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18k Gold-Plated iPod shuffle Signals Downfall of the Civilized World

gizmodo.com — Normally we skip over these ***** gold-plated gadgets, but this 18-karat gold-plated iPod shuffle's picture was so pretty we couldn't resist. We would've been even more impressed if it were solid 24-karat gold, but we'll just have to settle for this gold plating.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 20, 2007

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  • undetected, on 10/11/2007, -16/+83Yeah, it looks nice, but will it blend?
  • KingLeo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+39$10,000 for a shuffle?! What is it made of? Gold?... oh wait...
  • whoaohh, on 10/11/2007, -4/+33People have been plating everything with gold for thousands of years. It is obviously not a signal of the end of the world.
  • synaesthesia, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10Gizmodo has never skipped covering anything prefixed by the letter i, nor any of the accessories accompanying such products. Ever.
  • Vicujozobenaxod, on 10/11/2007, -3/+13How come every title has to have some sort of doom attached to it? The world can't be cast into a new darkness every day people, this is called bling, it's been around for a while, blame hip hop.
  • toetagger, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Well... it looks like about 500 to 1K worth of gold, why 10K?
    For 10K I can get some hookers and a speed boat for a week.
    A ***** MP3 player?
  • Lane, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10How long till I see this in a vending machine?
  • andregriffin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Now even gold can become obsolete!
  • MisterNetHead, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Ah, the Midas Touch.

    Makes me want gold plated everything...
  • poseitom, on 10/11/2007, -12/+16That's a real repulsive iPod.

    edit: oh yeah and STOP the F#&@รง will it blend! = Boring
  • kevinmotel, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7hey...wait a minute....thats not related at all! i think someone is lying on the internets! i'm telling al gore and kevin rose!
  • Lassan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3why did you have to say that dreaded i word?!
    can't I go anywhere without seeing it?!
  • garageillusion, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3It seems really random whether or not people will digg up a "will it blend" comment. It always gets a reaction though. never will a "yeah, but will it blend" comment sit on the +1 digg fence. group think, yo.
  • Almadiel, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Plating something that small in gold must cost like five dollars.
  • grubesteak, on 10/11/2007, -4/+6Uh, "will it blend" is getting old.
  • HiT0, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2dorks with dollars; what will they think of next

    on second thought, don't tell me; my stomach is weak enough already
  • antdude, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Donald Trump would buy it. ;)
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4I'm gonna call it.....by mid/end of next month there will be a macbook pro gold plated. Keep your eyes open :D
  • nick2, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3And you thought Apple products were expensive before....
  • badtzmartin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2$10,000... for gold-plated aluminum... hmmm...

    It better come packed in cocaine... ;)
  • tehAleksandrRox, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Solid gold toilet seats. Nothing says you're rich like forming an object from a precious metal and using it to do your business.
  • ChaosSeven, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2WHAT CIVILIZED WORLD?
  • FirewindRaging, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Rekon it comes with a matching set of earphones? :P sucks when it breaks JUST out of its warranty, as is typical with the ipod family, and you have to spend the original cost again to get a new one...or just go and trade it in...
  • Farmer77, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2It must be a bitch to lose that in public.
  • thenome, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Why not have the world threatened with doom everyday; it makes life interesting. Besides it gets your store dugg faster.
  • chopenik, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Who ever buys this is the biggest poser ever!
  • thechauffeur, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Potatoes and blowjobs? Whaaat?
  • stklaw, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1All hail the golden ipod nano!
    http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/04/24ct_gold_ipod_nano_1_large.jpg
  • DanX3, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Digg me down.. But I have a gold plated iPod Nano :) no different than any other iPod but it looks damn sexy!

    Exactly like the picture posted above this...
  • Desimat0r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Haven't you seen gold-plated connectors? It's not _that_ expensive.
  • DokCal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1That's what I was thinking! Jeez, talk about a markup!
  • cuteseal, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Goldmember: Can I paint his yoo-hoo gold now? It's kind of my thing, you know...
    Dr. Evil: How 'bout no, you crazy Dutch bastard!
  • E7ernal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1In the words of Ghandi "Don't hate the Player, Hate the game."
  • Hornstinger, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Looks like a piece of *****
  • wolfger, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Man, Steve Jobs could sell gold-plated iSnow to an Eskimo...
  • endgame, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1MMMM Hookers & a speed boat!!
  • Hervard, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3At least it's not a gold-plated iPhone.
  • hunglowang, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Yeah but plating an IPOD SHUFFLE?
  • matthewecornish, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1A few hundred pounds maybe but thousands? No, looks great (I'd buy it for my girlfriend) but the price is just ridiculous.
  • undetected, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I agree for the most part, but looking the picture of this thing, I genuinely wondered.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2lol ))

    related: http://digg.com/apple/Eat_Apples_And_Install_Ubuntu_On_Your_Wii_Game_Machine_From_Linux
  • m00dy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1http://www.xexoo.com/ after digging thru some blog spam
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The gold plating you do on a car emblem cannot be compared to hard plating. If you don't keep up on things, gold is quite a bit per ounce.
  • rolf, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yeah, gold plating means that it has < $3 of gold on there. I mean, jeez, I could have made one of real gold and still have most of that money left over.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Plating small devices like like that usually don't require much skill......probably why it didn't sell. Also depends on what you were asking. Nobody wants to pay some outrageous price.
  • Hemiptera, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Because 24kt gold is too soft for most things.
  • icefox2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1How about a http://www.goldoptimusprime.com/
  • vvaduva, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"18k Gold-Plated iPod shuffle Signals Downfall of the Civilized World"

    Of course and taking a dump in an outhouse and burning cow dung for heat and cooking is serious progress in civilization for many people on this planet...
  • khaled, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1ohhh, shiny
  • ToBuns, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0$10,000 is enough to buy 15oz of 99.99% pure bullion. I'd say this probably has a few micrograms of 75% pure gold. Yeah, huge rip off.
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