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I am going to be less generous and suggest that some people just want to hate on macs for the sake of hating on macs. Sticking it to the “man”. I’m a bit obses

I am going to be less generous and suggest that some people just want to hate on macs for the sake of hating on macs. Sticking it to the “man”. I’m a bit obsessed with audio.. and I never expect my laptop speakers to match the quality of my fancy headphone setup that probably nets for about $4K. They are no high-end speaker, but compared to any other laptop speaker I have heard they are amazing.

alright_scowl 4y ago
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- danaris 4y ago
  Thanks for proving his point.
  - alright_scowl 4y ago
    Except, you're proving mine. In a thread full of people gushing on Mac speakers, me saying it's an okay but overpriced machine is considered "hating for the sake of hating"
    - danaris 4y ago
      But that's not what this subthread is about. It was about different people having different priorities. fsociety remarked (quite correctly) that there are a large number of people who constantly feel the need to denigrate Macs, no matter the context—and you came in and said, basically, "That's not true. I have a Mac, and I don't like it very much." Were those your words? No, but it sure sounded like it was your implication. You didn't just say they were overpriced (which would be a common complaint, but these days needs a lot more citation, given their extremely good performance per watt, and overall build quality). You said they were ridiculously overpriced, which implies that no reasonable person could look at one and think it was worth buying. You came into a subthread that pointed out that there are people who like to gratuitously hate on Macs, and you tried to paint it as being the opposite, while damning them with, at the very best, faint praise.
      - alright_scowl 4y ago
        > fsociety remarked (quite correctly) that there are a large number of people who constantly feel the need to denigrate Macs And in response I remarked (very accurately) that there's an even larger number of people who constantly feel the need to always gush over anything Mac. This very thread is full of such examples. > "That's not true. I have a Mac, and I don't like it very much." Misrepresenting much? I said it's an okay laptop. Gets the job done. > You said they were ridiculously overpriced, which implies that no reasonable person could look at one and think it was worth buying. That's true. I can get other okay laptops for perhaps half the price. But they won't be as sexy as Apples. They certainly don't have fanboys taking offense at someone saying they are just okay. > You came into a subthread I was the one that started the subthread, by daring to say that the M1 I use has a speaker as bad as any other laptop I used. Oh the horror.
        Kiro 4y ago
        The speakers sound amazing to me and are magnitudes better than any other laptop speakers I've had. You saying they are not and that we're just "circlejerking over anything Mac" is objectively false. Now stop trolling. Your other obnoxious comment about this was flagged and killed. Do better.

alright_scowl 4y ago

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danaris 4y ago
Thanks for proving his point.
- alright_scowl 4y ago
  Except, you're proving mine. In a thread full of people gushing on Mac speakers, me saying it's an okay but overpriced machine is considered "hating for the sake of hating"
  - danaris 4y ago
    But that's not what this subthread is about. It was about different people having different priorities. fsociety remarked (quite correctly) that there are a large number of people who constantly feel the need to denigrate Macs, no matter the context—and you came in and said, basically, "That's not true. I have a Mac, and I don't like it very much." Were those your words? No, but it sure sounded like it was your implication. You didn't just say they were overpriced (which would be a common complaint, but these days needs a lot more citation, given their extremely good performance per watt, and overall build quality). You said they were ridiculously overpriced, which implies that no reasonable person could look at one and think it was worth buying. You came into a subthread that pointed out that there are people who like to gratuitously hate on Macs, and you tried to paint it as being the opposite, while damning them with, at the very best, faint praise.
    - alright_scowl 4y ago
      > fsociety remarked (quite correctly) that there are a large number of people who constantly feel the need to denigrate Macs And in response I remarked (very accurately) that there's an even larger number of people who constantly feel the need to always gush over anything Mac. This very thread is full of such examples. > "That's not true. I have a Mac, and I don't like it very much." Misrepresenting much? I said it's an okay laptop. Gets the job done. > You said they were ridiculously overpriced, which implies that no reasonable person could look at one and think it was worth buying. That's true. I can get other okay laptops for perhaps half the price. But they won't be as sexy as Apples. They certainly don't have fanboys taking offense at someone saying they are just okay. > You came into a subthread I was the one that started the subthread, by daring to say that the M1 I use has a speaker as bad as any other laptop I used. Oh the horror.
      - Kiro 4y ago
        The speakers sound amazing to me and are magnitudes better than any other laptop speakers I've had. You saying they are not and that we're just "circlejerking over anything Mac" is objectively false. Now stop trolling. Your other obnoxious comment about this was flagged and killed. Do better.