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To me, loving inanimate "trivial" things diminishes the value of love. I love my girlfriend and my pets. I like my kitchen knife and my car. To bunch up both into the same category confuses things into "which one do I love the most", some sort of spectrum of love.

In the case of a fire, I'm sure you wouldn't prioritize your laptop with NixOS over your cat (let's imagine that the only backup is in the house that's on fire).



Do you "love" your girlfriend or your pets more? If your girlfriend starts requiring you to view ads before talking, would you still "love" her?


No, you don't have to rank things, there's your mistake. Stop ranking things.


If I say "Girlfriend, I love equally to my operative system" I'm in for a world of trouble.


Don't say it then. Nobody is forcing you to rank anything.




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