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It has nothing to do with that. A good portion of these stickers are to do with things that are political or quasi political. What tends to happen is that a lo
by SparkBomb 11mo ago
It has nothing to do with that.
A good portion of these stickers are to do with things that are political or quasi political. What tends to happen is that a lot if times people have been burned in someway for supporting an idea or a cause. This is often because people have been fooled by charlatan, or it was later revealed that things were more complicated or different than they were led to believe.
Cringe and why people hate it is best explained by watching the very first episode of the UK office.
Most people want to go to work, turn up and do their time and go home. People that are often top enthusiastic are difficult to deal with day to day. People that adorn their personal possessions with slogans are seen as a warning sign.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 11mo ago[flagged]
- creaturemachine 11mo agoPrior to secret ballots being a thing you would have voted "viva voce" by saying your preference aloud. Violence and intimidation were common.
- marcosdumay 11mo agoThere's no problem with publicly engaging in politics. In fact, it's a great thing to do. What is a problem is doing it on an environment where participation is mandatory or required for basic survival.
- SparkBomb 11mo agoI think generally people are I'll equipped to engage publicly in politics. Politics is an extremely dirty game and can be extremely divisive.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 11mo agoMy friends are willing to give me the benefit of the doubt. Strangers usually only offer shallow ridicule and trolling- especially online.
- benchly 11mo ago> sacred knowledge? I think you might be romanticizing this, a bit. When you convince the public that not talking about something is the best course of action, they become a lot easier to control. We learned this during WWII with the propaganda machine that was fully employed on all fronts, and arguably before that with the work of Edward Bernays and people like him. If public discourse and debate could be quashed, then it was much, much easier to simply tell everyone what their opinions of a thing should be.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 11mo agoWhere do I say not to talk about it?
- jakeydus 11mo agoI think that on its face the term "sacred knowledge" kind of communicates an intimacy that indicates that it's not something that's shared with people who don't have a privileged relationship with you. I think the big difference now is that people have a megaphone in the form of social media and they forget just how wide the statements they shout through it can spread.
- zcw100 11mo agoI think it's more a very lame flex. Macbooks were expensive and if you were walking around the office with a Macbook it was because you were important enough to convince management to buy you one instead of some crappy Dell. Eventually enough people get Macbooks that you need another way to stand out so you slap a bunch of cheap stickers all over it to show everyone, "See, you coddle your trophies. I beat mine up because it's just a tool and I don't care. I'm too busy gettin' it done!"
- juliend2 11mo agoYou so perfectly verbalized the semiotics behind those stickers.
- zcw100 11mo agoNASCAR for nerds :)
- tlavoie 11mo agoMy work devices don't have much on them, mostly corporate asset tags and the like. My own, though, I make my own. The stickers reflect things I like or find amusing; maybe they'll get a smirk or a chuckle from someone else, maybe not. In the end, they're like the tattoos that someone else commented on. (I have those as well.) If you appreciate them, great! If you don't like them, that's fine too. Fundamentally, they're not for you.
- gopher_space 11mo agoStickers on my laptop make it easy to see if anyone's making off with it.