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  • tbeseda, on 07/12/2008, -29/+47via Gruber: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/07/12/jackas ...
    • freshyill, on 07/14/2008, -6/+15Yeah, vote him down for actually providing a source for the link he submitted! That'll teach him!
    • MrSarcasm, on 07/14/2008, -14/+4I don't ***** care
    • dannytehmanny, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2i was in this line he was a complete schmuck and was harassing everyone
    • cowguin, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1release more iphones, get our economy up.
  • ufia, on 07/13/2008, -70/+25Usually during a recession people wait in line for a piece of bread. Not in American, people wait in line for an iPhone. And you call the reporter a jackass?
    • cdahlkvist, on 07/14/2008, -10/+40And maybe they would wait in line for bread - IF WE WERE IN AN ACTUAL RECESSION.
      • icepick602, on 07/14/2008, -6/+2you may be correct that by definition we are not in "an actual recession." But if you don't think our economy is totally *****, and that we should be praying for only a recession, you are an idiot.
    • freshyill, on 07/14/2008, -1/+20Well the store must have been out of bread. Here in American, we eat expensive cell phones when the bread lines run out.

      I remember during the recession in the early '90s, it was really rough because cell phones were really big and they tasted particularly bad back then, so the bread lines all across American ran out really quickly.
    • paulielatex, on 07/14/2008, -2/+9ufla, you don't even know what a recession is. Just because you hear a word on TV doesn't mean you should toss it around. Jackass.
    • Alegoo92, on 07/14/2008, -0/+8You don't wait in line during a recession because you have to, you do because you need to you idiot. They obviously have the financial means to get themselves bread AND an iPhone.
    • wafflez, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5Please look up what a financial recession is, then point me to one instance in time where our gdp has actually dropped, or recessed, rather than simply decelerating in growth.
    • dexter411, on 07/14/2008, -1/+12The word you're looking for is "depression." I know, they're similar and confusing.
    • P5ycHo, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3Are you playing deaf?
  • amoola, on 07/13/2008, -74/+0HI my name is takoua i am a tunisien girl and i want to have a freind
  • insanesocrates, on 07/13/2008, -40/+54the guys name is Eric Spillman, he works for KTLA....what a douchebag
    • pantone286, on 07/14/2008, -38/+29The douchebags are the ones standing in line to pay for a phone.
      • qazwsx1298, on 07/14/2008, -2/+7Of course. Anyone who wants to pursue their hobbies and interests is a complete douchebag.
      • IllBeBack, on 07/14/2008, -9/+6An iPhone is a "hobby" or "interest" now? Wow, civilization has truly taken a turn for the lame and yes those people waiting in line are complete douches.
      • afidler, on 07/14/2008, -1/+2As opposed to standing in line and NOT paying for an product???
    • brundlefly76, on 07/14/2008, -4/+49Besides being a douchebag, he lacks originality. He was trying to emulate the hilarious (and ancient) routine of Trimuph The Insult Comic Dog at the Star Wars premiere line.

      Unfortunately, Spillman didn't realize that you don't just copy someone else's schtick and you're automatically funny - you just embarrass yourself.
  • batmant, on 07/13/2008, -23/+2Michaela Pereira! Rev3 / Kevin Rose needs to grab her and Scott Herriott and resurrect Internet Tonight!
  • smcgrath, on 07/13/2008, -33/+5Sad thing is I bet the RIAA sounded just like this guy when mp3s first showed up. "What is with this thing and all the silly people who are interested it. Just point and laugh, I'm sure nothing will become of it."
    • pintomp3, on 07/14/2008, -0/+9i've never waited in line to pay for an mp3. your analogy is full of fail.
  • IronHawke, on 07/14/2008, -30/+17Spillman shouldn't have asked the question about the naked woman. That was Bill O'Reilly journalism. However, the point still stands, it's just a phone. Really. It's just a phone. In my opinion, both of them got owned. The reporter by the customer; and the customer by Apple.
    • AntBing, on 07/14/2008, -11/+2The funny thing is I bet you're angry because you can't buy an iphone yet. Keep saving! You'll get there!
    • dolphinCAGE, on 07/14/2008, -11/+2And what exactly is wrong with Bill O'Reilly journalism? That it is not as left-wing as you're used to, watching the Mainstream Media News?
      • DephexTwin, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2I believe the word "journalism" is legally required to be in quotes when talking about Bill O'Reilly "journalism".
  • ZMann, on 07/14/2008, -13/+8I used to work with the guy in glasses who called him out. I normally don't like him as much as I do right now.
    • tweetsa, on 07/14/2008, -2/+9yeah i worked with him too
      • WiretapStudios, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3sarcastic guy, glasses? i worked with him too.
      • RealJimShady, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2Glasses dude on the second floor? Small world!
  • clak, on 07/14/2008, -140/+231A guy at work made yet another snide remark about the price of my Mac Pro a couple of months ago and I finally just got fed up with him and snapped, "Listen, *****, did you buy this computer?"

    "Uh, no."

    "Do you pay my salary every week? Wanna pick up the tab on my college loans?"

    "Nope."

    "Then what the ***** business is it of yours what computer I use?"

    He got this sheepish look on his face and walked away. He's shown me respect ever since. Look, I understand Windows users hate those "Get-A-Mac" commercials, but it's not like we all get together and decide what commercials Apple runs with. And more to the point, why do people get upset about a commercial with two grown men pretending to be computers? Are Windows users are really that insecure?

