a normal person has the right screws

Mon, Apr 28, 2008

Amazon now have their Kindle eink device back in stock (not that i could be bothered, until they keep selling the ebooks for this device in their DRM format), and discussions and reviews on amazon.com got crazy again.

i particularly liked this comment which has little to do with the device itself and is more of a sweeping statement about what it is to be normal today, especially if you can’t afford a 399$ device which is defective by design:

Because, I think, they can’t afford the $399. They’re envious and just have to attack others who are happy with their K. Besides, there are lots of people out there who are missing vital screws, screws that would let them function as a normal person who is happy with himself/themselves.

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so, if you have some vital screws, you function as a normal person happy with yourself. very elegant description of a one-dimensional world.