Right-to-repair Memes

Remember when laptops had ports? Like, actual ports you could use? VGA, Ethernet, USB-A, headphone jack, maybe even a DVD drive if you were fancy. Those thicc boys on the left let you swap RAM, upgrade storage, and occasionally even replace the CPU without needing a degree in microsurgery. Now we've got these ultra-thin fashion statements that throttle at 80°C, have everything soldered to the motherboard, and require a dongle for literally everything. Sure, they look sleek in coffee shops, but good luck fixing anything yourself. One component dies? Better sell a kidney for a new motherboard. The industry convinced everyone that 2mm of thickness savings was worth sacrificing repairability, upgradeability, and thermal performance. We traded function for form, and now we're stuck with laptops that are basically expensive disposable devices. Real men prefer fat laptops because they actually want their hardware to last longer than the warranty period.

The classic virgin vs chad format, but make it about hardware worship. Modern frameworks get roasted for chasing Apple aesthetics with their boring gray colorways and weird dongle-dependent ports, while being so anorexic-thin they can't fit a replaceable battery. Meanwhile, the ThinkPad is out here being the Nokia 3310 of laptops—10+ years old, still kicking, with a replaceable CPU and optical drive bay because why not . The TrackPointer (that iconic red nub) gets the respect it deserves as a "magnificent" input device, while frameworks are crying about not having 14-inch models with sourceable screens. The best part? That ThinkPad can't even run Windows 11 because it lacks TPM 2.0 support, but who cares when you're running Linux like a true gigachad. The "fancy stickers put on by the user" is the cherry on top—because your laptop isn't complete without at least 47 programming language stickers and a "powered by caffeine" decal. Fun fact: ThinkPads were literally tested in space on the ISS. Your MacBook could never.