    Anyway, it's nice to see at least one Apple guy not taking such abuse lying down. More power to him.
    • joshuagor44, on 07/14/2008, -40/+34You're so cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • dehemke, on 07/14/2008, -11/+41Good thing he backed off before you slapped him silly!
      • thefinger, on 07/14/2008, -8/+35Yeah. These Apple folk get real hostile. Bound to have been a cat fight. The guy would have broken a nail or something.
    • SillyRabbits, on 07/14/2008, -28/+189Congrats on your interpersonal office skills. Unable to take a little good-natured ribbing about your computer? Hint for you, that's not 'respect' he's showing you.
      • inigomntoya, on 07/14/2008, -2/+69I wonder if the crazy donut guy in our office thinks he is getting respect too...
      • leetninja, on 07/14/2008, -1/+14clak apparently IS the crazy donuts guy ...
      • RadioFreeOpium, on 07/14/2008, -1/+28I agree, You let someone teasing you about your computer throw you over "the edge" like that? You must have come off as a neurotic ass, and I'm sure your coworkers have all heard about it. You should have been more diplomatic, maybe ask him what he uses, and tease him about vista's suckage or something
      • drakethegreat, on 07/14/2008, -14/+9No you have to understand its not ribbing when you here it every single time someone hears you have a Macbook. Thank god I work and hang out with people who aren't that stupid but I do know a few people who pull the oh its an Apple he must think hes cool ***** and maybe that was clever in 2002 but seriously its gotten old. Lets put it this way I'm not one of those assholes who sits around telling everyone macs are perfect and they should switch to them (since I run Windows too) so don't be one of those condescending PC fans cause it goes both ways.
      • mdcraig62, on 07/14/2008, -1/+16Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is it too much to ask for both?
    • thefinger, on 07/14/2008, -28/+125If you have college debts, where the hell are your priorities? When you're budgeting, make sure to strike overpriced Apple gear off of your list of things to buy. Sheesh.
      • haentz, on 07/14/2008, -12/+37What the ***** business is it of yours what computer he bought?
      • Vorin, on 07/14/2008, -5/+14thanks for that insightful bit of commentary, haentz.
      • alex7575, on 07/14/2008, -8/+10haentz,

        Most school loans are government funded, that's why the interest on those loans is as low as they are.

        What the ***** business of anyone that is? If you pay taxes, it makes it your business.

        And even without this argument, thefinger pointed out (what do you know, I made a pun) a valid argument.

        What the ***** business is it of yours what thefinger thinks about what computer the idiot bought?
      • je12u, on 07/14/2008, -12/+7Let me ask: Do you drive a fancy car? Have a nice watch maybe? Do you own hundreds of thousands on a mortgage yet still find some cash for cable tv?...then what the hell are YOUR priorities?
        Different people spend money on different *****!! "Sheesh."

      • WiretapStudios, on 07/14/2008, -1/+13you guys missed haentz joke, that was referencing the original guys reaction.
      • Muler36, on 07/14/2008, -1/+2glad you picked up on that wiretap
    • Hedgecore, on 07/14/2008, -24/+104You left out the part where you probably put down your apple branded laptop bag on the sandwich he was trying to eat, hung your sweat covered Apple logo adorned hat off his monitor, and shoved it in his face to show him you got a Mac all while giving him a good deliberate view of the Apple logo tattoo on your forearm.

      If he thinks you paid too much, then he thinks you paid too much. He wasn't hanging around your house at 2am trying to get a piece of your mom. It's just a computer. (One you paid too much for.)

    • SSUK, on 07/14/2008, -10/+86Nice to see he didn't get to you.
    • pintomp3, on 07/14/2008, -5/+19i don't think the interview was a pc vs mac thing. i think the reporter was making fun of the "nerd culture". he was trying to do the insult the comic dog thing, but he wasn't very funny:

      http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3261002880 ...
      • mman426, on 07/14/2008, -5/+4I haven't watched the video yet, but the people who wait in line for the iphone are not part of the nerd culture, they are part of steve job's harem.
      • DephexTwin, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1His commentary was just so painfully UN-funny and UN-clever that it was just embarrassing to watch. If the reporter gave him some kind of really witty line, probably the guy would have laughed and been like, "touché", but instead he keeps saying they have no life.

        I would note that news reporters aren't usually assigned to cover the vast array of "worthwhile" things I do as a person who has a life, so just how special can having a life be, compared to what these people are doing? They must be doing something interesting, huh?
    • elvenseven, on 07/14/2008, -7/+32Douchebag
    • grylls, on 07/14/2008, -11/+11"Im better than you, i own a Mac PRO /flex"
    • staticpage, on 07/14/2008, -17/+7Mac Pro? Most overpriced craptop you can buy
      • badjoke, on 07/14/2008, -6/+5A Mac Pro is not a laptop. At least know what you're talking about if you're going to insult him.
      • badjoke, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Macbook pro is the laptop. Mac Pro is a desktop.
      • DephexTwin, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Maybe he was trying to use a Mac Pro as a laptop, and that's why he thought it was so crappy.
    • Deviate, on 07/14/2008, -7/+16And for the record... us Windows users love those Get A Mac commercials. They are funny.
      • Vorin, on 07/14/2008, -2/+5i love commercials that try to sell their product by making fun of vista (another product i don't use)
      • LOCK3D, on 07/14/2008, -1/+2I don't find them funny. I think they are idiotic attack ads with misleading if not blatantly false information that make me dislike apple far more than I ever did before. I'm not some windows fanboy either. I think Microsoft puts out products constantly without testing them enough. Both companies suck, but the negative ad campaign just makes apple look like a bunch of arrogant pricks that have to resort to slinging mud to sell their overpriced computers which are just PCs of mediocre performance running apple's operating system.
    • Magnus150, on 07/14/2008, -16/+29We're not insecure, just tired of the douchebaggery that those commercials perpetrate.

