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> It's like driving a $150,000 supercar to work, you look like a tool and everyone knows it. That’s like your opinion, man. If someone can afford to drive sup

> It's like driving a $150,000 supercar to work, you look like a tool and everyone knows it. That’s like your opinion, man. If someone can afford to drive supercar to work - good for them. There’s nothing virtuous in poverty. > No, not really. It's more that Mac users are famously price-insensitive, and since Apple deliberately neglects cross-platform APIs they can create a captive userbase of desperate and moneyed software customers. It's a culture of exploitation on either side, as Apple makes so abundantly clear with their desperate clawing at the iOS market and the right to process payment for thousands of microtransactions a second. Again, that’s like your opinion. I grew up knowing that Mac is for artists and people with money because they don’t want to bother with freeware of varying quality.

talkingtab 2y ago
"That’s like your opinion, man. If someone can afford to drive supercar to work - good for them. There’s nothing virtuous in poverty." Off topic. While you are free to have your own opinions, we should not let such statements stand alone. "If someone can afford to do xxx good for them." Can you think of any xxx -fill in the blank - that is not "good for them" admirable? I certainly can. There are way too many examples grab-em-by-the-p** billionaires in our world. They are not admirable, nor can I say "good for them". "There is nothing virtuous in poverty". My experience differs. The most admirable, strongest, kindest and bravest I know, are those people who exist in poverty or at least struggle. And they are by far hardest working. Struggle can certainly break people and does. It is a simple truth that we depend on each other. That "good for them" person you talk about depends on the work of others. It is a fact that we who are doing well are doing so at the expense of other people. But let us not celebrate that fact. If you are doing well, at least have the decency to understand your good fortune (aka luck).
- wiseowise 2y ago
  > "If someone can afford to do xxx good for them." Can you think of any xxx -fill in the blank - that is not "good for them" admirable? I certainly can. There are way too many examples grab-em-by-the-p* billionaires in our world. They are not admirable, nor can I say "good for them". Judging by the context of the discussion - we’re not talking about billionaires. We’re talking about your run of the mill wagie who made some cash and now drives his 911 because they can. > "There is nothing virtuous in poverty". My experience differs. The most admirable, strongest, kindest and bravest I know, are those people who exist in poverty or at least struggle. And they are by far hardest working. Struggle can certainly break people and does. Cool. What makes them virtuous is their hard work not that they’re poor. They’re virtuous despite being poor, not because of it. If you’re seething at the thought of someone driving their expensive car to work - you’re just envious asshole who should mind their own business.

talkingtab 2y ago

"That’s like your opinion, man. If someone can afford to drive supercar to work - good for them. There’s nothing virtuous in poverty." Off topic. While you are free to have your own opinions, we should not let such statements stand alone. "If someone can afford to do xxx good for them." Can you think of any xxx -fill in the blank - that is not "good for them" admirable? I certainly can. There are way too many examples grab-em-by-the-p** billionaires in our world. They are not admirable, nor can I say "good for them". "There is nothing virtuous in poverty". My experience differs. The most admirable, strongest, kindest and bravest I know, are those people who exist in poverty or at least struggle. And they are by far hardest working. Struggle can certainly break people and does. It is a simple truth that we depend on each other. That "good for them" person you talk about depends on the work of others. It is a fact that we who are doing well are doing so at the expense of other people. But let us not celebrate that fact. If you are doing well, at least have the decency to understand your good fortune (aka luck).

wiseowise 2y ago
> "If someone can afford to do xxx good for them." Can you think of any xxx -fill in the blank - that is not "good for them" admirable? I certainly can. There are way too many examples grab-em-by-the-p* billionaires in our world. They are not admirable, nor can I say "good for them". Judging by the context of the discussion - we’re not talking about billionaires. We’re talking about your run of the mill wagie who made some cash and now drives his 911 because they can. > "There is nothing virtuous in poverty". My experience differs. The most admirable, strongest, kindest and bravest I know, are those people who exist in poverty or at least struggle. And they are by far hardest working. Struggle can certainly break people and does. Cool. What makes them virtuous is their hard work not that they’re poor. They’re virtuous despite being poor, not because of it. If you’re seething at the thought of someone driving their expensive car to work - you’re just envious asshole who should mind their own business.