Comments on: Apple Is to Geeks What Breasts Are to Men

By: Apple is to geeks what breasts are to men | Bytes + Beans

Apple is to geeks what breasts are to men | Bytes + Beans — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:04:36 +0000

[...] is the headline on this appalling article which belabors the analogy about breasts and Apple products and adds that “the press and [...]

By: antje wilsch

antje wilsch — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:58:51 +0000

damn I thought vibration mode was stimulating my muscles so I’d lose weight without doing anything…. can I get refund please….

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Insert Clever Title Here » Dumbest comments… — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:22:28 +0000

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By: Wolf

Wolf — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:21:36 +0000

points for the best summation of the whole IPhone issue.

By: wilwit

wilwit — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:13:02 +0000

Drama: point taken. There are a lot of different hammers (claw, ball-peen, sledge, etc…) for all kinds of jobs. Knives might be a better analogy (swiss army, buck, bayonette, etc…) so you might prefer the single blade pocket knife and I might prefer the swiss army.

By: Drama 2.0

Drama 2.0 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:51:54 +0000

wilwit: thanks. I guess I’m just one of those people who sees a hammer as a hammer. Like a hammer, I think a cell phone is, at its core, a utilitarian tool.

While I certainly appreciate that some see far more in it, I think the level of hype the iPhone has received makes about as much sense as celebrating the introduction of a hammer with a more comfortable grip.

By: wilwit

wilwit — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:13:26 +0000

@ Rip Ragged – Drama 2.0 is right, his blog has contributed a little to the publicity but probably not “one phone’s” worth.
@ Drama 2 – you are correct about how a phone is supposed to work at the baseline level, but you are purposely ignoring the ease of use and enjoyment factors in having a tool that a user LIKES / WANTS to use. Apparently, you are put off by the gushing of some users and media types. We get it…..
I enjoyed Brian’s comments and a number of others here and the initial post has points of merit to make it worth my time to read and post. bye

By: Drama 2.0

Drama 2.0 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:22:33 +0000

Lily: I was stunned too. It’s really disappointing that there are still people saying and writing things that aren’t sugar-coated.

Sadly, mindless political correctness is apparently is a virtue that hasn’t yet been adopted by everyone and dirty humor about body parts still plagues our society.

That said, the post was about breasts. In an effort to maintain what little decency is left here, let’s not bring dicks into the discussion.

By: Lily

Lily — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:05:04 +0000

Wow, I’m kind of stunned at how horrifyingly misogynistic this post and all of the OP’s responses are. What a dick.

By: Drama 2.0

Drama 2.0 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:04:05 +0000

Rip Ragged: I think you overestimate the media value of any publicity from this blog.