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- jamesey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2an easy way to figure out if the story is true is to compare the european rate of screen defect to the japanese rate to the american rate.
- SmeRndmGy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2American Obesity Association? fat people should lose weight, not band together and demand products that their massive fingers can operate. if you're so fat that your fingers cannot operate ordinary household devices then maybe its time for you to lose weight. they should make the gap between the fridge handle and the door smaller. and the buttons on the microwave. make the door narrower at mcdonalds. we shouldnt be encouraging morbid obesity by making special products for these people to use. and it isnt discrimination to single these people out. they need to be singled out so they can lose some weight. instead they go on social security and medicare at age 30 and let me pay to support them for the rest of their lives. maybe these fat people should step away from the computer and get some exercise. if you're so fat that your pants break your mp3 player maybe you should be spending your money on a treadmill or a gym membership instead.
- switchman401, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Apple computers have always been a favorite of husky Americans, due in large part to Apple’s insistance on using the 1-button mouse. The 1 button mouse is perfectly designed for fat fingers which often find multi-button mice unwieldy."
LOL! How big of people are we talking about! 900lbs? 1200lbs? wOw! - mushroom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sound like they are trying to get out of paying to replace the screens
- M4tt3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0^^, should be treated different. CaN one of you "_____" explain to me why overweight indivduals need to be made fun of, and treated like *****?
- mouthster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Their genetics are obviously different, so when they eat McDonald's and such, they don't process it the same way Caucasians/African Americans do.( god knows I have to be PC, or I'll get flamed by kiddies)"
This brings the LOLZ .. but lets say your right..
HELLO !!!! DON'T .. EAT .. AT .. MCDONALDS!!!!!
Be like Jared, eat at Subway. - Chango_Family, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Because how would any of you like it, if I (lets say 6'4" 235 LBS.) were to see your/any ones mom one day in an elevator or on a escalator, and I were to approach her, and start belittling her, calling her a this and that, (in public) while getting up in her face intimidating her at the same time.
It's legal, but is it right.
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In what country is this legal?
Seriously, check your local laws before making comments like that.
is it ok to make fat jokes if youre fat?
how about black jokes if youre black?
can you make anti-jewish comments if youre a jew?
By the way, rape jokes are very, very common, popular
and considered quite funny.
You might not see the humour in someone getting violently sodomized but you must have laughed at least once at a 'drop the soap in the shower' joke or movie situation. (We have Half-Baked on right now)
Never go see dougstanhope.com perform, youre head might explode. - Drahknon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Just wait until you hit about 35 years old..."
Agreed. I was 5'11" and 160 until I hit 30. Then, it got a lot harder to stay that way even with lots of exercise and the like. - Heavy_C, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If Apple is going to stop selling to fat kids, they'll easily lose half their business... including me... *eats a sand which*
- ManiacFive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0LOL, Digg, especially digg because of the comments from people not realising this is satire, both here and on the original site.
Best laugh I've had all day, fat fat fatty fatty fat fat "Hey, its not a shoplifter with a nano, its just a fat kid" - shad0w, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Fat people obviously don't deserve iPods anyway.
- mouthster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Maybe this is why Gabe Newell refuses to bring Half-Life 2 to the Mac?
- ArchonSG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'll dig this article just because its hilarious.
Its really funny when how people who are fat say they can't help it and the other side saying that its funny that they say they can't.
Kinda like how you get spyware and virus, its mostly all about what you do.
In this case, its all about your eating practices and physical activies. If you are fat, what are you doing to reduce fat intake and work off what you already have?
Same goes for those who aren't fat, what are you doing to stay in shape?
Being obeese is a problem and the sooner people admit that the sooner they can help themselves.
Wearing size 33 pants and over 30 so there! - M4tt3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0FOR ALL YOU STUPID asses who like to make fun of "fat" people...
Why is it OK to make fun of fat people? Your pick out something you don't like and choose to make fun of it. Your just as bad as all the "racist, prejudice, bigots" out there, for doing the same actions they do,...which is pick on a group of people you don't like.
I'll tell you what, I'd much rather have a fat friend, then a discriminating ***** who thinks their better then everyone else, like you.
All you hypocritical P.O.S. make me sick.
There are more things that cause weight gain, then just food.
Have you ever heard of a thing as genetics? or for example "chronic fatigue syndrome"? or how about an injury that stops someone from "exercising".
