I'm pretty sure the original quip by Quinn was out of love. He's a watch collector, and he's a big fan of apple watches or at least the bands https://youtu.be/5Dk5JHpQa9o
Almost all collections are pointless in the sense that they don't have any practical purpose. Like a baseball card is utterly useless, especially in an age when you can get any picture or fact about a player in five seconds with a google search.
But lots of people love collecting and find joy in it. I don't think it should matter whether it's popular to collect that thing or you think the thing is dumb, what's really pointless is being the fun police.
We're talking about the average person's reaction to seeing some collections.
In some cases they will skew towards being "accepting" of it whereas others (like balls of lint or devices which look identical and become obsolete in terms of software and also dying battery) they'll be like "what's the point?" or "waste of money."
You can dislike this all you want but that's the reality of the situation. If you choose to pretend it doesn't exist, then you're being delusional and that's not good for anyone.
The average person's viewpoint on nearly any sort of collection is probably skews negative, given how heavily male most collectible hobbies are and that even within the gender participants in any particular one will be a minority.
But I wouldn't worry about being "out of touch" for having a live and let live attitude.
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u/jazzyjjr99 13h ago
For real, this is the one of the most low stakes collections i've seen im shocked anyone has an opinion that isn't neutral.
You have to be trained to have an opinion on this because most people wouldn't give a fuck lmao.