      Enjoy your Fisher Price "My First Computer"
      • gropo, on 07/14/2008, -4/+10"Fisher Price "My First Computer""?

        Let's see, the first computers in my house back in the late 70's were MicroPDP's my dad would bring home from the office. Then we got a DEC Pro350 running SCO UNIX which was what I learned BASIC on. Then my folks got me an IBM PCjr for my own bedroom use running DOS 3.x. This was followed a couple years later by a Macintosh SE as a family computer.

        I still use Macintoshes all these years later. Why? Because they're well engineered and the OS gets the ***** out of my way. You don't see me running around pissing on how atrocious Vista is with snide little comments like yours. Does indeed indicate insecurity.
      • Jpesci, on 07/14/2008, -2/+8Ahh the old fisher price argument! People need to grow up and stop picking "sides" about using operating systems as if using a specific one puts you on some kind of team. And yeah, I will admit those Apple commercials aren't helping.

        Use what you like most and what works best for what you use it for. That's all that ever needs to be said, honestly. Raise your IQ's and stop arguing about this stupid ***** already.
    • alex7575, on 07/14/2008, -6/+62"A guy at work made yet another snide remark about the price of my Mac Pro a couple of months ago and I finally just got fed up with him and snapped, "Listen, *****, did you buy this computer?"

      "... And more to the point, why do people get upset about a commercial with two grown men pretending to be computers?"

      So it's ok to make snide remarks about PC's being crappy, but it's NOT ok to make snide remarks about Macs being expensive?


      Get a life...

      -Fellow Mac user.
      • WiretapStudios, on 07/14/2008, -0/+8Seconded

        - Mac and PC user
      • atcrawford, on 07/14/2008, -1/+22Where am I?

        - Linux user
      • dyrshin, on 07/14/2008, -1/+9PC = Personal Computer

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer

        To the Linux guy, you fall under the same category as a "PC" user.
      • atcrawford, on 07/14/2008, -0/+9And a Mac is not a personal computer?
      • sindrit, on 07/14/2008, -3/+16No, a Mac is a fashion accessory.
      • spillspill, on 07/14/2008, -3/+1Yeah get a life, moran!
        -Fellow computer user (MSN TV2 machine) (my roommate stole my mac for drug money and i can't remember the password on my windows machine and if i can stay on at the sizzler for another 2 weeks my mom promised she'd give me her eMachine laptop so i'm just using the MSN TV2 machine until I can afford something else)
      • Exbzurq, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Oh my god. How did this get here? I am not good with computer.
    • peterredding, on 07/14/2008, -1/+14No you didn't.
    • pennvneff, on 07/14/2008, -1/+20That story really turned me on and I'm not even gay.
    • Hayes, on 07/14/2008, -0/+17This never happened.
    • WiZZLa, on 07/14/2008, -2/+2Sadly, clak has trolled over from Endaget & Gizmodo again.
    • Mikhail101, on 07/14/2008, -4/+20Enjoy your piece of ***** laptop

      Why dont go you to starbucks and write about it.
      • theragu40, on 07/14/2008, -0/+9Are you implying that he is somehow not currently in a starbucks?
    • fandyboy, on 07/14/2008, -2/+11You sound like an irritable *****.
      • mmacpherson2, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1I'm sorry I have to point this out, but 95% of people who post on Digg are irritable. If someone disagrees with an opinion, instead of debating or letting other people have their OWN opinion, most people insult each other. There might be a little bit debate in between all of the cuss words. I am curious, why is this? I am truly interested.
    • UltamateAddict, on 07/14/2008, -2/+9The thing about the PC vs Mac ads is that they're so far from the truth. They say that PC is only for work and Macs are fun, where in reality Macs have no good games that windows doesn't have. PC isn't linux and Windows, its only windows. And when they say that Mac is better than PC, or windows, they turn around and use windows.

      They're retarded, and more so they're just plainly wrong.
    • liubhs02, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Both of you guys have OS superiority complex.

