<story><title>Acronym’s new computer with Asus is bonkers, but that’s the point</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/16/review-acronym-rmt02-asus/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jrm4</author><text>Wow, the absolute joyless responses here remind me of exactly why &lt;i&gt;this place,&lt;/i&gt; and perhaps the tech world in general, is so VERY far from the wonderfully creative weird (virtual?) space that fostered my love of technology.&lt;p&gt;I gotta find some better sites&amp;#x2F;communities</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>FridgeSeal</author><text>Yeah the comments admonishing a high-fashion techwear brand for “odd choice of lettering” and “trying to be futuristic” are strange.&lt;p&gt;I want to see more wacky and boundary shamelessly “techno” designs like this, it’s like someone brought something from a Gibson novel to life and I dig it. I’ll take this over the current crop of bland device&amp;#x2F;tech design.</text></comment>
<story><title>Acronym’s new computer with Asus is bonkers, but that’s the point</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/16/review-acronym-rmt02-asus/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jrm4</author><text>Wow, the absolute joyless responses here remind me of exactly why &lt;i&gt;this place,&lt;/i&gt; and perhaps the tech world in general, is so VERY far from the wonderfully creative weird (virtual?) space that fostered my love of technology.&lt;p&gt;I gotta find some better sites&amp;#x2F;communities</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dchest</author><text>You can love creativity in tech and at the same time reject fakery.&lt;p&gt;Maybe like someone who&amp;#x27;s into watches enjoys fun diversity of Swatch and G-SHOCK or artfulness and craft of more expensive brands and rejects blingy stylized pretentious watches from fashion brands.&lt;p&gt;Also, please don&amp;#x27;t judge the community by their response to this design, because this design was specifically created to be polarizing. It&amp;#x27;s intended to generate debates, just like many pieces art.</text></comment>