This is the funniest Steam Deck accessory I’ve ever seen!
Don’t get me wrong. I understand why this keyboard/stand exists. It has a practical function.
But imagine sitting down at Starbucks. The room is full of normal laptops. Clean lines. Thin aluminum. Civilized.
You unzip a case that looks like it contains military hardware. Out comes a handheld gaming console.
Then a keyboard.
Then a clamp.
You assemble it in stages like you’re preparing to launch a small satellite.
Click. Lock. Adjust angle. Tighten mount.
The joysticks loom over your Word document like twin anti-aircraft turrets. The ABXY buttons shimmer with the promise of violence.
You begin typing your gentle coming-of-age novel.
Every paragraph is written beneath a D-pad.
Someone glances over, expecting Elden Ring. Instead they see you carefully crafting a metaphor about autumn leaves.
You nod solemnly and continue Chapter 3.
When the barista calls your name, you detach the entire contraption in reverse order like a NASA rollb
... Show more...This is the funniest Steam Deck accessory I’ve ever seen!
Don’t get me wrong. I understand why this keyboard/stand exists. It has a practical function.
But imagine sitting down at Starbucks. The room is full of normal laptops. Clean lines. Thin aluminum. Civilized.
You unzip a case that looks like it contains military hardware. Out comes a handheld gaming console.
Then a keyboard.
Then a clamp.
You assemble it in stages like you’re preparing to launch a small satellite.
Click. Lock. Adjust angle. Tighten mount.
The joysticks loom over your Word document like twin anti-aircraft turrets. The ABXY buttons shimmer with the promise of violence.
You begin typing your gentle coming-of-age novel.
Every paragraph is written beneath a D-pad.
Someone glances over, expecting Elden Ring. Instead they see you carefully crafting a metaphor about autumn leaves.
You nod solemnly and continue Chapter 3.
When the barista calls your name, you detach the entire contraption in reverse order like a NASA rollback procedure.
You pack away the clamp. You holster the console. You slide the keyboard into its sheath.
You leave behind only confusion.
No one knows if you were coding, gaming, or coordinating a drone strike.
You were writing poetry.
Spring Jo 🥚 🍀
in reply to That Frisian Girl-ish • • •i understand hierarchies perfectly clear, i'm just calling them bullshit
i see them as much a systemic tool as other things, and i will (ab)use it to get things done
("you" = generic you) if you care that much about the hierarchy, explain to me why it exists in its current form, why that's important, and why i should care
if not, or if you don't want to, then i will take it upon myself to see if it stands the test of time, and/or if it should even exist or not
Spring Jo 🥚 🍀
in reply to Spring Jo 🥚 🍀 • • •one of the most interesting things to me is that, while working in a company that essentially has flat structure, i start to see the need for hierarchy, or at least the motes for it, and why it exists conventionally
learning hierarchies from first principles, how they are supposed to function, and most crucially; how they can become gears that crush people between them
i want to make sure that if i ever am in charge of making something like that, i inject as much humanity in it, because while hierarchies increase efficiency, they systemically lose sight of certain things, if not built into their design, or if/when removed, and so you can VERY easily fuck that up, and blind yourself institutionally
and also; hierarchies are a guiding tool, not an iron mould. if someone breaks them, for a good reason, then be open and receptive.
a hierarchy that people need to rage against is one that is not legitimate, and needs to be reconstructed.
☃️karolherbst☃️
in reply to Spring Jo 🥚 🍀 • • •I'm sometimes wondering if this boils down to trust.
And that many autistic people developed an absence of trust (not mistrust) due to systematic oppression and spend more time thinking about if a system makes sense or not and therefore find flaws in almost every hierarchical structure.
Where NT people simply "trust" and move forward with whatever they find and don't bother thinking about it.
Dodo
in reply to That Frisian Girl-ish • • •Don't ask for respect, if you have nothing to offer but your position.
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in reply to That Frisian Girl-ish • • •Decision-makers are called
"Entscheidungsträger" (lit. "decision carriers") in German language.
Unfortunately many also are
"entscheidungsträger" (lit. ”more inert of actually deciding").
Amelie Wikström
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in reply to That Frisian Girl-ish • • •idm that much about hierarchies, tho a lot of times hierarchies are very bloated (sometimes with a reason, because "too big company at the point where higher ups should probably be replaced by athenisian election lottery")
i have more issues with bureaucracy, even tho i underatand why it exists, just really annoys me really
DeltaWye
in reply to That Frisian Girl-ish • • •It makes perfect sense to me.
“We take the credit - you take the blame.”
Steve Felten
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