    • mman426, on 07/14/2008, -1/+6dude, its not his fault. We all know you are sore about how much you had to pay for that Mac and that the last thing you wanted was for someone to point out your flaws all the time, but you didn't have to snap on him like that. Maybe you should have just asked him to teach you how to use manage your money better so that you could just buy a pc and get linux and windows dual booting instead of wasting money on that mac.
    • beesaretasty, on 07/14/2008, -1/+18Sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays
      • kyeetza, on 07/14/2008, -2/+6No. No, man. *****, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.
    • j2002, on 07/14/2008, -4/+13Just out of interest - how many times before this did you ask him to look at your cool mac pro and tell him that he should get a mac cos they "just work"
    • Nikon87, on 07/14/2008, -1/+9I don't think it's that. I see advantages to both Windows and Mac... it just seems like Mac users are always the ones putting themselves on this high horse and preaching to all the rest of us down here about how Windows is Satan.
    • GeorgeStone2, on 07/14/2008, -1/+9That has almost nothing to do with this article....
      How long had you really been waiting to post that here?
    • elhaf, on 07/14/2008, -0/+7You're just like vegans, always complaining about being made fun of. Well I say, if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen and back to the back yard where there's plenty of food for you.
    • subigo, on 07/14/2008, -1/+3I would have keyboarded your ass.
    • RealJimShady, on 07/14/2008, -1/+4Dude, Windows people don't hate the the Apple ads, I'm actually a big fan of them. Don't try to be some sort of computer minority thats being descriminated against. I love Apple ads. Apple are awesome at marketing! See what they did, they made a phone that can't even do MMS, and they got people to line up around the globe (happening here in australia too) at crazy hours of the night in order to purchase a phone when they probably already have a phone in their pocket. Brilliant!
    • tampaxpirate, on 07/14/2008, -0/+4I have a feeling that the one who acted like an ***** in this situation isn't the guy who made snide remarks about your laptop...
    • renemartini, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Honestly I see more Apple people being douches to window users and I am apple person. MR Forums (mac site) if filled with bunch of macfanboys its just sad how they treat apple as a god. You should see people get flamed when spelling Microsoft (its Micro$haft). I miss the old Apple community where it was about professionals who work with apple.
    • theragu40, on 07/14/2008, -3/+5Have you ever stopped to think that the reason that everyone always tells you that your Macbook is overpriced is because...it's overpriced? Just throwing it out there.
    • DarkProd, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2I prefer the Windows, maybe because I started with it and been using it since 5 years. Honestly, I didn't even know where the "Right click" was in the Mac when I went at Future Shop! I took about 2 minutes until I finally figured it out, haha.

      Well anyways, I just wanted to say that I use Windows and I LOVE the Get-A-Mac ads.
    • kawstick, on 07/15/2008, -0/+0"Are Windows users are really that insecure?"

      Har har.
  • Johnnell, on 07/14/2008, -9/+197Come on people, it's already in the top stories..
    http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Customers_Insulted_by_ ...
    • AquaOSX, on 07/14/2008, -0/+29Jackass submits duplicate story about jackass, gets called jackass.
      • tbeseda, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2I submitted mine a long time before the others. Thanks though.
    • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5Pure jackass, jackass.
    • PDAIsAOk, on 07/14/2008, -0/+10This one was submitted 1 day 21 hours ago. the other one about 12 hours ago. You have an odd understanding of what a duped story is.
  • grahamgrafx, on 07/14/2008, -12/+7that is so awkward for him! not that he didnt deserve it, but sooo awkward.
  • LiekMudkipz, on 07/14/2008, -16/+7OWNED
    • pukiman, on 07/14/2008, -2/+5Was he? All I saw was a bunch of nerds standing doing nothing, while one called the reporter a "jackass" being all red faced when asked if he saw a naked woman (I guess "on computer monitor" wasn't included in the question).
  • PeanutCheeseBar, on 07/14/2008, -24/+95Buried as duplicate: http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Customers_Insulted_by_ ...
    • darkane, on 07/14/2008, -7/+20Actually, if you weren't busy being such an *****, you'd realize that this one was submitted 32 hours before the one you linked to. Why don't you go bury the other one?
      • Crazymaniacc, on 07/14/2008, -5/+6the other one made it to the frontpage first, deal with it
      • mrtrevin, on 07/14/2008, -7/+4Hostile much? It's just digg, man. I'd hate to see how you react to problems in real life.
      • fandyboy, on 07/14/2008, -1/+5With fire and brimstone!
    • m4csrgh3yk3v, on 07/14/2008, -1/+5Even if this was second (and it wasn't), the title is much more accurate.
  • Featherlake, on 07/14/2008, -12/+6This device should be called the whyPhone.
  • Enisity, on 07/14/2008, -11/+1What kind of question is that what a douche bag.......
  • svensko, on 07/14/2008, -19/+13That guy totally hasn't seen a woman naked.
    • inigomntoya, on 07/14/2008, -4/+3You mean the reporter, right?
      • c0baltfish, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Would be kind of unlikely since he said he had children...
  • SomeImagination, on 07/14/2008, -22/+26As much as this guys an ***** he is kinda right in the fact that its pretty lame to spend hours in a line waiting to buy a new phone, he did cross a line though.

    I've got nothing against Apple, their products are great but a lot of their customers are absolute mugs for lining up to buy "new" versions of crap they already have because Apple's marketing has made them think they need the new one.
    • Navicerts, on 07/14/2008, -8/+8Hes a jackass. the people in line probably have jobs, whats the reporters job? Stand next to a line and report on people waiting to buy an iphone, what a great contribution to the world! Hes trying to be funny by running with the same unoriginal joke that people have been making since the invention of the internet - it was marginally funny then, it's simply lame now.

