# Yes, rjung, we get it. You like Macs.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-rjung-we-get-it-you-like-macs/228348>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 9, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-rjung-we-get-it-you-like-macs/228348 "2004-02-09T23:36:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-rjung-we-get-it-you-like-macs/228348/41 "2004-02-12T00:49:47Z")

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> [@rjung](#):
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> There’s an old belief among Persian rug weavers that they are not allowed to make a flawless rug – all of their works must be flawed in some way, as only God can be perfect, and they would never dare to presume themselves to be God.

[hijack]

So, does this philosophy also apply to any other crafts?

[/hijack]

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-rjung-we-get-it-you-like-macs/228348/42 "2004-02-12T01:07:45Z")

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> [@kasuo](#):
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> So, does this philosophy also apply to any other crafts?

Dunno. Only heard it applied to rugs. Someone got a Persian rug weaver we can ask?

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-rjung-we-get-it-you-like-macs/228348/43 "2004-02-12T01:11:29Z")

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> [@rjung](#):
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> Dunno. Only heard it applied to rugs. Someone got a Persian rug weaver we can ask?

My guy is on vacation.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-rjung-we-get-it-you-like-macs/228348/44 "2004-02-12T14:11:08Z")

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> [@rjung](#):
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> Imagination costs extra, and I’m being frugal these days. After all, I’m still paying off(\*) that overpriced Mac o’mine, remember? 😉
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> (\* = No, I’m not. The new car, on the other hand…)

Ever consider changing careers? I hear Steve Jobs is looking for a court jester.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-rjung-we-get-it-you-like-macs/228348/45 "2004-02-12T21:27:45Z")

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I’m a Mac owner, user, proselytizer, and fanatic-nut. But I don’t expect PC users to share my tastes and reach the same conclusions (there’s a reason they are called _personal_ computers).

What I _would_ expect more of is the attitude evinced by **Priceguy** on the previous page. Even if you hate Macs and would never ever own or use one voluntarily, your own PC-centric world of computerdom is better off for the Mac being in existence. Just as – and I have no compunctions about saying it – the world would most certainly \*not \* be better if the Mac was the only mainstream computer. An Apple that could call all the shots unchallenged would not be nice to see. (I’m visualing something like a cross between Disney and the Borg).

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