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Triumph		2012-09-13 02:33:09 AM

The talk on the street is that the Feelies were the first choice, but they wanted too much money.

Revek		2012-09-13 03:36:23 AM

Who gives a rats gonad. Buy a android and move on from icrap.

Confabulat		2012-09-13 03:38:28 AM

I don't think Apple is the biggest corporation on Earth by a long shot.

bingethinker		2012-09-13 04:34:07 AM

That blog sucks, and the fanboi who wrote it needs to get a life.

sammyk		2012-09-13 08:24:41 AM

This is what Apple fanboiis really think!

That's a whole lotta douche in one article.

FlashHarry		2012-09-13 08:26:22 AM

Confabulat: I don't think Apple is the biggest corporation on Earth by a long shot.

Ahem

i50.tinypic.com

LordZorch		2012-09-13 08:26:30 AM

Apple totally sold out in the 80's. What took these idiots so long to figure it out?

Mugato		2012-09-13 08:35:31 AM

Wow, I think after reading that I grew a neck beard and suddenly have a thirst for PBR. Hipster douchebag.

Mugato		2012-09-13 08:38:02 AM

...holy shiat, I scrolled down and the author actually does have a neck beard. And he's a bald fark. The comments in TFA are tearing him a new one.

Confabulat		2012-09-13 08:47:38 AM

FlashHarry: Confabulat: I don't think Apple is the biggest corporation on Earth by a long shot.

Ahem

[i50.tinypic.com image 604x517]

wow who knew. Bigger than GM and ExxonMobile? That's a hell of a lot of iPhones.

Confabulat		2012-09-13 08:48:36 AM

GE I meant. I'm pretty sure lots of things are bigger than GM these days.

FlashHarry		2012-09-13 08:59:02 AM

Confabulat: That's a hell of a lot of iPhones.

that's precisely what it is. and ipads - i read somewhere that more ipads were sold last quarter than PCs.

doglover		2012-09-13 09:11:22 AM

Theaetetus		2012-09-13 09:55:59 AM

FlashHarry: Confabulat: That's a hell of a lot of iPhones.

that's precisely what it is. and ipads - i read somewhere that more ipads were sold last quarter than PCs.

iPhones, actually: "One Apple product, something that didn't exist five years ago, has higher sales than everything Microsoft has to offer. More than Windows, Office, Xbox, Bing, Windows Phone, and every other product that Microsoft has created since 1975. In the quarter ended March 31, 2012, iPhone had sales of $22.7 billion; Microsoft Corporation, $17.4 billion."

HotWingConspiracy		2012-09-13 09:59:21 AM

Apple's musical tastes are arguably better than most companies. I've discovered so many neat new artists through Apple or iTunes,

What in the god damn shiat does an artist selling wares on iTunes have to do with Apple's musical tastes? And how does a company have musical tastes?

I want a band that reflects the image of Apple that was cemented in my brain over the last decade, so I don't have to be reminded of the company Apple has become.

He never actually names a band that would meet his criteria.

genepool lifeboat		2012-09-13 10:01:02 AM

HotWingConspiracy: He never actually names a band that would meet his criteria.

You've probably never heard of them, anyway.

Terrified Asexual Forcemeat		2012-09-13 10:02:16 AM

Mugato: ...holy shiat, I scrolled down and the author actually does have a neck beard. And he's a bald fark. The comments in TFA are tearing him a new one.

You might say he's being excoreiated.

KoolerThanJesus		2012-09-13 10:06:56 AM

Such a sad sight to see what Dave Grohl has become.

Kurt would roll in his grave if he had to listen to the Poo Pounders.

Icetech3		2012-09-13 10:10:48 AM

All they have to biatch about is the music? How bout the iphone 5... bahahaha look.. now bigger! umm.. thats bout all.. thanks....

slumcat05		2012-09-13 10:11:41 AM

Mugato: ...holy shiat, I scrolled down and the author actually does have a neck beard. And he's a bald fark. The comments in TFA are tearing him a new one.

How is that a neck beard? Looks like a normal beard to me.

