> -----Original Message----- > I would expect Jeff to not get it. Many people have emotional > attachments > to things like pets or cars or tools. When a tool is empowering its > user, > its user gets a rush and some of that good feeling transfers to the > tool. > This is all freshman Psych 101 stuff.
You should have taken Psych 102. It would have explained this level of psychosis. Like everyone, I have all sorts of inanimate objects throughout my house. I have tools, books, DVDs, furniture, etc. The only ones I have an emotional attachment to are those that actually have tangible emotions tied to them for concrete reasons: i.e. those attached to a singular and unique event or to family or friends in one way or another. I feel no such longing for my socket set or vacuum cleaner. I still have my first computer in a closet. For obvious sentimental reasons, I keep that one, but those that came after get recycled. If you have an emotional attachment to a computer or OS that you are currently using, and assuming you didn't write your first published novel on it, it only shows that you are lacking something elsewhere. Get out more. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
