RealNooshieJul 9, 2023

Is having an Android really a deal-breaker for some people?

https://lemmy.world/post/1277185

Is having an Android really a deal-breaker for some people? - Lemmy.world

I asked if people chose iPhone for the blue bubbles elsewhere a couple days ago, and while there was some good discourse on that post, the blue bubbles definitely also came up as a reason. In my experience, when people find out my texts are green, they oftentimes would rather switch to a different platform altogether like Instagram or just not text at all. Is this actually a deal-breaker in friendships out there?

Show threadAncillaryJusticeJul 9, 2023
This is some sort of childish tech-classist B.S. Like you wouldn’t talk to a friend because of the shoes they wore or the car they drove. Who cares about people like that?
Show threadprimalanimist
It's not a tech-classist thing, it's a human thing. At our core, we are tribal. We take sides. Android vs. iPhone. Windows vs. Mac. Linux vs. everyone. Sports team A vs. Sports team B. Republican vs. Democrat. Musk vs. Zuck. Cats vs. Dogs. Everything. We take sides on everything.
Jul 9, 2023 at 10:53pmWeb
Show threadAncillaryJusticeJul 9, 2023
And those are all “deal-breakers in friendships” for you?
Show threaddamnYouSunJul 9, 2023

Musk vs. Zuck

Do I have to pick one.

Show threadttmrichterJul 10, 2023
No. You can watch both their executions for crimes against humanity split-screen.
Show threadttmrichterJul 10, 2023

If you take sides in something as fucking inane as “Windows vs. Mac” or “iPhone vs. Android” to the point of hurting your supposed friends, that’s not a human thing. That’s an asshole thing. Don’t be an asshole. Or stop claiming to be a friend. (Or a human, for that matter.)

The only ‘vs.’ argument that is proper to argue about is Emacs vs. Vim. (The correct side in that debate is 无.)

Show threadAncillaryJusticeJul 10, 2023
neovim of course
Show thread6mementomoriJul 10, 2023
username checks out, yyyyiiiikes…