Unoriginal_Username		2012-09-13 10:12:52 AM

Really? just now realizing that Apple sold out?

/Does he wear Van 501's and Beastie T's?

you have pee hands		2012-09-13 10:14:47 AM

FlashHarry: Ahem

i50.tinypic.com

The Saudi state oil corp is probably bigger, though I guess it depends if you count them or not.

imontheinternet		2012-09-13 10:15:43 AM

Apple fanboys are a special brand of retarded. Buying overpriced, mass-produced products from a giant corporation doesn't make you edgy or cool or rebellious. It makes you no different than people who pay $500 for a pair of pants because they have some dipshiat's name on them.

Abe Vigoda's Ghost		2012-09-13 10:16:22 AM

k4mi		2012-09-13 10:17:29 AM

I did find it funny that there were adds for the Kindle Fire HD all over their page.

HotWingConspiracy		2012-09-13 10:19:43 AM

genepool lifeboat: HotWingConspiracy: He never actually names a band that would meet his criteria.

You've probably never heard of them, anyway.

Very true. They should add a hipster button on itunes that will sort bands by fewest songs sold.

pag1107		2012-09-13 10:21:51 AM

So the largest company in the world has failed epically by having a band people have heard of play at its press event. Holy crap. If that's all you can find to biatch about then you're as blind as a horses ass. The iphone is a steaming pile. My wife has an iphone 4 and I hate its little electronic guts. It was inferior to my galaxy 1 that was already a year old. Sure it looked pretty, but when it came to actually doing stuff with it, my model-year-old samsung phone had it beat. I'm sure fanbois can thoroughly debunk my analysis with a discussion of superior pixel depth or color palettes or icon and app prettyness but when it comes to having a phone to do real world work that doesn't drop calls constantly and can't be battery-pull rebooted when it's glorious little apps brick it, the iphone sucks butt.

madden101		2012-09-13 10:22:27 AM

FTFA: Are they no longer the young rebellious company living on the fringes of mainstream, willing to do something wacky, rebellious, and totally incredible?

We have a winner... especially the part about "living on the fringes of mainstream." When you consider everybody and their grandmother has an iPhone, iPod, iPad, or MacBook, that'll definitely kill any "fringe" aspect.

LasersHurt		2012-09-13 10:29:50 AM

Icetech3: All they have to biatch about is the music? How bout the iphone 5... bahahaha look.. now bigger! umm.. thats bout all.. thanks....

All of the parts are different and upgraded. Don't talk out of your ass.

LasersHurt		2012-09-13 10:31:29 AM

pag1107: So the largest company in the world has failed epically by having a band people have heard of play at its press event. Holy crap. If that's all you can find to biatch about then you're as blind as a horses ass. The iphone is a steaming pile. My wife has an iphone 4 and I hate its little electronic guts. It was inferior to my galaxy 1 that was already a year old. Sure it looked pretty, but when it came to actually doing stuff with it, my model-year-old samsung phone had it beat. I'm sure fanbois can thoroughly debunk my analysis with a discussion of superior pixel depth or color palettes or icon and app prettyness but when it comes to having a phone to do real world work that doesn't drop calls constantly and can't be battery-pull rebooted when it's glorious little apps brick it, the iphone sucks butt.

I have worked for years with mobiles of all brands, and I can say that you're arguing from ignorance here. You know nothing of which you speak.

kab		2012-09-13 10:46:10 AM

"I want a band that reflects the image of Apple that was cemented in my brain over the last decade"

Maybe next year they'll get Frankie and the Suicide Nets to play a few tunes.

IrateShadow		2012-09-13 10:47:51 AM

madden101: We have a winner... especially the part about "living on the fringes of mainstream." When you consider everybody and their grandmother has an iPhone, iPod, iPad, or MacBook, that'll definitely kill any "fringe" aspect.

He should be glad it wasn't whoever the hell is winning American Idol this season.

count chocula		2012-09-13 10:48:22 AM

1. The author seriously needs to get a life. I find it bizarre that the author apparently bases his self identity off the marketing campaigns of the worlds largest tech corporation. Becuase when I think of the worlds biggest tech company, "hip" "indie" and "rebellious" totally come to mind... wtf?

