Re:Why I Carry a Newton
by macspoofing on Monday January 11, 2016 @11:22AM
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>You're being down voted for the shaming part but I thought I'd expand on your other points.
I figured, but in my defense, it's supposed to be a benign statement. We're a social species and being 'shamed' and 'pressured' into conforming is part of the contract (obviously within reason). Nobody runs around naked yelling obscenities partly because of social 'shaming'. That's all I meant, and I thought I qualified it sufficiently. Guess not.
>I find it futile to try to justify that interest to others.
I don't think you need to justify it. It's a quirky hobby but completely benign and seems fun and interesting. I don't have a problem with OP loving his Newton either, though if you put up a blog post extolling the virtues of the Newton over modern smartphones you HAVE to expect some eye-rolls.
>this is not easy to do without sounding pretentious.
Yeah, though that's subject to individual interpretation. For some, someone using certain words will be pretentious.
I figured, but in my defense, it's supposed to be a benign statement. We're a social species and being 'shamed' and 'pressured' into conforming is part of the contract (obviously within reason). Nobody runs around naked yelling obscenities partly because of social 'shaming'. That's all I meant, and I thought I qualified it sufficiently. Guess not.
>I find it futile to try to justify that interest to others.
I don't think you need to justify it. It's a quirky hobby but completely benign and seems fun and interesting. I don't have a problem with OP loving his Newton either, though if you put up a blog post extolling the virtues of the Newton over modern smartphones you HAVE to expect some eye-rolls.
>this is not easy to do without sounding pretentious.
Yeah, though that's subject to individual interpretation. For some, someone using certain words will be pretentious.