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Laptops with Stickers

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601 points z303 | 12 comments | 02 Nov 25 11:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.661s | source | bottom
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joshdavham ◴[11 Nov 25 22:30 UTC] No.45893788[source]▶
This was super fun to browse!

I am a bit curious about the amount of politically progressive stickers however. Like, is sticker-ing your laptop just more of a 'progressive' thing to do? Do political conservatives not sticker their laptops in the same way that they generally do with their bumper stickers?

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1. viraptor ◴[11 Nov 25 22:46 UTC] No.45893946[source]▶
I've never seen a conservative sticker on a laptop before. Then again, stickers, tags, etc. are more of an anti establishment thing. Those things don't mesh well with conservative views.
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2. garciansmith ◴[11 Nov 25 23:11 UTC] No.45894192[source]▶
In general I agree, left-leaning ones are way more common. Maybe you are correct regarding the reasons. But I've definitely seen conservative ones too, with libertarian ones being more common among those (e.g., saw a number of "Who is John Galt?" stickers some years ago).
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3. rchaud ◴[11 Nov 25 23:24 UTC] No.45894300[source]▶
Wasn't long ago that opposition to fascism was the conservative position. Why is a sticker expressing the same considered "progressive"?
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4. viraptor ◴[11 Nov 25 23:31 UTC] No.45894366[source]▶
Why indeed? Why is this something people now have to care about again? https://www.realtimefascism.com/
5. jdiff ◴[12 Nov 25 00:45 UTC] No.45895008[source]▶
Because of that keyword, "was." The conservative stance has shifted to become more aligned with fascism.
6. JoshTriplett ◴[12 Nov 25 00:48 UTC] No.45895036[source]▶
"Libertarian" and "Conservative" are not inherently linked, even though sadly they're often associated. There are many left-libertarians.
7. bad_username ◴[12 Nov 25 02:18 UTC] No.45895682[source]▶
Hasn't the establishment been non-conservatuve at least half of the time for the past 20 years?
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9. viraptor ◴[12 Nov 25 04:23 UTC] No.45896349[source]▶
In which countries? Most have major parties that are conservative and conservative-light.
10. tbrownaw ◴[12 Nov 25 06:14 UTC] No.45896883[source]▶
Semantic drift.
11. rsynnott ◴[12 Nov 25 13:19 UTC] No.45899783[source]▶
As they mentioned, though, right-wing bumper stickers absolutely are a thing in some places.
12. rsynnott ◴[12 Nov 25 13:20 UTC] No.45899798[source]▶
I've occasionally seen right-libertarian ones (I think historically this has been the most common form of right-wing-ism in hacker-y spaces).