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Here are two anthropological clues, in the form of products with a tinge of tragedy, that say something about our modern lives. In an era when more and more of us are living single in cities and working our tails off, it's easy to see where both of these products come in:

Reuben Miller turned us on to the WMF 1, a coffeemaker for one that forces us to admit our 10-cup model operates at 10% capacity for about 360 days out of the year. When you're ready to admit you don't normally have nine friends over for coffee on the daily, take a look at one of these.

Similarly, the Workplace Dish Set is an admission that while we once shared lunch and laughs sitting next to our buddies on some construction girder, nowadays we mostly chew quietly and alone in front of an electronic version of the New York Times, trying not to get our Cobb Salad on the keyboard and praying the phone won't ring.