[AmericanChopper]

> It seems to be a cult object of prosperity

These sorts of strange delusional comments, followed up by a claim that they can’t understand normal perspectives on things like “what would you do with a fridge”, are surprisingly common on HN. I have no idea what sort of thinking goes into a comment like this, but I suspect it’s sort of role play where they imagine the world would be such a great place if only everybody else also prescribed to their fringe view on fridges.

[tonyedgecombe]

On the other hand it’s always worth questioning these things as what everybody else finds normal might just have been effective marketing by someone with something gain.

[AmericanChopper]

Well, the normality of fridge usage (in developed countries) can’t really be called into question, regardless of how it got that way. But this idea that somebody who’s chosen to live without a fridge can’t understand why somebody could possible want to have one is just completely disingenuous, and honestly it’s a form of rhetoric that’s unsettlingly common here.

[tonyedgecombe]

I'm not agreeing with software limits comment, neither do I agree with your reaction to it. Clearly modern fridge usage can be called into question, that's what this whole discussion is about. Binary responses aren't interesting, there is a continuum that can be explored.

[AmericanChopper]

I mean, if words aren’t going to have defined meanings anymore, then I guess you can question anything. But the Oxford definition of normal is:

> conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.

Having a fridge is entirely normal, and to claim otherwise would require quite an extraordinary justification.

If you wanted to question whether people really need them, that would be a much more reasonable line of inquiry. But for anybody posting here to claim that they cannot understand why people would want to have one is frankly not believable.

[tonyedgecombe]

But for anybody posting here to claim that they cannot understand why people would want to have one is frankly not believable.

Where did I say that?