[ale] GP2X

[Jim Kinney]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:25 AM, Mike Harrison<meuon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Richard Bronosky wrote:
>
>> Wow! I wonder if I can convince my wife that our 2 year old would
>> benefit from one of these. Hmmm?
>
> On a couple of lists.. I'm seeing a trend "if I can convince my wife..."
> or "if she'll let me".
>
> I'm tired of it. It is sickening. Man up. Stop believing television/media
> created stereotypes of relationships and excuses: Unless you're an
> unemployed house husband and she's "bringing home the bacon", or if you
> truly are that "sub" in all aspects of your relationship.
>
> I know times are tough for some, and I've lived cheap.. real cheap,
> especially while raising kids, starting businesses, etc..
>
> How about "excuses" like:
>
>   "Gotta clean the pocket change out of the couch and see if I can afford it"
>
> or
>
>   "maybe next payday"
>
> or heck, just an honest: "I'm broke right now  but I'd really like to have... "

While you raise a good point about the rising frequency of the
"excuses" the harsh reality is many of us already have a basement full
of technology toys and adding to the collection is a sticking point in
the relationship. Even when times have been flush buying a new gizmo
is often met with the same level of disdain just due to the increase
in geek toy count.

So the "asking permission" is not just for their budget approval but
also for the opportunity to not have a particular purchase come back
to haunt us!
>
> Want rationlizations: Think about how much money you save on virus
> protection, MS Licenses, software..

Heh, heh. My wife is well aware of the cost savings in the OS and
software realm. She _did_ just get the newest laptop to take beack to
grad school and our daughter got the newest desktop as her old
recycled Compaq was really crawling.

The guys in the house will have to wait...
>
> ----------------Go ahead rant back.. I'm in S. America installing Linux
> systems, Bandwidth and connectivity sucks and it'll take me a while to
> respond.
>
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