• yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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    23 hours ago

    Hahaha I’m curious about the reasoning behind the HP and mac being red/blue

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      14 hours ago

      Probably because MAC was niche for a long time hipster for a long time. HP/Compaq and now Dell has almost always been synonymous with corporate office workers

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      22 hours ago

      HP, I think, just represents using a generic PC. The stereotype is that liberals use Macs

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        22 hours ago

        Hm. I would have thought libs would be all in Linux, which is mainly PC focused.

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          22 hours ago

          If you think that, you live in a bubble. Go to an anti-Trump protest and ask what desktop operating system they use. Your answers will be “Windows is gross, ew, I use a Mac”, “Whatever my job gives me, I haven’t used a personal laptop in years”, and “What’s an operating system?”

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      18 hours ago

      I feel like this is because Japanese tourists hit up Hawaii and the west cost a lot. Affluent areas and the west coast tech scene are littered with Macs. And those areas are also pretty blue.