2. the Foo Fighters rock.

abhorrent1		2012-09-13 10:48:57 AM

Stupid-ass hipsters probably would have preferred Yo La Tengo.

/just die already

kab		2012-09-13 10:51:29 AM

And as bad as this writer should feel for his terrible blog, Grohl should feel about 6x worse.

First Blizzcon, and now this? When do you start booking for weddings?

theflatline		2012-09-13 10:54:24 AM

Since when have Apple or its users been "rebellious"

Wogus		2012-09-13 10:57:23 AM

I've had a FARK account for a while now and it takes a lot to make me face-palm but... Wow. That blog article. I mean... Well... I guess what I'm trying to say is... Hold on, see... I... Uh...

Is this searing pain I'm experiencing the "Burning-of-the-Stupid" I hear so much about?

Abe Vigoda's Ghost		2012-09-13 11:03:21 AM

theflatline: Since when have Apple or its users been "rebellious"

onlinesurvey.surveyshack.com

Just look at him, he's hardcore.
I expect he'll be jumping on his Harley and riding it back to the stripclub to show his brothers his latest purchase.

kab		2012-09-13 11:04:28 AM

And the comments are even better:

"Are they Rock Gods? Hells yes they are, one of the few bands left that play their instruments"

This level of willful ignorance makes me wonder what his FARK handle is.

bulok		2012-09-13 11:06:42 AM

genepool lifeboat: HotWingConspiracy: He never actually names a band that would meet his criteria.

You've probably never heard of them, anyway.

Bravo!

SmackLT		2012-09-13 11:07:32 AM

It's hard for me to take anything seriously written by a man named Buster Hiney

jayhawk88		2012-09-13 11:11:11 AM

Should have went with Nickleback. The entire presentation was basically one big troll, why stop with the entertainment?

stuhayes2010		2012-09-13 11:11:23 AM

Revek: Who gives a rats gonad. Buy a android and move on from icrap.

Evidently you care, you commented, insist people buy android.

SacriliciousBeerSwiller		2012-09-13 11:12:29 AM

Wow, the comments after his article are hilarious. Apparently there are a lot of people who think Foo Fighters are some sort of legendary rock badasses, rather than the reality that they're the US version of Nickelback...

Surly U. Jest		2012-09-13 11:12:30 AM

It's the bands they get to play WWDC that really matter.

The One True TheDavid		2012-09-13 11:13:23 AM

KoolerThanJesus:

Such a sad sight to see what Dave Grohl has become.

Kurt would roll in his grave if he had to listen to the Poo Pounders.

One could argue Kurt Cobain killed himself rather than spend the rest of his life as a sellout (or even a self-parody like Mick Jagger after Altamont).

OTOH it's impossible for a big multinational corporation to sell out except by, oh, taking money to endorse the International Socialist Organization.

Come to think of it, since the purpose of a corporation is to make money, they could only "sell out" by giving their workers a decent wage and safe working conditions and by selling their products with a markup just high enough to allow them to keep doing so.

It's the Foo Fighters who are the sellouts.

However, "Poo Pounder" is an anti-gay term like "fudge packer." Please desist from using it.

SacriliciousBeerSwiller		2012-09-13 11:13:41 AM

jayhawk88: Should have went with Nickleback. The entire presentation was basically one big troll, why stop with the entertainment?

Wow...posted as I was writing up my last comment...but yeah, Foo Fighters...Nickelback...what's the difference?

The One True TheDavid		2012-09-13 11:14:41 AM

Surly U. Jest:

It's the bands they get to play WWDC that really matter.

What about the ones that play Lollapalooza or Burning Man?

APE992		2012-09-13 11:16:30 AM

bingethinker: That blog sucks, and the fanboi who wrote it needs to get a life.

Big words from a fanboy.

Phil Ken Sebben		2012-09-13 11:21:42 AM

kab: And the comments are even better:

"Are they Rock Gods? Hells yes they are, one of the few bands left that play their instruments"

This level of willful ignorance makes me wonder what his FARK handle is.

Lasershurt

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