      It's just not funny, it's really not. Who gives a ***** about any of this crap. Not dugg.
  • arjie, on 07/14/2008, -8/+3I'm sorry, but that won't shut him up unless you roll a sixteen or above. http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id= ...
  • lebatte, on 07/14/2008, -4/+40Oh wow, it's Michaela Pereira from TechTV.
  • RizzoFrank, on 07/14/2008, -15/+8Apple GuyPhone. Typical Digg user with a contact list of 99% guys on his guyphone.
  • Natitude, on 07/14/2008, -29/+100I'm gonna go against probably what most here think, but I agree with this reported.. seriously, it's just a friggen phone...
    • paulielatex, on 07/14/2008, -14/+1That makes you gay. Go tell your parents before they hear it from someone else.
    • sexybobo, on 07/14/2008, -11/+5Have you ever waited in line for concert tickets or sports tickets or seen the midnight release of a movie?
      True it is just a phone but if these people think it is worth waiting inline so they can show off their phone before any one else in the office has one then that is their own business.
      Also as some one who has seen all the new starwars and the LOTR movies at the midnight release i can tell you a lot of the reason people wait in line is because it is really fun hanging out with other star wars/LOTR nerds. Think of it as a good way to make friends with 30 people who have similar intreast that you would have never met normal if you had not stood in line.
    • Remmiz, on 07/14/2008, -10/+7So how does standing in line make them "crazy" or huge nerds? Have you never stood in line for at amusement parks, for food, at airports or anywhere else? If someone has the money and wants to buy an iPhone, so be it but it just so happens that many other people want the same thing. If you are lucky enough to have free time to stand in a line for 3 hours, who cares?! Most likely just jealously, imo.
      • teh_techie, on 07/14/2008, -7/+2Agreed. I stood in line on Friday... and there were quite a number of people that walked by that looked annoyed that we were standing in line. The reality... those people all looked busy - and didn't have the time to stand in line. Just so happened to be a day off work for me... so why do you care that I had nothing better to do than wait?
      • mman426, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2If you want to know what makes these people stupid, just think about this. All the people in that line probably already have the first iphone which means that they are standing in that line just to be one of the first people to have the same phone, but with 3G. so they will pay $200 and then an extra $10 per month, to have a phone without many significant upgrades.
      • booboolean, on 07/14/2008, -0/+4This is not like a ticket for a concert or something that's going to sell out permanently. It's not an amusement park ride that you have no choice but to wait in line for. Anyone who's not completely obsessed with status symbols could wait a few days and get one of these without standing on-line for hours. Christ, it's not even a NEW thing really, just a minor upgrade (well, I'm sure it's HUGE to those of you who are willing to waste 3 hours of your life standing in line to get one, but to the rest of the world it's no big whoop) Therefore, I think you are jealous of those of us with better judgment, as you should be.
      • Remmiz, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1But I have an iPhone already and you don't...so I win, right?
    • hollywoodphony, on 07/14/2008, -4/+10If you want to wait in line for 7 hours so you can buy something a few days before everyone else, that's fine, but don't cry about it when people make fun of you, like this guy did.
      He's not "pwning" anybody. He's whining about it. If his "that's not smart" response had been to someone making fun of him on digg, he would have been dugg down in 3 seconds.
      He could have made a funny comment at the reporter's response, but he didn't. He's a little baby.
      I'm an Apple user and in a few minutes, I'm going to go to an Apple store and hopefully wait a much more reasonable amount to get my iPhone. If someone asks me why I'm waiting in line and they say, "it's just a phone" I'm not going to throw a tantrum, because you know what? They're right.
      It is just a phone.
    • AdmiralHalsey, on 07/14/2008, -7/+3if it was used only for phone calls, then it would be just a phone. I dont have one and am not going to get one, but its a whole lot more than just a phone, and thats why people will wait in line for it
      • mman426, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1its not a whole lot more than just a phone seeing as a lot of phones that have been on the market for a while have all the same capabilities. It is still just a phone.
      • booboolean, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2Very well then, it's just a ***** PDA.
    • chiliwilli, on 07/14/2008, -3/+1it's better than my POS Razr
    • Radica1Faith, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1True its just a phone. But Its kind of exciting waiting in line. You get to meet and get to know complete strangers with like interest that you otherwise would never gotten to know.

      And I guess I'm okay with calling them all geeks. But asking them if they ever saw a woman naked was crossing the line in my opinion. Besides geeks nowadays aren't the secluded minority they used to be. And it seems to me that geeks today have no less sex than any other average guy. I believe that's an outdated stereotype.
  • JaredClayton, on 07/14/2008, -13/+29Meh. Whether or not they are lining up for a phone or whatever, i'd still get pissed off with having some journalist in my face questioning me. So what, they're there for the phone. I especially find it extremely stereotypical when somebody like that queries whether 'I've seen a woman naked' or not because your interested in gadgets and technology. I know half of you guys would of lined up if you had the money to spare for a phone like that, whether you needed a phone like that or not.

    A note though: I have a girlfriend, no i don't have an iPhone and no i haven't lined up for anything such as that. But i can see their side to things.

    Kthnx.
  • slapded, on 07/14/2008, -17/+59it is just a phone
    • MikeyTwit, on 07/14/2008, -15/+2Just a phone? Depends on your point of view. First of all, it's an industry changer. Just look at all the copy cat "iPhone Killers" out there from various manufacturers. Are those companies are copying a bad stupid/bad product? No, they're trying to knock off a segment leader/creator(consumer media/ data phones. Sorry, the Blackberry is still primarily a business smartphone, no matter how much media capability gets added to it). Secondly, what I think everyone misses is that iTunes is what makes the iPhone a device that's tough to beat. For me the iPhone would be primarily an iPod with a phone as a bonus. It would sync with my music library with no fuss, unlike other phone mp3 players, and as a bonus it's my phone so I don't have to carry around 2 devices. Having said all that, I don't have one, and won't get one until the rate plans are way more reasonable here in Canada.
      • boobsbr, on 07/14/2008, -1/+9yawn..., it still is JUST a cell phone.
      • grylls, on 07/14/2008, -1/+10F A N B O Y
      • Magnus150, on 07/14/2008, -1/+5To quote slapded, "it is just a phone."
      • sexybobo, on 07/14/2008, -6/+2It is also a good place to hang out and make friends with people who have similar interests. Most people don't wait in line for the phone they do it for the fun of waiting in line.
      • MikeyTwit, on 07/14/2008, -8/+1By the way diggers, digging me down doesn't make what I say not true, so knock yourselves out!
      • HalfBurntToast, on 07/14/2008, -0/+8That doesn't mean it was true to begin with. Case in point:

