A History of Brooklyn In 20 Objects (“Objects” Being Very Loosely Defined)
2) Macbooks
Are writers objects? No, no. I decided that writers could not be objects. But their laptops certainly are. And they are everywhere. No self-respecting Brooklynite would dare use a computer that wasn’t a Mac these days. Their ubiquity is evident in every coffee shop in the borough. I really should have put iPhones up here too. Because no one uses a Droid in Brooklyn. You just can’t pull that kind of shit over here. Take it to Staten Island. Tell them that a Droid is just as good as an iPhone. They might not look at you with total contempt. Standards are different over there, I hear.