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posted by martyb on Saturday April 18 2015, @11:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the smartphones-do-not-mean-smart-users dept.

Emacs vs. vi; PC vs. Mac; Windows vs. Linux; Sony vs. Nintendo. Holy wars of technological preference have been nothing new since the adolescence of computing technology, and are often the subject of many a debate here.

However, a recent argument between two roommates about the superiority of Apple vs. Android technologies has taken a bloody turn worthy of a bromance movie sequence:

As they tussled in a parking lot, the men allegedly struck and jabbed each other with broken beer bottles. Mendez and Ecevo suffered minor wounds during the fight and were transported to a local hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises.

Which raises the question - How close have you all come to violence during a technological argument?

Coverage also at Gizmodo and BGR.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by SGT CAPSLOCK on Sunday April 19 2015, @02:25AM

    by SGT CAPSLOCK (118) on Sunday April 19 2015, @02:25AM (#172684) Journal

    I have a few friends who are involved in some cult of technology or another. I don't get involved in any debates or arguments. I'm usually really quiet and keep my opinions to myself, but my friends sometimes take random jabs at me based on what they've observed (I use Android, I'm the only Linux user in our group of friends, I like anime, etc; really anything different than just liking cars and beer).

    Although I get made fun of just randomly (maybe they're trying to provoke a response or I'm an easy target or something?) I never really retaliate. Not to be high and mighty, but I really feel like it's beneath me. I'm not in any position where it's important or in my interests to defend my opinions and tastes to anyone.

    Sometimes it hurts when people make fun of me for the things I like, but in my opinion it makes me more of a well-rounded individual to love the things I love, having decided so myself, rather than forcing myself to enjoy something that might be more popular but that doesn't suit me.

    So I never understand things like this...

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  • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Sunday April 19 2015, @05:24AM

    by captain normal (2205) on Sunday April 19 2015, @05:24AM (#172735)

    Hummm....are your friends iOS type people?

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    When life isn't going right, go left.
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 19 2015, @03:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 19 2015, @03:25PM (#172849)

    Where I'm from, that is just male bonding. The closer you are to someone, then the more shit you can give them.
    Try retaliating and make it obvious that it isn't because you are mad or offended.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 19 2015, @05:36PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 19 2015, @05:36PM (#172882)

      As someone who is thin-skinned myself, I've found that it is soooo easy to go over the line when joshing someone. I don't do it anymore because the social mores that define where that line lies are nearly invisible to me. It is like for me personally the line is very close, so it feels like any amount of joshing I give back is already over the line therefore I can't tell what everybody else will think is too far over the line. It isn't fair, but its just something I've learned to accept about myself.