner mounted in a 550 square foot studio decorated with nothing but a bed frame but that's what it is he goes on to say Andrew Genziers and young millennials for whom traditional markers of stability like home ownership and early retirement seem largely out of reach at this point a Dyson cordless vacuum provides a more attainable type of security somebody says if you can't get a mortgage or house you can get a Dyson so that's like that should be their marketing motto to be honest yeah what a bar but but I understand what they're saying we have a Dyson vacuum I love it it looks cool it's it's hasn't broken down yet I feel like the quality is pretty decent there's been some shakiness on the you know I mean yeah it still works you need some tune-ups here and there but it's very easy to use I think David here's my three things and I think that this goes for iPhones like Apple products right that are also status symbols well a lot of I a lot of Apple products not just the iPhone or millennial must have MacBook AirPod Max's AirPods iPhones Apple Watch Apple Watch also a status symbol right let's be honest and and also with the Dyson vacuum I mean they are both Western companies still you know Apple's American Dyson's British the British have not fallen yet perhaps our fall from grace was a little bit early spoken on well you know I think a lot of people forget that Rose Royce makes a lot of the airplane jet engines and then Dyson is also British but anyways like so it's like American it's obviously aesthetic but also the quality and the everyday usefulness I mean let's be honest these are useful items right right right I mean I think let's be honest Andrew you see the form and the function and Dyson is crazy because not only do they have the most pop and vacuum but a little bit before they had the most cordless pop and vacuums they had the supersonic hairdryer yeah the supersonic hairdryer and even the air blade David the curling air blade literally is $600 and that's just for curling hair right and of course Apple products as well as Dyson they both have a lot of resale value right as well um I think that one of the keys is here is that they delivered a product that looked like maybe like 300% better than anything else that was a competitive alternative on the market but worked at least 50% better so it had to look at least 200% better and work at least 50 to 100% better would you agree yeah yeah no it has to have both listen these are not crap products they may be overpriced or overrated in your opinion but they are absolutely top of the game right just as far as just straight quality right I would say I'm even happier with Apple than I am with Dyson in terms of build quality probably um I hear some other things that come into mind that are millennial markers of status or that people love air fryers alcoholic sparkling seltzers a variety of flavors right whether niche flavors or not noise canceling headphones people are super into collecting those bluetooth speakers that like premium ones different types of hot sauces such as smala or everyday carry or key organizers for men um also gaming systems pc gaming rigs these are all things that people have built multiple hyperactive hundred thousand people communities off of uh on reddit right right like doesn't that go to show you either these are consumer products that people almost are treating like religion like their identity but I think everybody always did that to some level but they just didn't know with social media it's easier to kind of unite around the love of I mean there was like message boards about sneakers you know what I mean like there's all these things from that I feel like people always found I mean there's car clubs if you own a Porsche it's easy to find like a Porsche group I don't own a Porsche I have a friend who doesn't even in like random cities they might be a Porsche if you own a Lamborghini you're going to know other Lamborghini owners Rolex owners Rolex people can find community and meet each other and stuff like that anyways what do you think about other people trying to become the the Dyson cordless premium stick of their like Lane like there's another British company Andrew called Tyfer that has a $500 air fryer that they're trying to sell and I believe that they are trying to copy the Dyson model where it's like something way way way more premium in the space but way cooler looking but I'll tell you this it only is going to work if the functionality is there yeah if it's worth it if it really is better I see some people I don't know about a community being built but there's like certain types of pans cooking pans that like are kind of the cool pans to have yeah the one with the hexagon yeah there's that the Helix one and then there's one called like a one pot which actually we got gifted a couple years ago but we don't use it we gave it to our friend but like those are considered kind of cool pots I don't know if there's communities being built around them but like those are like right because the pot is so analog it's even though they're going to say it's coated in NASA space I think when it comes to cooking and stuff it kind of gets a little nasty and dirty so that's why it's not really but like look other things David right air fryers Kasori air fryers oh no I got to shout out the Kasori three pro this is personally the one that I'm saying if you can find it on sale for a hundred dollars it might change your life it's pretty good it's a good it's super easy to use we got to shout out the u-scooter GT Sport 2023 right I think this is the best lightweight scooter ever made yeah I think here's the thing about u-scooters I think when I see