sevindob

ikr, if bro can't be bothered to write an article himself then anything he says is automatically suspect

We all have things we don't "get". It has an appeal to aforementioned calc collectors (and there are a surprising amount in CS/Econ) but also collectors of craft + tech.

I tend to think of myself as a realist, not a Philistine. I have Echizen laquer bowls I picked up in Japan and a headphone with Japanese cherry tree wood + Echizen, and while they're very beautiful to see in actual daylight, your PoV is not wrong either - from a functional PoV, they might as well be a more delicate plastic in terms of function.

Like any art that you might get, or something else you're obsessive about that other people don't give a rats ass about, it's all in the eye of the beholder.