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Laptops with Stickers

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SparkBomb ◴[] No.45899053[source]
I used to put stickers on my desktop PC and laptop when I was in my early 20s. Then I realised my laptop was kinda free advertising for whatever companies product I had stuck on the back.

Now it seems have come very "corporate cringe", similar to the 16 pieces of flair at Chotchkie's. It also looks a bit childish IMO.

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Vinnl ◴[] No.45899205[source]
I just want a funny sticker to cover the logo of my laptop's producer.
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SparkBomb ◴[] No.45899280[source]
Are they really that funny though? While I appreciate that it is subjective, they are often only vaguely funny.

More often or not a lot of the supposed humour is a thin veneer over some sort of political or quasi-political messaging. You can even see in the screenshots that most of it is either political, product placement or their tech stack.

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portaouflop ◴[] No.45899928[source]
Political messaging is good and important especially nowadays
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SparkBomb ◴[] No.45900207[source]
Political messaging I am completely fed up with and I am sure I am not the only person fed up with it. I go out of my way now to make sure that I see almost none of it.

When I see overt political messaging outside of someone that works for a particular organisation or political party, I steer clear.

I've found that most people (doesn't matter what political persuasion) have a very poor understanding of what they are actually supporting if they understand it at all. Often they simply parroting what they've elsewhere.

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neoromantique ◴[] No.45900565[source]
Oddly enough I have a pretty good guess of your political affiliations from these comments.
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whatamidoingyo ◴[] No.45901015[source]
How so? I agree with them. Political messaging is incredibly annoying, no matter which "side" is doing it.
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4ggr0 ◴[] No.45901559[source]
why is it surprising that people feel like showing their own politics with stickers when the government they live under currently deports random people, blows up boats based on vague accusations, tries to reform the country with Project2025, ..., do i have to go on?

nice for you that you're able to ignore politics - you should maybe be aware that this is a privilege. lots of people would probably want to ignore politics, but instead they have to fear for their existence, dignity or way of life.

"but not everyone on HN is american", well, other countries also have their fair share of political issues. and if you don't see them as issues, then again, you're just showing your own privilege.

high-wage, male, (often times white) tech-workers wonder why people are upset. "i'm fine, what's the problem?"

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1. homebrewer ◴[] No.45904173[source]
Most of those people and organizations they represent switch themes every couple of years when the previous problem they worked on gets fully solved. It's incredibly obvious for those of us looking from the outside. They solved (and therefore abandoned) COVID by the middle of 2020, which is when they were forced to work on anti-black racism in the US. That one was resolved by the end of 2021, after which they focused on Ukraine. That one didn't stay long thanks to their incredible efficiency at solving complex problems, therefore they switched to Gaza. Having mostly solved that problem by now, they decided to focus on internal politics again. I wonder how long this will stick.