Why do you beat yourself up?

Here's a fun little piece of amateur psychology in the style of Charles Krauthammer:

"The combination of "Stockholm Syndrome" and "cognitive dissonance" produces a victim who firmly believes the relationship is not only acceptable, but also desperately needed for their survival,” writes Joseph M. Carver, PhD for Mental-Health-Matters.com.

Interesting, you say, but what does this have to do with the price of iMacs in China?

Well, nothing, but it does have a great deal to do with a recent issue I had with an IT department head at a company with which I was consulting recently. I won’t get into the specifics, but you know the drill, this guy hated Macs for some reason, made outright fun of Macs using all of the usual myths (too expensive, no software, no one uses them, Apple’s going out of business, etc.), but was getting pounded by his company’s workers and management as his network repeatedly failed due to viruses and patches and just plain Windows crashes.

I think I’ve figured out the answer to my own article from last November, “I really wonder what some Windows users think about Macintosh.”

These Windows users are sick. Sick, I tell you! Mentally ill. Want proof? Okay, but keep in mind that this gets eerie, proceed at your own risk...

I guess you'll put up with almost anything, including data-eating viruses and repeated software crashes, just to be the first person on the block to play Half-Life 2. But it's worth it! </sarcasm>