[kazinator]

> Like a lot of troubled young men, I used to pay close attention to Apple’s developer conferences and special announcements, eagerly anticipating each new generation of iPhone and operating system.

... As a deranged older man, I now collect artifacts from Apple advertisements, to reconstruct the characters and interactions portrayed in their fantasy world, to inform the public about how (for instance) they text differently from real people. In my defense, it's no worse than collecting Princess Di memorabilia, or being crazy into Pokemon or Harry Potter.

[Taek]

Quite the contrary to deranged, I think its exactly in line with someone who collects sports jerseys or old coins with manufacturing defects.

The world of Apple propaganda is expansive and rich, and has more than enough depth to justify a worthwhile hobby.

In fact, at a party or gathering I'd be way more excited to hear about your collection than to hear about a guys collection of stamps or WWI era guns (not to disparage those hobbies, they just don't interest me personally much)

[tmpX7dMeXU]

That’s deranged.

[jychang]

Yep. At the end of the day, all humans are moderately deranged. If we were all rational value optimizers, the world would be a lot shittier place.

[goosedragons]

How far does it go? Does your kitchen look like this [0]? Do you have that picture of an apple hanging there? Do you check your stocks at the kitchen table while your partner weirdly looks on while chopping vegetables?

[0] https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ug105jVWociHnn_oPJoa8gPj...