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Sometimes I casually flash my B-Unit around or pretend to check the time on it just to let everyone know I have a subscription.

Other times I will go out of my way to send emails from the terminal just so others get a glance at my @bloomberg.net email address. I also have people send me stuff to the email if it's someone I haven't met before.

The Bloomberg Terminal is well worth it for these two perks. It's much better than paying for an @hey.com email address.

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Assert your dominance by using your childhood hotmail email address for business purposes

Log into work's Microsoft subscription from hotmail.com to keep The Man humble

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I honestly can't tell if this is a parody or not

If it isn’t a copypasta, it should be.

That's the best type of parody

Not to the proud family whose surname is Parody.

Also those representing parity overheard you and may have a bit to talk with you about.

Parody. If you have a Bloomberg terminal then probably many of the people you interact with at work also have Bloomberg subscriptions. Imagine some tech worker in Silicon Valley trying to flex some employer-provided top-of-the-range MacBook. The price isn’t the same but the idea that it won’t impress the in-group is.

The SV equivalent is the corporate badge casually clipped to the belt while having lunch/coffee/drinks/dinner.

Hey，I've seen people flex their Palantir seat licenses!

Maybe it's like teamblind? IIRC you need to sign up to them using your work e mail. And it's authwalled so can't really be read without an account.

I absolutely detest this comment and all it implies. I'll accept my downvotes now.

Unless I missed sarcasm, in which case, please accept my humblest apologies.

Don't forget the included subscription to Bloomberg Businessweek that we religiously "read" with the feet on the 10 cm of our desk that are not covered with terminal screens.

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