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> People need to stop associating so much personal sense of worth with their handheld computer. This might be the funniest thing I’ve ever read on this nerd we
by blackqueeriroh 2mo ago
> People need to stop associating so much personal sense of worth with their handheld computer.
This might be the funniest thing I’ve ever read on this nerd website.
- harvey9 2mo agoA lot of people buy phones as conventional status symbols rather than for nerd points. My massive generalisation is hn values doing something interesting with the hardware.
- Zambyte 2mo agoExactly. I'm talking about the green bubble vs blue bubble social nonsense that causes people to spend >$1k on a device that they use for talk, text, and basic media functions. It's essentially jewelry, nothing to do with nerddom.