Need them to tell apart my work laptop from my home laptop as they look identical

I had equipped the family with identical corporate-refurb laptops - when you have any of 4 laptops in a family room, it was a way of not getting my laptop taken by my kids to school one day...

Back in the office days, it was also a way to identify a corporate laptop among a sea of identical models.

Also, like I don't wear branded clothing, I like to cover the device brand.

Back when I worked at Apple no one had stickers on their laptops (gasp, who would dare!). But everyone had identical MacBook Pros, and when we had meetings, they would go in the center of the table and then everyone would have trouble telling them apart. So I got a couple of gold star stickers like you give to children for my laptop.

Well, nobody cares about you're views about stickers and tattoos, but you still commented. Compared to you though, nobody here called you a retard; maybe that says something about how people are here or how you tend to use inflammatory language when it's not needed.

I care! I dunno if I agree with him about all tattoos (surely some are tasteful even if it's a minority), but stickers are definitely all tasteless and kitschy.

Hi! I find your opinion tasteless and kitschy.

They won't give a shit about your political opinions as long as it's one of those in the linked gallery of corporate-friendly pre-approved ones.

Anything right of center and suddenly people start caring very much.

Of course, that's another thing. The site is full of "down with the system" types which are, for some reason, oblivious to the irony of their values being aligned with the corporate values of businesses that have a valuation of trillions.

I don't think this meme is applicable here.

These people aren't trying to "improve things somewhat" in spite of their corporate affiliation. It's that they are perfectly aligned with the corporate interests, with things like importing cheap labor and keeping women chained to their desks and away from children. It's cleverly concealed with slogans like "FCK AFD", or the glorification of every other sexual special interest except the productive one. But the purpose of the system is what it does.

> keeping women chained to their desks and away from children

> glorification of every other sexual special interest except the productive one

Yikes, someone should check your harddrives

Those are your arguments, a stupid fucking comic and calling someone a paedophile.

Of course only a pedophile would even think of having intercourse with a woman who has not yet entered menopause.

I should probably also get the lethal injection for being a product of such a sick and depraved congress, because apparently a child is guilty of the crimes of the father.

Once either of you present an argument worthy of respect within a civil and democratic society, I will respond in kind. Until then, statements like "the glorification of every other sexual special interest except the productive one" will continue to get the responses they deserve.

What do you think I have on my hard drives? I'm genuinely confused by that comment.

sometimes i forget that other critics of capital can also have regressive troglodyte opinions on gender roles and sexuality. thanks for the reminder!

What if furthering the human species through the use of stable two-parent households happens to be my kink? You wouldn't kink shame, would you?

It will always be funny to me how little it takes for the mask of limitless tolerance to slip and reveal what you people think of those of us who dare even dream of deviating from the prevailing social norms.

This would do rounds on TruthSocial or X, The Everything App. Might I suggest moving this conversation over there?

You still haven’t explained what you think I have on my hard drives.

Obviously just really cool stuff that would make everybody jealous. It’s pretty clear, what do you think they were talking about?

you are responding to arguments i have not made. would you care to engage with my criticism of your views or do you want to continue making things up?

What criticism, calling them "regressive troglodyte opinions" without any substantiation? You're not trying to have an argument, you're just trying to start a flame war.

ok, let me "hn-speak" what's already a clear position that you understand that i hold:

i think your views on women's roles are ridiculous, to the point of deserving hyperbolic comparison. your position is misogynistic, bigoted and repulsive to the ideas of self-determination, social equity, liberty, and nonaggression... summarized perhaps irreverently but not inaccurately by the phrasing "regressive troglodyte."

but you knew what i was saying.

It’s now misogynistic and repulsive to self-determination to and social equity to let women have maternity leave and spend time with their children?

You American tech bros are absolute ghouls.

Ohhh, you thought our objection to your regressive nonsense was an objection to parental leave? That's... no.

What was I supposed to think you were objecting to besides what I wrote?

So you admit that you are just making things up to be angry about.

Why would you assume that someone who specifically mentioned "self-determination, social equity, liberty, and nonaggression" was advocating for "keeping women chained to their desks and away from children" through a lack of parental leave?

If you don't want to keep women chained to their desks and away from children, then what's the problem?

Because of the clear regressive biases evident in your comments: not once in your little diatribe nor the tedious back and forths since then have you mentioned general paid time off, bereavement leave, or even paternity leave. I don't want fathers to be chained to their desk and away from their children either, hence my use of "parental leave", but you seem only concerned about mothers being around their children. Isn't that interesting? That coupled with your "the glorification of every other sexual special interest except the productive one", spreading the bigoted lie that non-straight people are unproductive to society and there's little ambiguity on what you think women's role in society is.

Left of center types have worked for decades on being ignored while right of center types are going through something of a resurgance right now after being rightfully relegated to the thrash heap of history and tend to feel persecuted if someone disagrees with them. For those right of center types freedom of speech seems to cut only in one way and it, unsurprisingly, evokes more disagreement. It must suck to be right of center.

I think It’s funny to see the political ones, because these stickers are often as incoherent as memorabilia you‘d expect to find in a teenagers room.

And even if they look colorful, they’re as diverse as the distinction between Trotzky and Stalin.

There are the endless hints at porn addiction, wrapped as ideology.

The Anti-Capitalism coming from an 3,000$++ MacBook Pro is also rich, especially if that evil capitalist gave it to him for free, plus an absurd monthly stipend.

There‘s the outspoken expression of peace, love and moral superiority - right next to „fck“ other people, „smash“ individuals with opposing views or downright „kill“ them.

And of course the old chestnut of caring about digital freedom, privacy but then low and behold people have a different opinion, to just „hack“ them anyways.

It’s hard to tell which of these invokes more Schadenfreue, if not its meta that the owners likely think of these stickers as giving away secret hints to the curious about their world views, while in practice you already know it when entering the room.

Damn, you must be so incredibly miserable. I hope you find some happiness in your life at some point.

I don't get what's miserable or unhappy about criticizing the political incoherence of some people. You may disagree with them, but why the personal attacks?

> but why the personal attacks

He doesn't realize how this behaviour validates my point.

> gave it to him for free,

It's neither a gift nor free.

> There are the endless hints at porn addiction, wrapped as ideology.

... Eh? You presumably have _extremely_ weird tastes in porn. Like, this sounds more like projection on your part than a real thing, tbh.

"Besides nobody gives a shit about your stupid political opinions or the software stack you use."

But sure, tell everyone about your feelings on tattoos and stickers

I've always tried to apply "The Internet gives a fuck about what you don't like" when it comes to commenting, but it's also helpful to remember it's not just the Internet.

Personally I keep one Linux sticker on my laptop, less about expression and more a conversation starter. It's something that 99% of people won't notice but for the 1% that notices it's a nice conversation starter when everyone is bored (ie waiting at the airport)

When I next have a working laptop (I currently use a desktop and a phone), I'll probably stick on a Linux sticker and something from Discworld (probably the "Anthill Inside" sticker, intended for that purpose).

When I next have a working laptop (I currently use a desktop and a phone), I'll probably stick on a Linux sticker and something from Discworld (probably the "Anthill Inside" sticker, made for that purpose).

I got a System76 laptop instead.