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Re: Laptops with Stickers

#541

I used to put stickers on my desktop PC and laptop when I was in my early 20s. Then I realised my laptop was kinda free advertising for whatever companies product I had stuck on the back. Now it seems have come very "corporate cringe", similar to the 16 pieces of flair at Chotchkie's. It also looks a bit childish IMO.

> It also looks a bit childish IMO.

God forbid people have a bit of fun in their lives.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#543

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But you can also use them as a reminder of how you felt/who you were when you got them. Even someone who get a very trendy tattoo should keep it: "look how I used to follow every trend and how I evolved because I would never do something like that now". Biologically and philosophically, tattoos are scars.

Or you could just keep a journal and not, literally, wear your past on your sleeve.

Why not both?

A journal can be lost and/or destroyed quite easily.

Whereas you skin is always there. And if it's not, then you have much bigger scars.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#544

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Political messaging I am completely fed up with and I am sure I am not the only person fed up with it. I go out of my way now to make sure that I see almost none of it. When I see overt political messaging outside of someone that works for a particular organisation or political party, I steer clear. I've found that most people ( doesn't matter what political persuasion ) have a very poor understanding of what they ar…

Oddly enough I have a pretty good guess of your political affiliations from these comments.

Go on then, What are they? Since you can read my mind.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#545
It's all fun until you want to sell the machine and the stickers discolored the case. Some stickers adhesive seem to react with the coating on MacBooks and permanently discolor them.

Just be aware of that :)

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#546

I used to put stickers on my work laptop. Then one day I upgraded my laptop, which meant handing over my old one with stickers. Which meant scrubbing it (there's no reason I'll let whoever receives it to scrub it for me) Which was an absolute pain. I don't put stickers on my laptops anymore.

did you manage to clean it up? Sometimes stickers leave permanent discoloration of the case, especially on aluminium Macbooks

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#547

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This is the main reason I've never gotten a tattoo - how I feel about whatever it is will almost certainly change.

Removing a sticker is easier than getting rid of a tattoo. Some people on this website even declare that they wear a chastity device on their laptop stickers: https://stickertop.art/content/images/2025/11/IMG_9217-2.jpe...

> Some people on this website even declare that they wear a chastity device on their laptop stickers:

Where do you see that on this photo?

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#548
post #545

It's all fun until you want to sell the machine and the stickers discolored the case. Some stickers adhesive seem to react with the coating on MacBooks and permanently discolor them. Just be aware of that :)

If you're selling it after 10 or so years, the value of the machine has already tanked and some stickers won't impact the value any further.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#550
post #541

I used to put stickers on my desktop PC and laptop when I was in my early 20s. Then I realised my laptop was kinda free advertising for whatever companies product I had stuck on the back. Now it seems have come very "corporate cringe", similar to the 16 pieces of flair at Chotchkie's. It also looks a bit childish IMO.

> It also looks a bit childish IMO. God forbid people have a bit of fun in their lives.

If someone's idea "fun" is putting a sticker on your laptop, then they really need to get out of the house more often.
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