someone else with a u-scooter and I'm starting to see more and more people with them because I think they're just realizing the usefulness I shout it to u-scooter is that 12 yeah all right if you guys want to use our code fun bros right you get like 70 dollars off right so that's shout out but also aside from that we don't actually get a kickback from that by the way but um u-scooters are just like you just know what that other person's thinking when you identify with the u-scooter like if someone else has another scooter that I don't really like I'm like I feel like this person doesn't know scooters that well they're not a scooter nut mmm they're not an aficionado yeah they're not in the know they're not a scooter geek um I think for me the sonos move I still think to this day it is the best portable bluetooth like that's an item that if you see someone else with a sonos move are you gonna say something like oh I got that too I know what's up yeah I do say it um airpods obviously people love airpods right I would say there's a large portion of people in any city you know obviously it can change metropolitan to rule if they lose their airpods that day Andrew so how many people are going to the store the next day and getting another pair like I'm saying that that has become that much of a revenue driver but also it cannot be that big of a revenue driver for Apple unless it is a product that people are willing to die for that's true um Andrew for at least for me I really like MagSafe battery packs I think this is a little bit more of a niche choice I'm just throwing it out you mean this is not a status symbol no it's not a status symbol but I'm just letting people know you know you gotta use it I do do you believe that people are hyper tribal and dedicated to their console of choice whether it's PlayStation, Xbox or PC gaming rigs oh yeah definitely bro that's a way of life that's a community right there so I feel like I mean correct me if I'm wrong I feel like nowadays people maybe just have one maybe two consoles but they're not switching back and forth like they used to would you agree that PlayStation seems like it's one out on the console of course yeah for sure um I would say this I'm not saying there's a religion behind it but somewhat security we're talking about blink or ring doorbell cameras Andrew mixed with like the citizen app I notice for people who are like I don't know if they're anxious or whatever this is like a must have right right right no I mean but I could see even just in I guess a more increased dangerous world in 2023 get a ring doorbell guys look at who is at your door have the ability to scan people um Andrew there is a whole reddit around uh this uh countertop ice maker for people who don't have like an infrigerator rice make uh um ice maker there's all reddit a subreddit yes I'm just saying there's a community behind it man people why I can't believe someone made a subreddit about it but I guess at the end of the day people have questions about it right dude some people they love there is an air fryer subreddit oh the air fryer subreddit is super yeah but I guess it makes more sense because there's like recipes in there right I mean how many different ices are you gonna make um somebody said a car-mounted GPS holder I'll say this I don't know if there's a community behind car-mounted GPS holders or like phone holders but I've been in an AMG not an AMG it was an AMG one just a regular g-wagon that almost crashed on the highway in the rain because the person didn't have a car mount for the GPS on their phone wow I'm just saying that this is an item where I'm like yo you guys get a car mount for your phone so you don't crash your car um liquid IV electrolyte packs this is something and the supplement community does have like a cultish following right right uh but I feel like the electrolyte supplement community or we're talking about I think supplements in general but the powdered greens but I will say this if you are a person who exercises a lot look into the electrolyte I would definitely say near tropics is has like a community oh for sure for sure um crocs why do people in 2023 love performance sandals so much whether we're talking about the cheaper generic cloud foam ones off amazon obviously you can get as expensive as uh yeezy slides there's so you know what I'm saying there's so many different optionality you know right options for performance sandals now I realize that like crocs is the only item Andrew with like 170,000 reviews on amazon with perfect scores across the board yeah people love it um there's like different things that you know like drain products that used to not exist you know if you plug up your drain you know if you always have this oh this is for me Andrew this is a Dyson for me when I find out that somebody uses disposable vibrating toothbrushes I'm a huge fan of these that's a that's a community for you yes um there is a community around this new product I don't know if it how new it is it's called a bissel little green carpet and upholstery cleaner it basically allows people to professionally clean their couches in their chairs right without paying for a professional right because it does like the whole water steam thing but it's probably very uh easy to use very compact um also another millennial thing that I don't think the previous generation really utilized or purchased in large numbers was weighted blankets oh okay so weighted blankets are designed for people with anxiety issues because it sort of taps into your human sensor for being hugged at night um anyway let's just get into the comments about the Dyson and it was really interesting article guys listen