Here in AZ, we have the largest ratio of obese people, and this is solely because of Pima Indians. Their genetics are obviously different, so when they eat McDonald's and such, they don't process it the same way Caucasians/African Americans do.( god knows I have to be PC, or I'll get flamed by kiddies)
Their way of life and the food they've ate for the last 1,000 years, has all a sudden changed. Their body is not use to the high fructose corn syrup and all the other "crap".
9 out of 10 Pima Indians are obese.
Did you care to think about it outside your little world?
Of course not, because all you flamers are pathetic losers, who get their kicks by putting down others.
Just wait until you hit about 35 years old; "what go's around comes around". - mouthster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Whatever dude, tell it to your blog.
- pftqg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Does anybody even read the comments before they jump up and down and say "fake!" "blah blah blah!".
The article was quite humerous :) - underburn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If Steve Jobs isnt obese then I dont want to be either.
- TVarmy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Isn't the number 2 death of cell phones tight pants, dropping being first?
- zero_bit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"STEVE JOBS DOESN'T CARE ABOUT FAT PEOPLE." -
lol. - TK99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Please Apple cant bring in as many fatties it wants, but it can't change the fact that Apple makes crap.
Its software is fine, but its hardware is just over priced crap. - Funk_Man, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0YAY apple make fun of the fat people make them lose the fat that is destroying your ipod nano's and making America the fattest country on earth.
- notorious., on 10/12/2007, -0/+0STEVE JOBS DOESN'T CARE ABOUT FAT PEOPLE.
- Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It blows my mind to see that anyone thinks this post has a single bit of truth about it. Nearly everything in the article is false. Also, note that the post is filed under the "humor" section of the blog. I'm guessing the people who took this for fact also see The Onion as America's Most Reliable News Source
- Tales, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Roflcopterpwned
- dieselpuker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm in no shape to exercise.
- Swift2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Funny, but I wish people would understand the difference between broken screens and scratched iPods. The screens that break were ascribed to a batch batch of screens from a supplier. The scratches -- well, the screen is the same stuff that the other iPods use.
It's thin and tiny, but actually very tough. If you absolutely hate scratches, get a case. I just dropped by the Apple Store this evening, and they've got a ton of cases now.
Apple is being hoist on its petard, though, with that idea that you can carry it in a watch pocket. Well, maybe, but I'd keep it in a watch pocket -- something that isn't in a tight spot like that.
No one over 50 pounds overweight (a Human mega) will be sold an iPod nano. - joehodgson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0funny stuff! its a small,thin, shiny unit, its not built to take much strain and although this article isnt all true, it kinda makes sense! in my jaunts to america, you do seem to have heftier people, im not saying all americans are fat but the obesity figures are crazy!
- Terry2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Oh well, wait until the new 80 gig iPod comes out - now that's one fat iPod. No skinny users allowed.
- fuRy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0LMFAO
- SmeRndmGy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0making fun of fat people is not at all the same as making fun of people becaue of their race. you cant help what race you are (excluding michael jackson). if you're fat you can do something about it. make up all the excuses you want about genetics and mcdonalds and corn syrup. that doesnt change the facts. nobody is forcing you to eat at mcdonalds. we arent dumping corn syrup down your pudgy face so it flows over your numerous chins. eat a salad. go jogging. get a gym membership (and dont say you cant afford it, you know you're spending more than that on crappy fat person food anyways). If you're fat and over the age of 15 then it isnt anyone's fault but your own. there are people starving to death in africa, you dont need 7000 calories a day, fatass. if you recognize the guy who works at mcdonalds then its a sign that you go there too damn much. its true that a lot of food is mainly made of crap now, but you can still get all the ingredients for food without corn syrup and such in them. learn to cook instead of just stuffing packaged crap down your face untill you baloon up to several times your normal size. and if you are fat, dont expect special treatment, you did it to yourself.
- exobot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I’m no male modeling superstar, but I fit through doorways" - Comment in the link.
BAHAHAHA :D! I'm a bit overweight myself, but not much, and I can laugh at that :D. - wmtrader, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well how long must I wait for Apple to come out with the "iPod Fatty"? because if my fat ass breaks one more iPod while I am at the “Jack in The Box� drive through trying to order another king size #5 with a double fudge cake and one of the yummy chocolate shakes I am just going back to my cassette tape player dam it!
- pdaphreak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Dude, if you're in AZ, don't be eatin' at McDonald's, eat at Filiberto's. 'Berto's owns.
- M4tt3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ mouthster
Let's say I'm right?
You can't be that naive, can you, Subway? That brings the "LOLZ"..pfft.
Do you think that McDonald is the only place that uses High Fructose corn syrup? Do you think I'm pulling this out of my ass?
