Triton wrote:Ecksem Diem put it perfectly when he said this was a symbol, and even moreso, a representation of my own personal guilt for buying an iPod, which I swore on my own grave I would never do. So no matter what, an iPod of some kind WILL be smashed.
then smash your freaking touch you goddamn hypocrite! and ecksem diem is making a mass of broad generalizations, sure the ipod is nothing fantastic (i agree 100% at it being overpriced. of medicore quality and hating apples business practice) but that doesnt mean that every single person who uses an ipod is a corporate whore and listens to crap music at low qualities, i bought a used 4th gen ipod for 50$ and used it till the hdd died, i usually used pioneer se505 headphones with it and if i had my sennheisers at the time i would have used those instead, i dont have any mp3s that are less than about 256kbps bitrate, its not audiophile quality but
im not an audiophile, i dont care about super uber mega high quality sound
I could be mistaken, but I believe he was referring to what I said about the whole "destruction" thing being a symbolic affair, not the actual examples/mass generalizations themselves (honestly, didn't the overabudance of words like "eradicate" and "obliterate" indicate that perhaps my commentary isn't entirely
serious? And if not, you mean to tell me that the whole "suggesting-we-kill-iPod-users-specifically-the-ones-who-flicker-the-lights-in-their-bathroom-on-and-off-while-they-dance-with-their-iPod-so-they-feel-like-they're-in-the-stupid-commercial" thing was taken seriously? Alright, well perhaps that
specific example
should be taken seriously, but the commentaries made earlier should
not). Out of curiousity, how did this dude destroying this stupid little device turn into such an issue? I'd hate to see how you people lost your sh*t after the first of those "Smash My _______" videos. I mean, you guys
do realize you're getting a video of a small piece of consumer electronics bursting into flames out of this, right?
Edit: Holy crap, I missed ZN13's Ditch Witch idea when I was reading through this earlier.
Nice.
), then I'll definitely swap 'ya!