bossuary replied to your post: “and sure let’s go there, i’m very well the kind of ~frivolous~ bitch...”:
it's ridiculous to think there are people who make personal aesthetic choices for literally every other aspect of their life, but then, when it comes to electronics, they're suddenly into some 1984-level austerity. and i can't help but think this is a gendered thing, right? if you want a phone or a computer that's pretty, looks nice, fits with your aesthetic, well you know what that makes you.
it’s bizarre and i really dgi. i've never understood why there’s the stubborn insistence that design should be an afterthought and is inherently less important than function and only frivolous ppl value it at all. maybe it’s lingering bullshit from the “macs are just toys” dark ages when IBM ruled the workplace with beige no fun boxes and fucking DOS
first of all i willingly spend hours each week painting my face for no other reason than bc i like to play with colors, and when i go clothes shopping i end up hauling 9 million things into the dressing room and brutally paring it down with a critical eye bc i am very particular about things like silhouette, tailoring, etc. and i’m hardly an expert at it but when i cook i put care into plating because i eat with my eyes as much as with my mouth, and when i pack lunch for work i take special care to arrange things nicely because it makes me feel good about eating out of tupperware.
so why wouldn’t the look and feel of my electronics be important to me?? i spend a lot of time staring at them, both because i have to and because i like to, so if given the choice i want to stare at a nice looking device that works and welp that’s what I have at home
just as one example, from a practical standpoint the 27″ screen on this machine isn’t just stupidly pretty but it means I can utilize scrivener in ways i never used to be able to solely because I have a lot more real estate to work with (i can use the labeling feature). when i’m doing boring spreadsheets for trips i don’t have to mess with tabs and i can also see my pretty hi rez desktop pic at times other than on startup. that’s important to me, and i’m glad that i saved up for it.
