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Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by weird-eye-issue »

stinkbeetle wrote: post #202
braden-lk wrote: post #29

These comments are rough. Some weird hostility to self-expression in here. "Back in my day, laptops were about TECHNOLOGY! Where's the conservative stickers!?" Ok, put some "conservative stickers" on your laptop and submit a pic to the site-- no one's stopping you. I was born in early 90s; all laptops in my memory have weird, silly stickers on them.

I don't see much hostility at all. A few people don't like them. That's not weird hostility, isn't it just self-expression? Like the stickers that oppose or express a dislike of something, which presumably aren't weird hostility either. People are allowed to dislike or disagree or make not entirely positive comments. Sure some would just scroll on, arguably that's the better thing to do, but commenting in self-expres…

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Post by wredcoll »

HeinzStuckeIt wrote: post #197
komali2 wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just out of curiosity, what makes you think that everyone thought Naziism was morally right at its peak?

Several other European countries imitated German fascism in the 1930s (e.g. Hungary, Romania, Slovakia). This is well known in Eastern Europe because that brief period has cast long shadows to this day. Even in relatively faraway South America, Germany and Italy inspired several political movements. Sure, not everyone thought Naziism was good, because you can’t find any political philosophy in human history that ever…

Some people like naziism.

Those people were wrong.

This isn't some kind of "oh morality is relative and somethings are cultural", it's just objectively wrong, regardless of who or how many people claim to like it.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

flir wrote: post #182
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #179

I think it's cool, but I could never see myself doing it, because I used to go through a new laptop every couple of years. In any case, the point is moot, now. I switched to using a desktop, in my last upgrade since retiring.

Implies that the stickers are more precious than the hardware, which is an attitude I love.

They would be, for me.

Covers are a possibility, but Apple always used to make minor changes to the laptop layout, so you could seldom reuse a cover.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by generalizations »

joshdavham wrote: post #17

This was super fun to browse! I am a bit curious about the amount of politically progressive stickers however. Like, is sticker-ing your laptop just more of a 'progressive' thing to do? Do political conservatives not sticker their laptops in the same way that they generally do with their bumper stickers?

A rule of thumb among your friends: those who don’t talk politics are the conservative ones. Similarly, I’d wager most of the examples here without overtly progressive stickers are conservative.

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Post by khannn »

denkmoon wrote: post #158
FuriouslyAdrift wrote: post #135

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In the early to mid 90's, geek culture had a thing for ironic agitprop. Great stuff... deeply cynical and very Gen X.

Any group that gets its kicks out of pretending to be fools will soon find itself filled with fools who think themselves in good company - Abraham Lincoln

I'm taking up vampire hunting - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

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Post by cindyllm »

wredcoll wrote: post #212
HeinzStuckeIt wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Several other European countries imitated German fascism in the 1930s (e.g. Hungary, Romania, Slovakia). This is well known in Eastern Europe because that brief period has cast long shadows to this day. Even in relatively faraway South America, Germany and Italy inspired several political movements. Sure, not everyone thought Naziism was good, because you can’t find any political philosophy in human history that ever…

Some people like naziism. Those people were wrong. This isn't some kind of "oh morality is relative and somethings are cultural", it's just objectively wrong, regardless of who or how many people claim to like it.

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Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by m463 »

I would be interested in seeing images of "anti-stickers"

I've seen a few movies where apple laptops are show with a clear apple logi...

But I've also seen movies where the logos are removed or altered. It would be interesting to see images like that.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by wredcoll »

hdgvhicv wrote: post #102
shagie wrote: post #26

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When I was going to conferences, my laptop stickers were a public display of "these are technologies that I use and you can strike up a conversation with me about them." To an extent, a resume that you can glance at from across the room. It's a bit of a statement for what you're trying to communicate with that lid - professional experience, political statements, personal "this is neat"... And part of this is a for me…

Safe to have a perl sticker as while it’s easy enough to put it on, nobody (including yourself) be able to read it.

I've never understood why people were so proud to brag that they can't understand a relatively simple language like perl.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by beeflet »

lisdexan wrote: post #160
beeflet wrote: post #136

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I'm sure buying cute cat stickers is the one thing stopping the downfall of the capitalist machine.

it is the general lifestyle of self-expression which does. The kind of person who expresses themself through "be gay and do crime" stickers does not seriously threaten the system through crime. Totally individualistic self-expression acts as a release valve for frustrations against the system. It attracts narcissists, who counteract any meaningful goals.

In the old world, when you got a tattoo or something it showed you were a member of a community of people who knew each other. A society of people who were organized and could precipitate some change. In the new world, you get a tattoo or something to signal you are a member of a demographic.

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