        "It would sync with my music library with no fuss, unlike other phone mp3 players"

        Seriously dude, which phones are you talking about? Cause whenever I plug in my LG Chocolate (which also doubles as an mp3 player) to my computer, it syncs my music with "no fuss". I've never had a problem with it. Same for my last Motorola.
      • mman426, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2I can do all that with my windows mobile phone, which has already been replaced with a newer model. It came out at least 3 years before the iphone. Also itunes sucks and I would rather live without an mp3 player than put itunes on my computer and let it suck up all my ram.
    • paulielatex, on 07/14/2008, -13/+1And your mama's ass is my cum dumpster - what's your point?
    • AdmiralHalsey, on 07/14/2008, -2/+11youre just a mammal
    • DulcetTone, on 07/14/2008, -2/+0Where repeat where is Task Force 34? The world wonders.
  • thefinger, on 07/14/2008, -12/+4Buried due to splattering of iphone crap on the front page, rendering Digg unusable...... as if it didn't already have a ***** of problems. I really hope the West (particularly the US) runs into a food crisis. Then you liner-uppers will find out what's worth waiting for and what isn't. Shame on you.
    • BothBarsOn, on 07/14/2008, -2/+5You "really hope" people have trouble affording food? You're an *****.
  • Spanca, on 07/14/2008, -16/+16When they each go home from that store, 1 guy will have a new phone/gadget/toy that he's really happy about, the other guy will go home knowing his job is so pathetic that his 'reporting' consists of patronising people on camera for pursuing something that interests them.
  • jrtcs, on 07/14/2008, -4/+5For some reason, I saw Jackass, Report, and iPhone in the title and first thought C|Net.
  • pantone286, on 07/14/2008, -8/+17Consumer herd animal morons deserve to be made fun of. Oh no! They are going to sell out! You better stand in this line to give steve jobs my money or you won't get one.
    • Remmiz, on 07/14/2008, -2/+2They buy it now by waiting in line for a couple hours or buy it a week later? Personally, if I had the free time, I would wait the hours instead of a week.
      • tacapd42, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1But if you waited a week wouldn't it be possible to do other things besides standing in line. I mean you could cure cancer or club a baby seal both more productive than standing in line for something that isn't food.
  • Wuss, on 07/14/2008, -10/+23I think most of of you Apple fan boys are missing the point. People may be verbalizing their jokes around the price of the phone and the service, but the end point is that it's not normal to be that fanatical about a common appliance, i.e. a phone.

    It's just as illogical to be waiting in line all day for a trendy toaster. And what's even more illogical, is that it will be readily available after the initial launch day, so why wait in line for a day?
    • quisph, on 07/14/2008, -9/+3You're the one missing the point, I'm afraid. However illogical or abnormal it may be to wait in line all day for a new gadget, and however worthy of mockery such people may be, that isn't the reporter's job. He should stop trying to be a comedian provocateur, not only because he sucks at it, but because it shows a complete abandonment of any journalistic code of ethics.
    • chadian22, on 07/14/2008, -8/+12A toaster is not on par with a phone. People wait in lines for things they really want to try first, wii, ps3 (to an extent) and the xbox 360. It's the software and the 'newness' of the products that the early adopters want to give a try (basic marketing).

      You can argue that the iPhone is a trendy phone, but give some credit, some things the iPhone does are 'new'. While a toaster that is trendy, even in the strongest sense of the word, will not be be different enough from its predecessors.
      • gymbrall, on 07/14/2008, -0/+6I think the point the parent poster was making is that there almost certainly will not be a shortage of iPhones like there are of consoles after launch. For all the iPhones innovations, one of them is not contingent upon new chipsets, video cards, green lasers (or blue munchkins, or whatever it is that causes limited supply of consoles).

        Granted the reporter was a douche, but if someone respectfully asked this question: "What is so important about this phone that you are willing to trade 8, 14, 24+ hours of your life to get it right now, when you could get it in a few days without any wait at all?" what would the answer be?

        I'm a bit curious.
      • chadian22, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5Why do people even stand in line for movies for 1 or 2 hours? It's going to be there, in a few days, weeks, months, with a shorter/no line. Then eventually DVD/downloadable. People want to have things first, its a certain segment of the consumer market.

        The fact is, people will trade time (and money) in their life for anything they want (/can afford), and the more they want it the more time they will trade, any line-up is based on this concept.
      • homercles337, on 07/14/2008, -1/+4There is nothing "new" about iPhone 2.0. When will you macophiles learn that the Church of Apple does not innovate. They market.
      • chadian22, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1There are changes, and they are not changes to revert to something old. So I would say it is "New". Including some of the new features, along with some firmware changes. People are already complaining about the yellow tinge, these are all things that are NEW to the iPhone 2.0, features or not, things are new with this product. Has nothing to do with a cult following.
    • mman426, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1they also probably could have ordered it online and had it shipped to their house by the release date. I like your point though, there is no shortage of iphones and therefore no need to wait in this sort of line, who are you going to show it off to and who is going to care that you bought it first.
    • Kohaxx, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1The point is if you want something bad enough to stand in line for it then it's your business. People lined up for the PS3, people lined up for the third Star Wars prequel, whatever, neither of which ended up in short supply. They wanted to see it/get it first, and had the time to do so, big friggin deal.

