I meant extreme for this very specific case. If every other features of the product is satisfactory for OP then dumping the whole product is extreme.

No product is perfect in every way for every customer. Modifying a product that you’ve already bought is an entirely reasonable thing to do.

Returning it seems extreme to me… But I’m happy modding things like that.

Stick a piece of paper or card over the button/LED such that you can still depress it… Iterate/repeat until you’re satisfied.

Well, mostly apples.

You put it inside a space station… Or out the earth side portal in an airlock.

Chell put it on the surface of the Moon.

Put the other portal in a geostationary space station: free access to orbit.

The single most (energy) expensive thing humans do is put things in orbit.

Whatever’s important to you.

There’s no meaning, no purpose.

… That you don’t provide yourself, and it could be anything.

Well, hardly ever.

idkfa

Not hypothetical. Ours is cursed already.

OK.

I concede the point. Because the IUPAC says so.

Simple.

The Cat in the Hat.

Congratulations, you just found the crazy whiney dissident group of astronomers who just can’t admit they’re wrong by general consensus.

Experts arguing amongst themselves is hardly the same.

An entire country being contrary just because of national pride and arrogance is completely different.

I’m aware of the origins of the different spellings of aluminum/aluminium.

I disagree that it’s two entirely different words which is the case for eggplant/aubergine that come from two different languages.

I can’t think of another example that’s better though.

Americans (generally) can’t take criticism from non-Americans.

Some can. Some respond with “yeah we don’t do that well” or enjoin the argument with interest and integrity.

Others start screeching about xenophobia.

By that logic Uranus would be called “George’s Star”. Then the English nationalists would would get uppity about its name.

The discover generally has input, but when there’s a group of experts responsible for maintaining a list of names of things: they decide what’s right.

“pluto isn’t a dwarf planet”.

Yeah, it is.

The scientific community agrees.

Same thing.

wow the completely expected nationalism.

If the entire global science community decided to: yes.

The global sciences community decided on a name change, only one country decided to be contrary.