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What's a "luxury" car? What's wrong with an $11k Hyundai? What's a "designer" suit? What's wrong with $50 Walmart-brand? What's a "classy" watch? What's wrong

by reason 15y ago

What's a "luxury" car? What's wrong with an $11k Hyundai? What's a "designer" suit? What's wrong with $50 Walmart-brand? What's a "classy" watch? What's wrong with a $10 Casio? What's a "perfectly cooked" steak? What's wrong with an $8 Denny's one? What's a "sleek" laptop? What's wrong with a $300 Dell? You could essentially use your line of logic to make any purchase of a product bought on qualities more than just practicality look absurd. We all enjoy looking for that one thing of great quality. Apple is evidence enough. And what's it to you if I like to spend a little extra on a great looking pen? You've certainly paid a bit more for things because they "felt or looked better".

Stratoscope 15y ago
Whoa, hugh3 had a question about pens, and we've multiplied it into cars, suits, watches, steaks, and laptops? Those are all fascinating topics, but maybe we could take them one at a time? :-) I thought the original question was sincere: he wasn't sarcastically saying there's no difference between these pens and a 50 cent Bic. On the contrary, he was asking in the genuine spirit of hacker curiosity: what is it that makes these pens special and interesting and worth building? Edit: In other words, hugh3 was looking for this page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cwandt/pen-type-a-a-minimal-pen http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cwandt/pen-type-a-a-mini... (Thanks, fishtoaster!)