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- batmanz, on 07/06/2008, -1/+125I didn't think they'd leave their mother's basement.
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -6/+125iDiots.
- Redge, on 07/06/2008, -1/+90I think its sad. I mean, people are willing to get in line an entire week just to buy an iPhone! If it was for water, rice or anything essential, it would be a totaly different story, but this is just a damn phone. This is ridiculous...
Jobs is probably laughing reading this article... - Zippo, on 07/06/2008, -3/+69I don't know if I'm impressed with their dedication, or frightened.
- euphoria860, on 07/06/2008, -5/+62at the risk of being buried.... Thats Dumb!
- WestonP, on 07/06/2008, -2/+50Have fun with that... I'll just wait a couple of days until there isn't a line full of pale-faced nerds.
- BrownManUPS, on 07/06/2008, -5/+53I can actually understand this for the original iPhone, but a revision? That's like everyone lining up for Coke Zero. Lame.
- HairyGrapeNuts, on 07/06/2008, -3/+32Mothers don't own basements in Manhattan.
- modifiedbears, on 07/06/2008, -2/+26Why should anyone be impressed with a consumer's dedication to a corporation? We all know this is just sad and stupid.
- estvir, on 07/06/2008, -0/+20Yes, money is everything, we should all be in awe at people who are able to buy a gadget. It's amazing, really, as is their dedication to being a consumerist whore for a company that more or less decides how they should use a product they buy. They're also smart, spending money on such a thing when your economy is apparently bad.
How do you know all these people are taking a week off of work? Judging by photos/videos of past queues I'd imagine few of them even work full time.
It's pathetic that someone would call others jealous of people who would line up for a week to buy a gadget and also to try and go on about how they are not poor. - Pliep, on 07/06/2008, -4/+23INACCURATE.
these people are trying to get a world record for standing in line, but none of them have confirmed they want to buy an iPhone. - peaceninja, on 07/06/2008, -1/+20is no one reading the article? it's a bunch of hippies using a clever method to try to get attention
- theOster, on 07/06/2008, -0/+15all i know is that it's time to go ***** with them...brb
- seastobble, on 07/06/2008, -1/+16wait, didn't I just see this on the front page yesterday?
and I think I should clarify, the person (people?) who started waiting first are only trying to break the world record for standing in line.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/iphone-3g-lines ... - adidos, on 07/06/2008, -0/+13***** hippies man...(watch the video)
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/iphone-3g-lines ... - professorplum, on 07/06/2008, -0/+13You're implying they're employed. Saving their tooth fairy money their mommies put under their pillow for the last 10 years is probably more accurate
- PhillyMJS, on 07/06/2008, -0/+12How are they going to do that, when the phone has to be activated with an AT&T account before they walk out of the store with it?
- l33tpwnzord, on 07/06/2008, -2/+14I'll probably just go to my local, small town AT&T store and pick one up without having to wait in a line at all.
- znicket, on 07/06/2008, -4/+15I'm an Apple dude, but this is sad. Just sad.
- and303, on 07/06/2008, -6/+17Somewhere in the world there is a longer line for a loaf of bread. Sadly, that rarely makes the news.
- jamie191817, on 07/06/2008, -5/+16laughing like goldfinger;
Bond : "You expect me to talk?"
Goldfinger : "No Mr Bond, i expect you to DIE, MUWHAHAHAHAHA" [evil laugh]. Someone please shoot me if i ever join a display of such blatent, sheepish consumerism. - NavS, on 07/06/2008, -1/+11"We're hoping to get 6 billion people to sign it"
Wow, just wow. - KMartSheriff, on 07/06/2008, -0/+10I don't get it. Why would you wait in line?
I mean they'll have another shipment in a couple of days later. I'm trying to understand why anyone would do this (for any product for that matter). - kreatre2007, on 07/06/2008, -0/+9Actually... according to an article at Ars Technica, some of these people have a political agenda of trying to get the next president to turn the White House South lawn into an organic farm. They're using the publicity generated by the iPhone 3G to push their stupid cause. Organic farms are great but, on the White House lawn???? That's just stupid.
