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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
I asked:
and the reply was:
If someone tells me that they didn't read the specs because the device was the flagship, I take it to mean that they are looking at the status of the device and not the specs. I see that you interpreted the reply in a different way.
I don't think that "flagship" has bad connotations, it is the product that would be considered best by most people, but that doesn't mean that it would be best for me. Which is why I choose based on specs. I'm also not saying that my way of choosing is the best way of choosing, it is just my way of choosing.
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I think that sometimes, our efforts for humor find a rocky shore.
Personally, if I was that guy who made reference to "dung" I wold have said to "SeaKing" "well, where would you like to land with a storm coming at sea? The "flagship" is usually a giant carrier.
quote:"Correct me if I'm dung, my good mien, but it looks as though you're choosing to use the worst connotations of the common word flagship to imply incompetence on the part of the person who chose a particular model with which she eventually became unhappy."
I remember, when I was young, this ditzy lady saying "this is the finest TV made" and it was given to me by a very well off gentleman friend. The TV had a broken cheap knob. Maybe the guy was like that too.
Another time, a couple that acted pretty hi-highfaluting, came over at a gathering and said their car wouldn't start, and that "it was a Mercedes!" I looked at it and under the hood of this shiny waxed Mercedes, it was like an apocalyptic scene. Under the distributor cap, there was corrosion where the dust and grime grime weren't covering it. The points were pitted. I asked how long they had had the car, and they said only a week or 2. It was second hand, but it was a ""Mercedes.""
People can fool themselves with big names, "flagships" and sales pitches.