      -A guy with no interest in owning an IPhone.
  • modex, on 07/14/2008, -20/+14Apple users are *****.
  • pantone286, on 07/14/2008, -7/+1Holy crap that is chelsey cinton.
  • Hedgecore, on 07/14/2008, -2/+4I wish he had gone overboard in ripping off Triumph the Comic Insult Dog and started rambling about pooping on them. That would've been a great arrest.
    • CoreyTamas, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2The guy didn't have the mojo for it. After he said "have you seen a woman naked?", "do you live in your mom's basement?" and "wow you're a big nerd", he'd be out of material. Triumph did ten of the funniest minutes in tv history. In 30 seconds this guy totally lost control of the situation and even his co-workers were like "ooo burn".
  • NYCowboy, on 07/14/2008, -6/+18I guess fanboys can't take a joke, we need to get Triumph out there fast
    • eaasness, on 07/14/2008, -2/+1I think the difference is Triumph is a comic dog, this guy is supposed to be a journalist. I would take Triumph calling me a huge nerd as a compliment, this guy is just a jackass "for me to poop on".
    • dn11, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1he should have asked the woman standing behind the guy if she had ever seen a woman naked. it was a joke, but it wasn't funny or well executed. he found a guy with a button up shirt and glasses, and holding a book (books are for losers) and decided to single him out of all the various people there. weak, and lame.
  • lonedog80, on 07/14/2008, -3/+8am I the only one noticed the lack of professionalism in the graphics for this show? What kind of local morning hack is this thing from?
    • sansvio, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1KTLA Morning News or in other words the morning show NO ONE in L.A. watches. Good Day L.A. w/ Jillian Anderson (Reynolds) is better.
    • diggcommentguy, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1i-Phone
  • NobodyYouKnow, on 07/14/2008, -6/+61People get excited about and are willing to wait for different things.

    Some wait overnight for tickets to see their favorite band, others spend time clamoring to everyone about some vintage violin they just found, others spend hours every weekend tinkering under a car. Saying "it's just a phone" is like saying "it's just a band" or "it's just a car".

    Bottom line: Let people get excited about the things they like without being a jerk and ruining it for them. To each his own.
    • WileEPeyote, on 07/14/2008, -3/+13What if you get excited about making fun of people waiting in line for something they can get next week without waiting in line...
    • thedragon4453, on 07/14/2008, -1/+9Agreed. If I went to a Nascar event and starting yelling "It's just a ***** circle, they're going to do it 500 more times!", I'd expect people to yell at me.
    • telepwn, on 07/14/2008, -3/+3but isn't it annoying when the guy who tinkers on the car won't shut the ***** up about how cool his new car is?

      the problem isn't that they're excited, it's that for every 1 person who wants an iphone, 20 people just want to stop hearing about the damn things
  • michellemarion, on 07/14/2008, -9/+10I hate news commentators. They are always trying to act natural, and cool, when they are not. They suck. Down with old media.
  • joerod, on 07/14/2008, -14/+11based on the guys response i bet he's never seen a naked women. lighten up you nerd its a joke..
    • Jorge777, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1They really should've added "in person" and "for free"
  • cland555, on 07/14/2008, -4/+2Here is a link to Eric's blog (http://blogs.ktla.com/news_custom_eric/). He is a local news guy for KTLA.
  • kgdoom, on 07/14/2008, -2/+8aaawkwaaaaaaard. I love how the camera guy doesn't know where to point the camera after the shutdown.
  • goodnewsevery1, on 07/14/2008, -7/+21For those trying to compare these morons waiting in line for this thing to waiting in line for other things...your missing the big point.
    Tomorrow, any Joe Idiot can walk in the store and buy the same phone. Your waiting in line so you can have it, what 12 hours before the smart person who didn't wait in line. Lines like this speak loud and clear about the commercialism that purveys the US and how easy it is to lead the sheepish consumer convincing them they have to have this bloated phone that is buggier than Windows.
    • columbusgeek, on 07/14/2008, -4/+2"this bloated phone that is buggier than Windows."

