Laptops with Stickers

I think the most interesting aspect of this is how divisive something as innocuous as putting stickers on a thing is. What causes people to have a strong opinion on this one way or another?

Personally I don't find it hard to put stickers on things because I am worried about being silly, but I find defacing an otherwise clean object difficult. Like getting a brand new car or phone and trying very hard not to get a scratch. Once the first scratch is there you stop worrying about it.

Once you put down the first sticker I imagine that worry goes away. I think getting a tattoo is still an insurmountable problem for me personally, but I get it.

I would never put stickers on my laptop, or my car, and I certainly wouldn't get a tattoo. But that's just who I am. I definitely don't understand getting upset at others doing these things. If it makes them happy, who cares?

> I think the most interesting aspect of this is how divisive something as innocuous as putting stickers on a thing is. What causes people to have a strong opinion on this one way or another?

Seriously. When I saw this initially posted I was like "Huh, this is cool. I bet HN will share some really neat ones, too!" and then we got... this. People more worried about the type of stickers and whether it's wholly unprofessional to dare to put a harmless sticker on a professional work device than anything else.

It's tiring, sometimes, how ready to be angry about something people seem to be.