Theme 1 – Bukowski’s writing strikes a personal chord
Many commenters say Bukowski’s poetry and quotes resonate because they capture an imperfect, irresponsible yet beautiful approach to life.
- “Everyone should own at least one book of Bukowski poetry… I remember riding the train from Dresden to Prague and the person next to us was reading his novel Post Office which is a wonderful story of irresponsibility.” – PaulHoule
- “Reading Bukowski often makes me yearn for a life that could have been. An often miserable, always irresponsible, but often wonderful life.” – deepspace
- “My favorite Bukowski quote is: ‘To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.’” – jojocool0501
Theme 2 – Nostalgia and appreciation for off‑beat retro‑computing hardware
Several users reminisce about machines that were technically impressive but never became PC‑clones, expressing both admiration and a sense of loss.
- “I still freakin' love the Tandy 2000 because it was an absolute beast compared to most of the competition at the time—a true workstation class machine at an affordable price for 1983.” – bitwize
- “I had a DEC Rainbow but I don't know who ended up with it. I also had a Sanyo MBC‑555 which had quite good graphics considering but was very much one of the 'almost‑compatibles'.” – ErroneousBosh
- “To this day, people getting into retro computing are disappointed by the Tandy 2000 and other non‑PC compatible MS‑DOS machines.” – badc0ffee
Theme 3 – Delight at discovering a poem that blends computing facts with literary style
The discussion highlights surprise and pleasure at finding a technical poem (hosted on shkspr.mobi) that reads like literature while documenting early‑computing realities.
- “I was curious about what was happening with the domain name… so imagine my delight at discovering it was an actual poem…” – dhosek
- “I never knew about this poem. It's a factual observation of that era of computing.” – badc0ffee
- “It pops up every few months or so on here, and I have to upvote it every time.” – ErroneousBosh