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Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Post by some_furry »

SparkBomb wrote: post #733
some_furry wrote: post #731

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yet you still show no receipts. So, until you do, I shall remain skeptical.

You are asking for something unreasonable i.e. I go through possibly several months of YouTube history in a comment section argument to "prove" that there people in the Linux community that do weird and cringey things, which is something that they are known for. This is after you insinuated that I lied less than two comments ago. You put remembering in scare quotes and some other dude told me I was a "clown" because…

Then your claim won't be believed. Simple as that.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#742

Post by potted_plant_og »

fwn wrote: post #469
mr_mitm wrote: post #463

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Just because something has been done for a long time doesn't mean it's good. We also shouldn't confuse self-mutilation with healthy activities like exercising simply because both "shape one's own body".

> Just because something has been done for a long time doesn't mean it's good. This is true, although it is a good start, right? If a cultural practice has survived for many generations, this alone already indicates that the practice might be compatible with human society, morals, sustainability, etc. > We also shouldn't confuse self-mutilation with healthy activities like exercising simply because both "shape one's…

> If a cultural practice has survived for many generations, this alone already indicates that the practice might be compatible with human society, morals, sustainability

Does it? This sounds like a disingenuous take that doesn't even pretend to bother with reality.

> But would you classify scars or tattoos motivated by aesthetics as self-mutilation?

Disingenuous question - the person you're replying to called you out for very obvious collating of body mutilation and fitness/medicine.

Are you an AI btw?

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#743

Post by Tabular-Iceberg »

GuinansEyebrows wrote: post #727
Tabular-Iceberg wrote: post #726

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What criticism, calling them "regressive troglodyte opinions" without any substantiation? You're not trying to have an argument, you're just trying to start a flame war.

ok, let me "hn-speak" what's already a clear position that you understand that i hold: i think your views on women's roles are ridiculous, to the point of deserving hyperbolic comparison. your position is misogynistic, bigoted and repulsive to the ideas of self-determination, social equity, liberty, and nonaggression... summarized perhaps irreverently but not inaccurately by the phrasing "regressive troglodyte." but…

It’s now misogynistic and repulsive to self-determination to and social equity to let women have maternity leave and spend time with their children?

You American tech bros are absolute ghouls.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#744

Post by Tabular-Iceberg »

Defletter wrote: post #685
Tabular-Iceberg wrote: post #673

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What if furthering the human species through the use of stable two-parent households happens to be my kink? You wouldn't kink shame, would you? It will always be funny to me how little it takes for the mask of limitless tolerance to slip and reveal what you people think of those of us who dare even dream of deviating from the prevailing social norms.

This would do rounds on TruthSocial or X, The Everything App. Might I suggest moving this conversation over there?

You still haven’t explained what you think I have on my hard drives.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#745

Post by SparkBomb »

some_furry wrote: post #741
SparkBomb wrote: post #733

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are asking for something unreasonable i.e. I go through possibly several months of YouTube history in a comment section argument to "prove" that there people in the Linux community that do weird and cringey things, which is something that they are known for. This is after you insinuated that I lied less than two comments ago. You put remembering in scare quotes and some other dude told me I was a "clown" because…

Then your claim won't be believed. Simple as that.

What you asked me to do was overly onerous for a discussion. Even if I found the links and gave you them, I will be told there isn't a problem (especially judging by the username) and I am "taking things too seriously".

There is huge amount of cringe and embarrassing behaviour in the Linux community and Tech community in general. It is well known and denying it is utterly disingenuous.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#746

Post by Vinnl »

SparkBomb wrote: post #719
Vinnl wrote: post #703

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Ah right, I'm making my boss happy with that one I suppose? Well, glad I also had the local landmark icon on it then, to prove that I'm also a free thinker. Then again, the laptop after that had an "I work with someone from Tulsa, Oklahoma" sticker, which I suppose I merely stuck on there to get the approval of my former coworker from Tulsa who made that sticker, probably hoping I would get a promotion out of it down…

You don't need my permission to do what you want. I am sorry I sound dismissive, but a lot of the so called humour is a bit passe IMO. I didn't mean to sound rude to you.

Haha no worries, I'm just happy they're just innocent little stickers to me, rather than signs of impending doom.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#747

Post by wahnfrieden »

tryauuum wrote: post #738
wahnfrieden wrote: post #330

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Showing a pride flag at work isn't bringing an issue (just like having a photo of a husband and wife on a desk is not). Someone else having a problem with that and causing a disruption over it, is sowing discord and bringing an issue to work.

I'm stealing this thread because I wanted to describe my feelings, it's not related to laptops or work When I lived in Russia I respected the rare people I saw wearing lgbt flags/pins. Because it's really a statement, it's a middle finger to the government. People knew the police can waste their time or even jail them. Now that I live in a european country and I see more people wearing lgbt stuff, I don't feel such r…

ask them

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#748

Post by tryauuum »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #747
tryauuum wrote: post #738

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm stealing this thread because I wanted to describe my feelings, it's not related to laptops or work When I lived in Russia I respected the rare people I saw wearing lgbt flags/pins. Because it's really a statement, it's a middle finger to the government. People knew the police can waste their time or even jail them. Now that I live in a european country and I see more people wearing lgbt stuff, I don't feel such r…

ask them

sounds like a reasonable approach

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#749

Post by maxlin »

rsynnott wrote: post #480
maxlin wrote: post #317

Stickers themselves can be fun and quirky, but I for the life of me can't figure out why people would put such extremely divisive and workplace-unnecessary messaging on their MAIN WORK DEVICE as many of these have. The kind of lack to integrate to a team having your pride flags, literal death threats to perceived enemies, furries, loli anime, etc on a thing you intend to bring to the workplace to do all your work on…

Well, for a start, you don't know that these are MAIN WORK DEVICEs. Some of them may be personal devices seen at cons and so on. That said, I'm not _that_ worried about people noticing that the scary gay has a rainbow sticker on his laptop. If someone at work has an issue with me being gay, well, they'll probably have that issue with me regardless of what is on my laptop, and that is very much their problem. You can'…

>Well, for a start, you don't know

It's a reasonable assumption and surely true for a lot of cases, the stickers have a history of signaling tech stacks and other actually professional things and people are more attached to these customized devices which strengthens my that point. Don't be arrogant.

>You can't spend your whole life pandering

Don't be arrogant again. Obviously with that kind of language you have more chance of being the source of problems than solutions.

>issue with me being gay

Don't try to slide. Supporting extremely politicized movements is not in any way comparable to just _being_ oneself. The kind of language "if you don't support my extreme signaling you're against me and human rights and and and ..." is truly a scourge against intellectual society today.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

#750

Post by constantcrying »

jakeydus wrote: post #722
constantcrying wrote: post #675

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Doing something, which is so extremely commonplace does not make you unique in any way. Do you really think something, which is so extremely common among software developers, has the potential to showing your uniqueness. The hill I will die on is that I despise outward signaling, especially outward signaling of something like "uniqueness".

And yet here you are, signaling to others your uniqueness by saying how much you hate the way that they signal theirs. It's not that deep, man. This sounds like a really tough way to live and I genuinely wish you the best of luck with your vendetta against *checks notes* people expressing themselves with stickers on their laptops.

>And yet here you are, signaling to others your uniqueness by saying how much you hate the way that they signal theirs. It's not that deep, man.

I don't think my opinion is particularly unique and certainly I do it to appear unique.

>This sounds like a really tough way to live

It is much easier, because I do not have to be worried whether people see me as unique.

>I genuinely wish you the best of luck with your vendetta against checks notes people expressing themselves with stickers on their laptops.

Thank you.

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