Here's the link: http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/ ... - Szandor, on 07/06/2008, -0/+9How's life in your American cocoon?
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -0/+9The sad thing is that this things will be around for quite some time. Is not like they will run out of stock or anything (Jobs can only dream so!).
- AvidPreatorian, on 07/06/2008, -2/+10they claimed they are trying to set a record yes, but BY standing oin line for iPhone. you think they'll leave then they open the doors with an iPod shuffle?
personally though, i think that guy made that up as an excuse for not having an ounce of life and social skills.
ownt - JasonCox, on 07/06/2008, -0/+8Dumbasses. I'll just wait until the day after, you know, when there wont be a line.
- fekimoki, on 07/06/2008, -0/+8Do they shower?
- Tenlow, on 07/06/2008, -0/+8Also they appear to be trying to promote their organic food causes.
- scoottie, on 07/06/2008, -1/+9morons
- osullivanbr, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7Well I'm not signing it. So hah, they're ***** now.
- maexus, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7Won't be pale faced much longer if they are waiting in line in the sun.
- thatsmyaibo, on 07/06/2008, -1/+8Or you can just wait until later that day like with the last iPhone. Here in L.A. the line was huge, died down, and there were plenty to go around.
I do agree with Sherman though, ATT knows they have good hardware and have horrible plans that are not competitive. - hitmikey, on 07/06/2008, -3/+10This is the type of krap that deterred me the first time from getting the iPhone, when it was first-gen!
Now I'm going to make a big mistake, buy into the hype, only to be raped by AT&T's pricing and see iPhone clones come out right after.
Ole! - jasz, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7This is just plain ***** stupid... I want an iPhone like a lot of people do.. but there is no way in hell I'm going to sit in line to wait for it.. that's just retarded...
- AndrewWiggin, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7Thank you for pointing this out. It seems everyone with comments above you didn't actually read the story. They just commented on the sensationalist title of the story (I say sensationalist because it's not specifically true since they're actually just waiting for publicity).
- johnpaul191, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6it's possible they don't know that?
- jcsoc, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6If I lived in new york I'd throw feces at them
- ricky125, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6iPutz
- Fluvant, on 02/27/2009, -1/+7That's ridiculous
- Tenlow, on 07/06/2008, -1/+6But it doesn't apply. A beatnik sits around smoking cigarettes through a foot long cigarette holder with a pointy goatee playing a small set of bongo drums reciting bad poetry in the verbal style of William Shatner but with the word "man" added at the end of each sentence. These guys are promoting organic farming and crap like that. It makes them hippies.
- KaiUno, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5Plus, how will they brag about this afterward? Whipping out the iPhone in public places won't get them the gratification it did when the toy launched its first line as people would have to get really close to notice the difference between the first and the second model.
- doctordbx, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5iJealousy? I think you might be iRetarded.
None of these people exactly looked like they were holding down gainful employment, unless of course they were picking up a nice cheque from Apple. But from going by what they're saying, I'm not even sure if they're there to buy the phones or just loiter with intent for some weird reason.
Someone should tell them the truth, Steve Jobs doesn't like babies. - inactive, on 07/06/2008, -1/+6Backlit Monochrome and Snake FTW
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_3210 - kevinthegeek, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5Don't these people have jobs they have to be at?
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5I love Apple products more than anything, but your post is just stupid. I have enough money to buy whatever I need, and I wouldn't take one day off to get the new iPhone, or any other gadget. It will be available soon enough, and without wasting what is really precious to me: My time.
- Import98, on 07/06/2008, -1/+6Not only is that just plain stupid, I would consider it loitering.
- s656, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5I'm sorry and i know I'll get buried for this but i actually find this disgusting, these people are the epitome of capitalist consumerism and it does my head in!
why are we so into "the next hot gadget" honestly do these people have no ***** lives? why don't you do something productive with your life and not sit in a line 1 ***** WEEK early waiting for a ***** CELL PHONE.
I'd love to meet the first guy to get one of these punch him in the face and then destroy his iphone. - sysop073, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5I'm glad somebody said this, there are two dozen comments on this article by people who obviously didn't read it
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