Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.ipad
Subject	Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience
Date	2024-05-10 22:29 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2024-05-10, Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 May 2024 14:33:50 -0700, Alan wrote:
>
>> On 2024-05-10 14:30, Andrew wrote:
>>> Jolly Roger wrote on 10 May 2024 18:33:42 GMT :
>>> 
>>>>> I found the ad visually stunning on one level, but pretty creepy on
>>>>> another. Overall, not the best way to tout the iPad's artistic
>>>>> versatility.
>>>>
>>>> I usually tune out Apple advertisements during their announcements
>>>> (and I generally avoid watching advertisements in general anyway). I
>>>> was indifferent to it when I watched it again, and I don't take anyone
>>>> claiming to be offended by it very seriously. It's just an ad.
>>> 
>>> Given all your statements about Apple come from Apple advertisements,
>> 
>> LOL!
>
> Well, now that Arlen has entered the room, I suppose this conversation is 
> over. So I guess It's now OK to broaden the discussion, and eventually 
> drag it far off-topic.
>
> In an online article commenting on the recent Apple ad, it was hinted that 
> videos of various objects being crushed by a hydraulic press has become 
> some sort of social media meme, perhaps a logical successor to "Will It 
> Blend." Perhaps I lead a sheltered life, but I have not viewed other such 
> videos. That would make Apple's ad a humorous (?!) parody of an existing 
> meme. I'll bet the committee that dreamed it up had a great laugh.

I mean other companies have made similar commercials for many years.
Strangely, the internet didn't melt down over them. But this is Apple,
so...

> I'm really overthinking this, but the more I overthink it, the concept of 
> crushing traditional creativity tools to splinters and goo, before 
> compressing them into an iPad, seems not the very best way to advertise 
> the iPad's creativity tools.

It's a light-hearted advertisement, and nothing more. People reading too
much into it is exactly how we got here in the first place. 

> So Stephen Colbert's parody is a parody of a parody of a social media 
> meme. My brain hurts!

I think Social media is nothing without parodies.

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JR

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Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Larry Wolff <larrywolff@larrywolff.net> - 2024-05-09 21:28 -0400
  Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-10 03:06 +0000
    Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2024-05-10 06:36 +0000
      Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2024-05-10 07:00 +0000
        Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-05-10 07:09 -0400
          Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-05-10 15:54 -0400
      Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@eweka.news> - 2024-05-10 09:59 +0000
        Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2024-05-10 10:58 +0000
        Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-05-10 07:53 -0700
        Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2024-05-11 10:20 +1200
      Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-05-10 07:09 -0400
      Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-10 18:33 +0000
        Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-10 21:30 +0000
          Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-05-10 14:33 -0700
            Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-10 22:20 +0000
              Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-11 03:55 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-11 04:35 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-11 16:54 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-11 19:37 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-05-11 10:31 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-11 16:52 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-11 19:36 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-11 20:05 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-11 21:19 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-11 22:09 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-11 22:39 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-05-11 23:48 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2024-05-11 19:09 -0500
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-12 00:13 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-05-11 23:48 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2024-05-11 19:11 -0500
            Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2024-05-10 22:22 +0000
              Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-10 22:29 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-11 03:55 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-11 04:36 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-11 16:57 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-11 19:38 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-11 20:09 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2024-05-11 20:28 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-11 21:59 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-05-12 12:54 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2024-05-12 13:50 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-05-12 15:34 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-12 19:04 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-12 20:16 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-12 23:00 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-13 18:28 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-13 20:59 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-14 00:08 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-14 03:04 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-14 18:35 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-14 19:41 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-14 22:44 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-14 23:25 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-15 00:43 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-15 02:45 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-15 19:05 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-16 01:56 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-16 02:20 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-16 16:26 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2024-05-16 16:44 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-16 22:54 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-17 15:33 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-05-17 09:16 -0700
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-17 16:21 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-17 16:34 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-17 19:19 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-22 03:23 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-05-12 14:48 -0700
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-12 20:22 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-05-12 14:50 -0700
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-12 23:07 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-13 18:28 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-13 21:00 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-14 00:08 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-14 03:13 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-14 18:34 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-05-14 09:04 -0700
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-05-13 06:43 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-13 18:28 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-13 21:00 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-14 00:08 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-14 03:04 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-14 18:34 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-14 19:41 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-14 22:45 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-14 23:26 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-15 00:37 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-05-14 06:39 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-14 18:34 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-05-15 14:55 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-15 19:05 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-05-17 12:13 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-17 16:15 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-17 16:18 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-05-19 10:58 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-05-22 01:50 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-05-11 21:20 +0000
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2024-05-11 18:07 -0500
                Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2024-05-11 23:13 +0000
              Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2024-05-11 09:52 +0000
  Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2024-05-10 13:37 +0000

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