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But don't you see? I have an emotional bond with my tools. That's healthy, right?
by cbs 14y ago
But don't you see? I have an emotional bond with my tools.
That's healthy, right?
- Apocryphon 14y agoPretty sure hardcore Linux and Windows fans have a bond with their tools, too. It's just usually it would be in software and not hardware.
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- wting 14y agoThinkpad fans are probably the only other group that likes a product line based on hardware. They may be smaller and/or less vocal group, but they're out there.
- eropple 14y agoYou don't have an emotional bond with good, well-crafted tools? They don't make you happy to be using them? I do. It's why I consciously pay a premium for a Mac. It's why I pay for Photoshop. It's why I pay money for IntelliJ when Eclipse is free. They're good tools that make me better at doing things I want to do and they make me happier because I'm using them.
- prodigal_erik 14y agoFor me using tools is the only sacrament. It's tinkering and improving and learning from them that makes me human, besides keeping me from starving in a cave somewhere. Contempt for tools would have been an unimaginable luxury just a few generations ago, and I'm disturbed to see it steadily emerging here.