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iPhone line forms at Apple's flagship for no reason

engadget.com — So word on the street (literally) is that a large number of people are queuing in line outside of Apple's flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York City -- keep in mind the Cube is open 24 hours a day. Our intrepid girl-on-the-scene reports that the group is more than 60-deep, though most people seem confused about what they're waiting for

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  • gimmeslack12, on 05/22/2008, -35/+1076People are so ***** stupid.
    • JonesJohnson, on 05/22/2008, -73/+32or .. Apple's so ***** smart?
      • R1b4z01d, on 05/22/2008, -34/+7Agree
      • minorthreat, on 05/22/2008, -4/+57No, You don't have to be smart to take advantage of the stupid. You just have to know people are stupid.
        • Junior612, on 05/22/2008, -18/+6Which requires a degree of intelligence not possessed by the stupid.
        • Matteos, on 05/22/2008, -12/+4Stupid is as stupid does.
        • Giga, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1"Which requires a degree of intelligence not possessed by the stupid."
          Average, but not all that smart, people have that trait too...
      • applemachome, on 05/22/2008, -1/+5Sofa King. People are Sofa King stupid.
      • sharpie20, on 05/22/2008, -0/+5or does apple make people so ***** stupid
    • gimmeslack12, on 05/22/2008, -18/+90Mooooooo!
    • alanr19, on 05/22/2008, -57/+30You mean Apple fanboys are so ***** stupid. This cracks me up.
      I hope it starts raining AIDS.
      • fribhey, on 05/22/2008, -17/+19no. being an apple fanboy doesn't make you ***** stupid. only a post like yours hoping that it would rain AIDS could come from someone who is ***** stupid.
        • alanr19, on 05/22/2008, -29/+9Way to take it literally you dumb fanboy bastard. lol
        • jabberwolf, on 05/22/2008, -3/+1Nah....
          its not that, it really is because you're so ***** stupid!
        • Blandyman, on 05/23/2008, -2/+1You're so dumb lol I'm funny and you just don't get the joke rofl kthxbai amerifag

          /sarcasm
      • MacParrot, on 05/22/2008, -9/+12You're a sad, sad little man and you have my sympathy
        • theWrkncacnter, on 05/22/2008, -1/+4+1 toy story!
        • alanr19, on 05/22/2008, -8/+2Aww gee thanks man. Good to know.

          Nice username by the way. Sort of encapsulates the whole apple fanboy thing nicely. Well done.
        • MacParrot, on 05/22/2008, -4/+3Thanks theWrkcacnter. I find it pretty much sums up the whole "angry digger" experience. They mostly are rather pointless individuals with little going on in their personal lives so they strike out with great vengeance hiding behind their little curtain of anonymity. I suppose it gives them a feeling of power that they will never otherwise see.

          @alanr "Nice username by the way."
          Hey thanks! Not many people see the connection between being a Mac user and a Jimmy Buffet fan. I bet you were the smartest kid on the short bus!
        • stevealford, on 05/22/2008, -3/+3It's actually "You are a sad, strange little man... and you have my pity."
        • MacParrot, on 05/23/2008, -1/+3DOH! Quite right stevealford. Failure is mine!
      • edwartica, on 05/22/2008, -7/+7I don't understand why people can say things like what you just said. I know you weren't serious, but honestly! Raining AIDS?!?!?!?! That is sociopathic thought!
        • Solis, on 05/22/2008, -8/+2So? What's wrong with being a sociopath? I wish there were more of them.
        • alanr19, on 05/22/2008, -2/+2If people were held responsible for their thoughts there would be very few left outside of the prison system. (Ever read Orwell?)

          If indeed you are incapable of such thoughts then perhaps you are the one who is damaged.
        • Acglaphotis, on 05/22/2008, -0/+2How do you know he wasn't serious?
        • ThePenrod, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1Dude, don't you know? It's been 22.3 years, AIDS is funny now.
      • smashingmonkey, on 05/22/2008, -2/+5It's an obvious prank. It has exposed you for having kneejerk reactions based on your prejudices rather than thinking things through.
        • alanr19, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3And as previously pointed out, the prank (if indeed it is one) is on the non-Improv people that are joining the queue. They have no idea why they are queuing, these people are called "fanboys".

