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' Busy Status Bar' is an electronic display device that can inform others of your status, such as 'I'm busy now,' 'I'm busy for the next XX minutes,' 'I'm on a call,' 'I'm streaming,' etc. The Busy ...

Being busy isn't an excuse or a lament anymore. It's a sign of status — maybe even a humblebrag. At some point, the standard answer to "how are you" changed from "fine, thanks" to "busy!" Researchers ...

Movies, magazines, and popular television shows often highlight the abundance of money and leisure time available to the wealthy. For example, in Downton Abbey, Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of ...