if you have a Dyson or know anybody with a Dyson cordless vacuum cleaner I suggest you read the New York Times article this guy said listen I have a dog and I hate vacuuming the only way that I like vacuuming is if I use the Dyson I'm not going to get my corded vacuum plug it into the wall out of the closet lift it upstairs lift it downstairs I don't care if my Dyson is a weaker vacuum overall because I'm not going to vacuum if I don't right right right it's kind of like goes back to yo the best helmet is the one you wear right the best vacuum is the one you want to use if your vacuum is so cumbersome that it makes you not want to use it and you don't vacuum then literally what's the point of it right yeah like what it's like I think that the form and the function combination has to be there before the iphone android were phones really like status symbols or like something that people wanted to use for everything video camera banking app what are some other iconic products that you think are also like kind of got a religion right like we said there's a reason why apple is the most profitable company in the world we already addressed a lot of apple products okay and dyson has the vacuum in the hairdryer teslas teslas kind of have a religion called following yes there's a tesla owners subreddits all these different you can get into arguments with people about this yes um i think that lexus and sony a lot of japanese brands used to be in this hyper premium form plus function tier but it does seem like in the past five ten years the japanese brands have fallen off a little bit yeah a little bit for sure um i think that these ultra high-end iconic products they have to have a resale market on the after that they have to have resale value on the after what makes it have resale right it's quality and functionality right like not only that branding it's a community that is willing to purchase a used version of it for a pretty sizable portion of money they have a legacy of returning customers there's people families who have been buying apple products for decades now literally decades multiple decades right because they've been around probably since the first imac yeah they've been around for 25 30 years plus uh consumer products so you have families who have bought parents who have bought if your parents bought a rolex buy and you get a role you're there's going to be a resale value for the rolex right you know what i mean i also think that at the end of the day they have to reinvent something or hyper progress a product that's been around for a hundred years or more think about it the iphone andrew it brought to uh forward or progressed the development of the phone was crazy okay um the dyson vacuum cleaners what vacuum cleaners have been around i'm assuming for what 70 80 years not probably maybe a hundred yeah um as well as the air fryer the air fryer is just a modern update to the oven so i think that you have to update a daily irl everyday use product that's been around for at least a hundred years and of course you can just look at the stock prices these companies and i also think let's be honest it's something that you can show people like i feel like air fryers to a level maybe are not going to reach this type of level because i think some people are just going to be like i think coffee makers like espresso machines like if you have the mazoraro or whatever like that one like there's a lot of tears there's a lot of like oh why this italian espresso maker not this cheap one off amazon right or you're still using k cups i would never grind my own beans right um ador what do you think about products from a hundred years ago like the singer sewing machine that used to be a status symbol for housewives yeah i think this i mean sewing machines reach a limit because not everybody wants that in their house because you have to know that you're going to use it potentially every day yeah in 2023 do you think these millennial iconic sort of status symbols have staying power i think if they're good products i mean think about it if dyson's still around and dyson's still making quality products in 15 years from now what's making me believe that i'm not going to have dyson right right what makes me think that 10 years from now i'm not still using some apple products right do you think it's true that for millennials that aren't following traditional conventional life past anymore that it's almost like these have replaced having you know the house with the two cars and the picket fence it's like i got the m3 macbook and all this yeah i do think if you live in an apartment you're like well at least i'm gonna have a nice vacuum you know i mean and this vacuum is gonna and it could come with you and it can carry with you you can use it out of the front's apartments you can use it on your hallway of your apartment building you can take it with you when you do buy a house like these are like transferable things right right right and if you have like a small apartment the dyson vacuum is really all you need why would you need like a corded joint right it's just gonna take up too much space anyway guys let us know what you think are other iconic millennial status symbols that you can purchase um let us know what you think about dyson vacuums and let us know what you think about this whole trend where millennials are almost like looking for status symbols because they're following such a uh unorthodox life pattern from the generations prior to them you're gonna have to fire off some shots with the dyson real quick all right bop bop bop bop bop whoa america aren't you guys until next time let us know in the comment section we out peace