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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Seeing a sticker blocking a macbook's logo makes me realise it's a macbook more than just seeing the apple (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Which is kind of the point.

Apple paid a shit ton of money over the years to get their devices into enough tv shows and movies and even students at universities to do that. They want to be the default so that you have that "Oh, wow. Gwart has a Dell?" moment. And they want the writers to know that so that... frigging Gwart has a Dell.

As for covering it up? The prop department doesn't care about Apple's image, they just do what the production team tells them. And the production team doesn't care about Apple's image, they just want to make Apple pay for it.

As for in real life? I know a lot of people who put stickers over anything that is an LED that lights up when you use it. And I've personally always put a sticker or two on my work and personal laptops just so that I can identify it at a glance. You haven't lived until you have watched people have to check the lock screen to figure out which laptop is which.