          I hope this has brought you up to speed.
      • Dalrek, on 05/22/2008, -3/+2You do know someone can be a fan of something and be curious about what's going on without being a fanboy right? Right?
    • wynja, on 05/22/2008, -18/+113Amen, come worship at the alter of overpriced consumerism.... i mean the apple store.
    • PabloMac, on 05/22/2008, -20/+5Uhhh...you are part of the people group.
    • FutureGuy, on 05/22/2008, -9/+2I think they are trying to create a diversion.
      http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/app_s ...
    • MuskokasFinest, on 05/22/2008, -13/+26It's Improve Everywhere...oops, I let it slip.
    • SirZRX, on 05/22/2008, -8/+30they are apple fans what do u expect?
      • mcquitty, on 05/22/2008, -3/+2I, as an Apple fan, have not yet purchased the iPhone. I have been awaiting Outlook Sync and 3G. Looks like I won't have many excuses not to have one soon. Except that damned Verizon contract.

        Considering how many people got burned trying to flip the phones, I will just wait and walk into a store and buy on, one day.
      • ThreeDee912, on 05/23/2008, -1/+1It's more like random idiot tourists who are wondering what is in (more like under) the cube. That Apple store is in a high-tourism area. I've seen this happen a couple times already.
    • Testiculese, on 05/22/2008, -11/+20This is the only reply needed for this story.

      People are so ***** STUPID.
      • Jholder112233, on 05/23/2008, -0/+5Yeh it is.. and the first comment kind of covered that one mate sorry.
        • Testiculese, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1*This = the thread to which I was replying :)
    • jabberwolf, on 05/22/2008, -18/+8No only Mactards are.

      I hope people come down there in sheep clothing !!
      • MacParrot, on 05/22/2008, -4/+3I bet you still don't get to sit at the adult table for family parties. But one day...one day...
        • jabberwolf, on 05/22/2008, -1/+1We saw you down there Parrot, kinda pathetic ;-)
          But thanks for the laugh
    • TheFinaleofSeem, on 05/22/2008, -3/+10Hell, I could be described as an Apple nut, and even I think this is retarded. Order it online when it hits, folks. You don't have to have it the moment it comes out. Wait a week or two. Consumerist morons.
    • clharlem149, on 05/22/2008, -2/+4http://www.aidswalk.net/newyork/eventinfo/material ...

      check the sign-in location (I'll give you a hint, it's at a certain big glass cube)
      this was this past Sunday, btw
    • bobmagoo, on 05/22/2008, -0/+13"I don't know what they're selling, but I'll be damned if I don't get one first"
    • northernmunky, on 05/23/2008, -1/+2Humans are smart... people are dumb, panicky and you know it.
      • ophello, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1You're doing it wrong:

        "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."
    • antechinus, on 05/23/2008, -5/+6Correction: Apple users are so ***** stupid.
  • hamburgers, on 05/22/2008, -21/+238Sounds like the plot for a bad M. Night Shyamalan film.
    • getbusyliving, on 05/22/2008, -8/+67Scratch that - ANY M. Night Shyamalan movie.
    • hamburgers, on 05/22/2008, -2/+21Touche!
      I wonder what the twist is going to be
      • bjornski, on 05/22/2008, -3/+22"What a twist!"
        • R0ck3t33r, on 05/22/2008, -0/+13I salute you for your Robot Chicken reference!
        • bjornski, on 05/22/2008, -0/+9And I salute you for recognizing a Robot Chicken reference!
        • wellyuk, on 05/22/2008, -4/+10Alright girls, can the pair of you go get a room so you can become a little better "acquainted"?
        • ThePenrod, on 05/23/2008, -1/+2I salute Wellyuk for being uncomfortable with guy love.
      • blazes816, on 05/22/2008, -0/+18The twist is, they actually ARE waiting for something!
      • McHaleR, on 05/23/2008, -4/+1The twist is, its actually a microsoft store, HOW HORRIBLE
      • Tayls, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3I call total cop-out: it's all a dream sequence...in YOUR head...and you awake to find...that you're...WAITING IN LINE! TWIST!
    • MOJIRA, on 05/22/2008, -3/+13Lately maybe. But come now, Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense were awesome.
      • bjornski, on 05/22/2008, -11/+9Unbreakable sucked ass.

