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This really doesn't seem analogous to me. >>>For the veterans, the Red Cross went from being a little like Mom, to being the corner store. Who really thinks o
by mikecane 14y ago
This really doesn't seem analogous to me.
>>>For the veterans, the Red Cross went from being a little like Mom, to being the corner store.
Who really thinks of Google, for example, as Mom?
- dictum 14y agoFor lack of a better word, geeks. Edit: People tend to have feelings regarding companies and institutions. People who are interested in tech and computers have stronger feelings about companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft. At least in Google's early years, people had a tendency to see Google as a figurative Mom, more interested in providing the best search engine and some nice free services than making money at any cost.
- smoyer 14y agoI'm a geek ... and I think of Google as (my) "big brother".
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- javert 14y agoI'm a geek, and I increasingly think of Google as Big Brother.
- officemonkey 14y agoIn "Nineteen Eighty-Four" they talked about telescreens with cameras and microphones spying on you in your home. In 2013, we willingly have webcams and mobile phones which can conceivably monitor us the same way, and governments that are willing to do so. Google ain't the only Big Brother.
- mikecane 14y agoSee? I rest my case. I think even people who love Apple to the point of slavishness think of them as a company, not as a Mom.
- smoyer 14y agoI have Apple products, but I think of them as "Fahrenheit 451" (Telling me what I can and can't have).
- javert 14y agoThe #1 governmental tool for monitoring everyone right now is Gmail. We should all be using encrypted mail all the time, but instead we just feed our mail to the FBG (Federal Bureau of Google).
- will_work4tears 14y agoI'm a geek and a huge google fanboi and I don't see Google any differently than any other company. They just happen to (currently) have things I like a lot.
- archgoon 14y agoWell, World of Goo did this somewhat tongue in cheek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kswtMSXw7lY http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=k... But tongue in cheek is only funny when it's _somewhat_ true.