they say that it’s manipulating to push someone’s buttons but did they even ever consider that buttons are designed to be manipulated. buttons are useless if you don’t manipulate them. they can only taunt us.
my mom didn’t think i had an actual typewriter, she thought i just made the stuff i write look like this with a computer. she underestimated my compulsion for feeling that thwack, for the feeling of making something really happen. she wondered why i left in so many typos.
