[PumpkinSpice]

Huh? Car maintenance is a rational, physical necessity. I don't need to compliment my car for it to start on a cold day. I'd like it to stay this way.

Having to be unconditionally nice to computers is extremely creepy in part because it conditions us to be submissive - or else.

[meiraleal]

> Having to be unconditionally nice to computers is extremely creepy in part because it conditions us to be submissive

It's not a healthy mindset to relate politeness to submissiveness. although both behaviors might look similar from afar they are totally different

[OJFord]

I think GP means being polite to something because otherwise it refuses to function is submissive, not that politeness is inherently.

I might prefer my manager to ask me to do something politely, but it's still my job if he asks me rudely.