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Laptops with Stickers

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Defletter ◴[] No.45899494[source]
> Your real middle class refuses to show any but the most bland books and magazines on its coffee tables: otherwise, expressions of opinion, awkward questions, or even ideas might result. -Paul Fussell, Class

The greyification of our lives, the loss of whimsy and kitsch and being too afraid to be a little cringe, I get the sense that a lot of people associate "growing up" as the loss of any and all expression: we wake up in our grey beds in our millennial grey house, drive to work in our grey car to work in our grey cubical, etc, etc. If you want a gauche laptop covered in stickers, do it, embrace the gauche. Everyone sneering at you is more miserable than you.

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SparkBomb ◴[] No.45900473[source]
It has nothing to do with that.

A good portion of these stickers are to do with things that are political or quasi political. What tends to happen is that a lot if times people have been burned in someway for supporting an idea or a cause. This is often because people have been fooled by charlatan, or it was later revealed that things were more complicated or different than they were led to believe.

Cringe and why people hate it is best explained by watching the very first episode of the UK office.

Most people want to go to work, turn up and do their time and go home. People that are often top enthusiastic are difficult to deal with day to day. People that adorn their personal possessions with slogans are seen as a warning sign.

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1. marcosdumay ◴[] No.45901779[source]
There's no problem with publicly engaging in politics. In fact, it's a great thing to do.

What is a problem is doing it on an environment where participation is mandatory or required for basic survival.

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2. SparkBomb ◴[] No.45901922[source]
I think generally people are I'll equipped to engage publicly in politics. Politics is an extremely dirty game and can be extremely divisive.
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3. 2OEH8eoCRo0 ◴[] No.45902166[source]
My friends are willing to give me the benefit of the doubt. Strangers usually only offer shallow ridicule and trolling- especially online.