Tooth Polarity

From MacFAQ

This is a true story.

Once (this was sometime in early 1998) there were two brothers who decided to buy computers. After much careful consideration, one bought a Mac and the other bought a Windows PC.

Nothing really much happened to the one who bought a Mac; he just bought it, set it up, and started using it for his work. All pretty unspectacular; it didn't change his life though it made certain tasks much much easier, which is exactly what he wanted a computer for in the first place.

His brother was pleased because he thought he'd saved an awful lot of money by going for a PC instead of a Mac. But after a month or so, things started going badly.

Firstly, he was a keen and accomplished - and very striking - amateur painter. He began to notice that his painting was becoming drab and derivative. He had a fine record collection, full of Stravinsky and Bartok gems, not to mention his beloved Galaxie 500 and Chills albums and singles, but one day when he went to seek solace there he discovered that all he had were dozens of volumes of "Classic Moods" compilations and Best Of collections of the likes of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston.

His daughters took up smoking.

For some reason, he could no longer buy clothes that fitted him properly. He used to love reading, but whereas he used to go out on Saturdays and spend hours in the library at the bookshelves - Hemingway, Genet, Brecht, Chandler, James Joyce - he now only ever came home carrying computer magazines with garish covers.

The final straw was that he discovered his 17" monitor - so much cheaper than his brother's Apple model - was badly adjusted and affecting the polarity of his teeth with very unpleasant consequences. Shortly after that - fortunately, I think I should say - his PC suffered motherboard failure just when the warranty had expired, and he never bothered to get it repaired or replaced.

After that things immediately started to improve for him, especially his teeth.