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Re: Wife Acceptance Factor

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Post by iLemming » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC

bitwize wrote: post #10

And this is why the most powerful consumer computing hardware in the world is made by a lifestyle brand (Apple). My wife about lost it when she saw the MacBook Neo in citrus, in person.

My wife's friend, when asked why she wanted an iPhone (my wife and I see the prospect of switching from Android a downgrade), she excitedly opens up the camera app (we were in a store), takes a picture, and then screams "Did you see this? THIS!" (and points at the captured picture bouncing animation)... "I just love this (makes the quick palm closing/dragging down gesture in the air). That's all the reason I need to buy one..." And then she did.

Re: Wife Acceptance Factor

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Post by contingencies » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC

dmitrygr wrote: post #8

Cirrus salesmen often reference this when talking about the built-in parachute system in the SR20/22. They credit it for the reason that SR22 outsold the cessna TTx by far.

Cirrus was bought by China in 2011. Around 2022 I knew the US head manufacturing engineer as they were based near our R&D facility in China. They fired the US team after that.

Re: Wife Acceptance Factor

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Post by novia » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC

What I am seeing in the wiki page (at least from the radio example) is that women make the world better by not wanting random components and dangerous things strewn around the house. I like that most people are heterosexual and that there is indeed some amount of sexual dimorphism in general interests between men and women! It seems like it results in a balance that makes things better than they would be otherwise if only one of the two sexes had absolute control.

Re: Wife Acceptance Factor

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Post by eudamoniac » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC

iLemming wrote: post #11

bitwize wrote: post #10

And this is why the most powerful consumer computing hardware in the world is made by a lifestyle brand (Apple). My wife about lost it when she saw the MacBook Neo in citrus, in person.

My wife's friend, when asked why she wanted an iPhone (my wife and I see the prospect of switching from Android a downgrade), she excitedly opens up the camera app (we were in a store), takes a picture, and then screams "Did you see this? THIS!" (and points at the captured picture bouncing animation)... "I just love this (makes the quick palm closing/dragging down gesture in the air). That's all the reason I need to…

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