      Wow, that little jab has no factual basis at all. My iPhone has been rock solid and a marked improvement over the awkward and cumbersome Windows handheld devices I have used over the past 6 years.
      • reddog093, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1A Windows "handheld device" from 6 years ago is completely different from a modern phone.
      • columbusgeek, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1"over the past" means spanning, not exactly six years ago ya dope. Thank you drive through.
    • Kohaxx, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1It doesn't matter, they wanted it first. The people who waiting in line for Star Wars Episode 3 (steaming pile of filth) could have seen it the next day without waiting in line, but they wanted to see it first, because they REALLY wanted to see it. It's stupid to pick on them and call them hopeless geeks when they just want something so bad that they had to have their hands on it first.
  • ATLien74, on 07/14/2008, -7/+6I was looking for Steve-O to do something.
    This is a duplicate.
    Buried.
    • graffindude, on 07/14/2008, -1/+2I was looking for Johnny Knoxville...
  • holdit, on 07/14/2008, -3/+13So you have people waiting in line for literally days to buy a consumer electronic and it's the guy making fun of them that's the jackass. Right on, gotta love Digg.
    • martelo, on 07/14/2008, -1/+4He's a jackass because his "whoa boy, look at these crazy nerds!!!!" schtick is tiresome and asinine. I like video games and gadgets and I don't mind being ribbed about it, but if someone does it in such a smarmy way then you bet I'd call them out on it.
    • Kohaxx, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1He's a jackass because who the frak cares? It's like calling all the guys outside of a gay strip club gay. What's your point? They're there because they want to be, and to make fun of them over it is just stupid.
  • Stwo, on 07/14/2008, -2/+8Woz waited on line and he has seen Kathy Griffin naked
  • Pake, on 07/14/2008, -4/+9If telling the truth means a person is a jackass, then yeah, he's a jackass, but these people are still idiots for standing in line. FFS, it's just a phone and a phone that has already been released once before with the new one just being a small upgrade. It's not like all the sudden you can turn the damn thing into a defibrillator.
  • colasrtney, on 07/14/2008, -9/+3"This is not smart!" -Iphone Guy .. As if there's something smart about waiting in line for an Iphone. He could've comeback with something better like, "I've seen your mom naked", "I've seen your wife naked", or "I've seen your daughter naked." .My mother went to Walmart the other day and saw a woman standing between checkouts. She asked if she was in line, the woman said she was waiting to see who finished first. My mom said she wasn't going to wait and picked a line. The woman said "Didn't you hear me?! I said I was waiting!!". The woman started her own line to get in line. Unbelievable.
    • chadian22, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1What's the story about your mom really have to do with the guy standing in line? Sure, you mentioned,
      "I've seen your mom naked", but that doesn't call for a story about your mom. You could start a blog and put all your random stuff there.
    • teh_techie, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1Once upon a time...
    • colasrtney, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3I didn't get to edit that. I know it's random. The main theme is lines though. Also, Busch Gardens is the best theme park because the lines move quickly for roller-coasters.
    • kinggimped, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Using a "your mom" joke in ANY situation is basically saying "OK, you win".

      It's the most retarded, unoriginal 'joke' ever conceived by man. It's not funny, except to those with an unbelievably undeveloped sense of humour. It's just an admission of defeat.

      ("Your mom is an admission of defeat". Oh how funny you are! That's what you were thinking, wasn't it? You funny funny thing. Here, let me poke your funny little eyes out with a stick.)
      • colasrtney, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1There's a difference between, "Your mom" and "I've seen your mom naked", or "I've ***** your mom while your daughter sat on my face."
      • kinggimped, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Nope, they're all as unimaginative as each other.

        Seriously.
  • waytansea27, on 07/14/2008, -6/+6Did you ever notice that the people that hate on iphones the most are blackberry curve users? They're just jealous they have to use that ***** scroll ball for the internet.

    And seriously we have a war going on, gas prices are through the roof, and suffering is happening all over the world, and what does the news do?

    Sends a shotty "journalist" to poke fun at people standing in line for a product they're excited about. Nice priorities. I hope you send that back to your college journalism professors to show them how far you've came.
  • Misinformant, on 07/14/2008, -2/+55But note he dodged the question if he's ever seen a woman naked...
  • mikephimikephi, on 07/14/2008, -2/+3Can I copy and paste all the comments from the other Digg submission with an identical video on the front page.
    It would save us all some time.
    • mockupscaledown, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3Closing your web browser will actually save you the most time.
  • Portagine, on 07/14/2008, -4/+50Meanwhile in other news I couldn't give a ***** less about iPhones.

    But I am eating Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal right now and it is evoking more emotions than any phone ever could.

    You people ***** baffle me.
    • shauncorleone, on 07/14/2008, -1/+6Why the hell would you eat Cinnamon Toast Crunch? For the same price and more time, you could make crunchy toast, then put cinnamon and sugar on it and it would be the SAME THING!?!? Sheesh, stupid fanboys!!
      /sarcasm
    • williamlee, on 07/14/2008, -0/+4Chowin' down on some Crunch as well.
    • soopafly, on 07/14/2008, -8/+3Meanwhile in other news I couldn't give a ***** less about Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

      But I am using my iPhone right now and it is evoking more emotions than any cereal ever could.

      You people ***** baffle me.
      • MrTito, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1So you're using your iPhone to look up porn?
      • form3hide, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Why the hell would you use an iPhone? For the same price and more time, you could make an iPhone, then put cinnamon and sugar on it and it would be the SAME THING!?!? Sheesh, stupid fanboys!!
        /sarcasm
      • theragu40, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1You're a fool - Cinnamon Toast Crunch is objectively fantastic.
    • Iwantawii, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1There's only one way to Crunch and that's with the Cap'n Crunch.

      …Crunch Berries optional
      • Pake, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2Without the berries, the blood doesn't taste nearly as good when the crunch tears up the roof of my mouth.
    • JayTee44, on 07/14/2008, -0/+0'doubt you ever even saw one.
    • paradisetonight, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Best Cereal Ever. Hands Down.
  • Racuh, on 07/14/2008, -2/+0This is one of the Execs at Disney. I am happy that douchy reporter got his ass handed to him. That guy has street cred in meetings now.
  • SlappyMc, on 07/14/2008, -4/+3Had to login for this one.
    We need to give that guy a medal
    • jonmlm, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1i hope you're talking about the reporter.
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