I can't even being to start, so I won't...but the next time you eat something with a "wrapping", check out the ingredients, and see whats natural. - mouthster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I was being sarcastic. Read fireflybynight's post, his rebuttal to your expose' on "fat-ism" said it best.
But yeah, your post was pretty funny. I actually thought you were adding more frosting on the satire cake. Too hopeful, I know. - Drahknon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Joke or not, I bet someone's going to get really upset and sue under the American's with Disabilities Act- I guess it covers overeating now."
Well, no, considering it's neither an employment nor a public accommodation issue. As yet, I don't think the iPod is considered a governmental entitlement. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OK, M4tt3r, so don't eat crap that's bad for you. How hard is that to figure out? I'm pretty sure I've had little or zero high fructose corn syrup in the past year. I make my own dinner, and when I eat out, it's not at Taco Bell. I don't snack on candy bars. I don't eat Doritos. I don't drink Coke. It ain't that hard.
- Drahknon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Harshing on fat people is NOT the same as racism or other bigotry..."
Well, yes it is if that person is genetically predisposed toward not being skinny. There are several sorts of body types out there, and some people are just naturally pudgy, no matter how hard they work at it. Putting a moral badge of infamy on someone presupposes having a choice in the matter. - M4tt3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0fireflybynight, I completely agree with you.
But my point was more about the negativity thrown towards overweight individuals, and how (which blows my mind) it's sociably acceptable to make fun of "fat" people. Why?
Why are they treated as they are "bad", or somehow don't deserve to be a part of society, and treating differently?
I'm willing to bet that 100% of the people who make negative comments towards overweight individuals, don't have 1 single family member who's overweight. Or if they do, they're really a heartless s.o.b.
Because how would any of you like it, if I (lets say 6'4" 235 LBS.) were to see your/any ones mom one day in an elevator or on a escalator, and I were to approach her, and start belittling her, calling her a this and that, (in public) while getting up in her face intimidating her at the same time. It's legal, but is it right.
Would this be OK if I, or anyone did this?
I'm just trying to see it from a different point of view, I'm not fat, and certainly ain't skinny, but I don't think those who are *overweight ( - Drahknon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"make up all the excuses you want about genetics and mcdonalds and corn syrup. that doesnt change the facts..."
Am J Hum Biol. 2000 Mar;12(2):167-180 - Noize, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lmao, its funny because they are fat
- Glidedon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah,
Al Gore is on the BOD, how could this oversite get by him?
uh, nevermind - netnerd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I hope this is a joke. If not, this person is a real *****. (S)he uses a lot of derogatory language and offers no references for the quotes (s)he is using.
- MWWLSE, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now.
- kiantech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The nano was designed for nano sized people
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hey M4tt4r. I have hit 35 (ok, I'm about to in a week), and yeah, I've noticed that I can't eat the way I did when I was 16. You know what I did when the weight started piling on? I WENT ON A DIET. I went to the damn gym.
Yeah, you're right, some people process food differently from others, and some people are fat because of medical problems, or other reasons. I know people who have had depression that led to overeating. But I really don't think that the entire one-third of Americans who are overweight have such excuses. A lot of people are just plain gluttonous, lazy, or weak-willed. Yeah, that's harsh. Tough.
I don't want anyone handing me excuses when I'm getting out of shape, that doesn't help me at all. I've certainly let myself eat too much when I'm feeling down, and you know what happens? I gain more weight, and I feel even worse. At some point you've got to stop and have some damn self respect.
Harshing on fat people is NOT the same as racism or other bigotry. "Fat acceptance" is not the kind of thing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have marched in Selma for. You want to help the Pima Indians? You work for economic changes in their community, try to get rid of the McDonalds and bring back the kind of food they do process well. Give people self-respect and empowerment, that's what they need. Not some feel-good fuzzies that help in the short term, but kill in the long term.
And, of course, THE ARTICLE WAS A JOKE.
And fat jokes are funny. - TeknoTurd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0BA-DA-BA-BA-BA...I'm lovin' it!
- silentauthority, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0haha. I think a more likely story is that idiots are putting them in their back pockets and sitting on them.
- justincredible, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Obesity is not Apple's concern. The engineering marvel that is the iPod nano should not be changed because of the over-weight population. I like the Altoids Case idea.
- omnithrope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I hope this is a joke. If not, this person is a real *****. (S)he uses a lot of derogatory language and offers no references for the quotes (s)he is using."
Sometimes the truth hurts. -
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