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Laptops with Stickers

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601 points z303 | 3 comments | 02 Nov 25 11:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Tabular-Iceberg ◴[12 Nov 25 09:05 UTC] No.45897960[source]▶
I got rid of all mine after getting disillusioned with every one of the causes they represented.
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magarnicle ◴[12 Nov 25 09:28 UTC] No.45898117[source]▶
This is the main reason I've never gotten a tattoo - how I feel about whatever it is will almost certainly change.
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Tabular-Iceberg ◴[12 Nov 25 09:54 UTC] No.45898280[source]▶
There’s also the problem with both most tattoos and all the stickers in the article that there’s nothing left that’s counter-cultural about them, which defeats the entire purpose of doing something edgy as a statement.
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cobertos ◴[12 Nov 25 10:29 UTC] No.45898525[source]▶
Do they _need_ to be edgy? They can just be fun, happy, or a representation/proxy of the person behind the computer
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1. Tabular-Iceberg ◴[12 Nov 25 12:19 UTC] No.45899259[source]▶
Because then it's just visual clutter, and in the case of tattoos, unnecessary pain, expense and health risk.

If I'm going to put a sticker on something it's going to read like a diff, what sets me apart from the mainstream culture, not all the different ways I conform to it.

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2. Barbing ◴[12 Nov 25 14:06 UTC] No.45900335[source]▶
>what sets me apart

Interesting. I’m happy with a fun niche, myself.

(But generally happier without stickers on expensive things.)

Tattoos, though—hard to imagine being THAT confident in anything ever.

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3. Ginguin ◴[12 Nov 25 14:40 UTC] No.45900792[source]▶
My first tattoos were each done years apart. I printed a version out, put it in my wallet, and saw it every time I made a purchase. If I still loved it just as much a year later, I booked an appointment.

Later tattoos are essentially private works of art, put together collaboratively with an artist. These are for ME, and no one at work will ever see any of them (or any of my other tattoos).

Each tattoo has some significance for me, but I won't judge others who just like a thing and get a thing. Tattoos are as varied as the reasons people have for getting them. Mine aren't edgy, but they also aren't visible to strangers.