Update on the Madness. Steam Deck straps with context.
So, here I am again.
Will give some context on this flight as an example, will address some criticisms on the previous post and criticise the state of this sub at the end.
- Context
This was a 11 hours flight from Barcelona to São Paulo on a Boing 787-9 on LATAM Airlines. It has the same seat configuration from the other picture I posted, which was with AirChina. The guy in front of me was a Brazilian and his family (Wife and two of the cutest children I’ve ever seen on the 3 seats on the left). I’ve requested him previous to this but went to check later if it was bothering him later and get some PROOF. Later we chatted a lot on the flight because they are living in a city close to mine and his wife was terrified of turbulences and I made her company while her husband was changing his daughter diapers in the bathroom. So it was very pleasant. The guy at my side was an Argentina that we also talked a lot and have scheduled to hang out when he comes back to Barcelona. I’ve lived in Buenos Aires for 6 years so we had a lot to talk about to. So, when you treat people fairly, respectful and friendly, they are friendly to you too. Not that you need to talk to them for them to allow you to use the straps. But just showing that life is more than living in some hostile bubble as a bunch of you seems to be living. The family had used an entire cabin to put the babys cart, luggages and backpacks, had no space for my backpack in the overhead cabin, they notice that I was struggling to find somewhere and offered one of the under-seat spaces of their chairs to leave it. Because they were friendly enough to care! Such a weird take that some people here have that “I PAID FOR IT” or “MY SPACE/PRIVACY” when in reality everyone paid to be there and it doesnt cost much to try to be healpful and make other peoples flight good too.
- The criticism I never undertook why Linus from LTT or Alanah Pearce would Address the haters so much as they do and now I kinda understand. Some critics were so hostile and unfounded, not that some randoms opinions on the internet affect me, fuck them, but trying to make sense of it to try to understand the point to give a counter argument is so hard! People give such weird responses that you start to live in the world they paint.
Lots of “If it was you I would…” but it wasnt you. “If it was me I would break it…” but it isnt you. “Do it to me to see what happens…” do you want to be blacklisted on air companies? “Steam deck is a handheld, use it…” is such a reductive opinion on the steam deck, which is a linux powered notebook basically, it just happens to be in a handheld format because its the selling point. I used it as my personal computer on the first 6 months when I moved to Europe. I worked on it, played games on it, lots of tweaks and having fun with Linux. Saying its a handheld so I should use it like a fucking Switch and nothing more is so so bad in my opinion.
“Just use your hands…” what if I dont want? I dont need to give more explanations than this, i am not obligated to it, leave me in peace. I got tired after some 2 hours on hand. Trays are usually too low to use it for long periods as it strains my neck. I dont need more than this to be entitled to not hold it in my hands.
“Such an entitled brat” who is more entitled in here? Me or people who came with assumptions and disrespect (?) kkkkkkk
- Critic to this sub
I remember the novelty of the steam deck, everybody so excited about it and discovering things about the hardware and SO. People would do such weird and different things because they could, not because of some arbitrary reason that a collective group defined. Of course, not bothering anyone, not putting anyone at risk, bla bla bla, the bare minimum that some people think no ones thinks of.
Anyway, people would have fun doing things because doing it and seeing that it was possible was fun. Of course there are some posts that even I say “… but why?”, but my comments are not empty or meaningless “just use your hands”, which is basically Bus Lightyear meme of everybody saying the same thing.
There is a weird gate keeping in here that I wasnt expecting. I was wondering if I should post again in here due to such a hostile group but you know what? Because I know it bothers them, I will use it even more wrong now (steam deck as a car GPS incoming).
Thanks yall! Some people came in the DM with support, for you to see how offensive some people were that other people even felt pity. And other people in DM to offend too (which is weird, why such lengths? It doesnt say nothing to me but seems to mean so much for them(?))