the thing about the humane ai pin is that it sucks so bad it becomes a compelling object to me. like there's no universe in which it's good, but if the general review gist was "it works well enough but it's unclear who it's for" then that's boring. who cares. consumer technology that's for no one is a dead market.
but something that just unequivocally sucks? that's interesting.
i feel like there is probably something wrong with me.
oh absolutely. if i saw one of those fuckers on ebay for 10 dollars i would not even think twice about buying it
Oh but the allure of the Shitty Thing That Sucks™️ is totally real and strong, though! Like, five or so years back, I daily drove a Microsoft (née Nokia) Lumia 640 for a whole month just because I wanted to see what the Windows Phone experience was like (verdict: some great ideas! Many more terrible ones! A surprisingly good camera! The worst app store in human history!). I think there’s a genuine joy to be had dissecting and analyzing the failures, the weird intricacies, and the bizarre shortcomings of some suckass piece of tech like this. Sometimes you get to see exactly how it failed, sometimes it’s just marveling at truly baffling decisions.
And, if nothing else, in the end you get to have the experience of looking at a weird object and thinking “Somebody really made this thing, huh?”
i love that little thing, despite myself. i managed to hate every part of that rabbit fucker (i am a pretty dedicated teenage engineering hater so it was relatively easy), but the humane pin? i just can't hate it, even though i should
big ouya vibes
