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Conventional and unconventional behavior can both have unwanted consequences. We each pick our poison. Another senior here. As a child I scratched my father's
by Syzygies 4y ago
Conventional and unconventional behavior can both have unwanted consequences. We each pick our poison.
Another senior here.
As a child I scratched my father's guitar with a belt buckle I had been told to wear. I learned to distrust adult judgment, I still don't wear belts half a century later, and I have a successful research career for which I partly thank this errant belt buckle. I lost a potential life as a rock God, but I've been protected from ever buying Microsoft products. This story horrifies me but it doesn't surprise me; I made a fair trade.
- spillguard 4y agoFor clarification, how did not wearing belt buckles translate to not buying Microsoft products?
- Syzygies 4y agoBelt buckles taught me that conventional behavior can have unwanted consequences. Using Windows is conventional behavior.
- ozim 4y agoSo you did not learn to weigh consequences correctly. Wearing belt keeps you from a lot more inconvenience than scratching a guitar. Besides unless it was IDK some kind of guitar that Jimmy Hendrix was playing I would not scold kid for scratching it - so much that he would stop touching guitars for life or stop wearing a belt for a life. Buying Microsoft products save you a lot of inconvenience as well.