If you can’t look at it under any other light than the logical, maybe instead consider how interesting it is that humans can feel powerful sentimentality towards inanimate objects... to the extent that they feel compelled to act in irrational ways. You can find varying rituals like this across almost all cultures.

> humans can feel powerful sentimentality towards inanimate objects

I guess it’s interesting, but it’s also just a fact of life. Feeling sentimental over stuff is why I have so much I don’t actually need.

sometimes I feel a powerful sentimental attachment to an unpolluted environment..

This is an impressive Vulcan impression.

Why are you using valuable computing hardware -- not to mention power -- wasting time commenting on a sentimental article?

Close that laptop! Save it for computation that _matters_. Don't be an environmental terrorist!

Isn't there a difference between using an electronic device and basically littering one?