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>I probably still have a moleskine with notes on the matter.

Why do people insist on telling us the brand of their notebook? It's just a book with some blank paper dude...

I think its more like how people call an "over head speaker system" a "tannoy" or adults over the age of 50 call any console video game system "the nintendo" etc.

I think it probably has something more to do with this: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/02/24/122-moleskine-not...

So you're admitting that the only reason you made your previous comment was because you thought that the commenter was being smug and you wanted to put him/her in his/her place?

Alternatively, I googled it after being dumbfounded by the seemingly random specificness of the post (does anybody say "I had a few beers while I watched my Panasonic"? No, everyone just calls TVs "TVs"), and discovered that the poster was just making an attempt at being smug.

The guy writes an interesting and informative post, and the part you latch onto is how he refers to his freakin' notebook?

I take issue with your taking issue with his taking issue with the post :)

Specifically, this is a threaded comment system. We can have as many discussions about something (post or other comment) as we want: go off on wild tangents, point out the spelling, have a pun thread, mention patterns of blogging/commenting the parent fits into, reply to the author on a separate subject, share anecdotes related to the subject of the post, and actually talk about the content of a post or comment, all at the same time, without breaking anything. That's what's so neat about threaded discussion: it doesn't require the "comparative notability" that a linear conversation needs in order to function.

TV's are commodities. There's no important difference from one brand to another. Moleskines, by merit of their unique design and brand identity, are in a different boat.

No. There is a gajillion brands of hardly distinguishable black notebooks. Differences in quality are far less than those between TV manufacturers.

But how many television set brands have the brand recognition of Moleskine though?

Much like Hemingway, who also wrote down his thoughts in a moleskine, I feel that there is no friend as loyal as a book.

I'm guessing you (and I) wouldn't fit in on a commune.

It's called "descriptive detail", and can add atmosphere to your writing.

Why do people insist on telling us their pet peeves? It's just your pet peeve dude...

Agreed- even defining the notebook as a moleskine suggests a certain type of content. More so, it's a seemingly generalized trademark (like Kleenex or Xerox).

Why not call it a moleskine?

I am aware you are being facetious...

But by questioning why he voiced his argument, you validated his argument and thus the reasoning behind it. Your question, posed as such, answers itself, in a way.

What beauty.

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