        "The 6th Sense" tripped me out pretty well tho.

        It's the only movie of his I thought DIDN'T suck balls.
      • Buu700, on 05/22/2008, -2/+5I actually liked Unbreakable... then I saw the ending.
      • jmahnn, on 05/22/2008, -1/+5I, for one, enjoyed Signs. Its the only contemporary movie that made me slightly scared, not like those ***** 'horror' flicks like The Ring and They, oh god don't get me started on They
        • stevealford, on 05/22/2008, -7/+0That's probably the most accurate use of "for one" that I've ever seen... because of all the people I've ever known, talked to, or read comments written by, you are the ONLY one who enjoyed Signs.
        • noonions, on 05/23/2008, -0/+4i loved signs.
    • TH3W1R3D, on 05/22/2008, -10/+4I'm a Shyamalan fan and I gotta say, I thought that Unbreakable sucked.
      • Buu700, on 05/22/2008, -2/+10Why in God's name are you a Shyamalan fan??
        • mikepictor, on 05/22/2008, -0/+2I love his work, some more than others, but Unbreakable rocked.

          Signs was decent, though you have to realize what kind of movies it was
          The Village was so-so, not horrid, but could have been stronger.
          Lady in the water was decent.

          The originals were the best though.
    • calOchat, on 05/22/2008, -3/+2My god, you can see this is just a marketing campaign for his new film http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/thehappening/lar ...
      Just when you were hoping there weren't going to be anymore.
    • Ouroborus69, on 05/23/2008, -5/+0That would be ALL his films. And no, creating a queue to HELL for no particular reason is a better plot devise that I've ever seen in an M Night Shama-lama-ding-dong film.
    • sdcarter, on 05/23/2008, -1/+6The Waiting - It's a prequel to his summer blockbuster, The Happening.
    • archivist, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2but wait... there's a TWIST!!!
  • JonesJohnson, on 05/22/2008, -41/+8Wait, there's a new iPhone comin out?

    Dumb.
  • wdowell, on 05/22/2008, -16/+209I just find this so funny! It's a tragic statement of humankind in this over-excited consumer society! I hope it goes on for another few hours and the queues get ridiculous before somebody breaks it to them that's there is nothing
    • charm803, on 05/22/2008, -4/+74As for myself, I was about to join the line....after all, everyone is doing it!
      But unfortunately, I got stuck at a line at Starbucks.
      I was just complaining about the ridiculously high gas prices...you know, almost $4 per gallon! But I finally got my $4 latte and now all is well......



      • mercury187, on 05/22/2008, -0/+154$ for a latte? I'm glad I dont drink that crap
      • stevealford, on 05/22/2008, -1/+9You're just making that up to sound clever. We all know there isn't anything at Starbucks that costs less than $7. ;)
    • FutureGuy, on 05/22/2008, -3/+33Nothing Apple fans do these days surprise me.
      • ZenMojo, on 05/22/2008, -1/+2Apple felt guilty and offered them bolas for their iPod nanos. They all went home and told their friends, "***** you, man, you ***** missed out" in eerie, ear-deafening unison.
    • Jethdm, on 05/22/2008, -0/+8I would seriously be laughing my ass off when that happens.
    • phoomp, on 05/22/2008, -5/+3baaaaaaa
    • CopyNinja, on 05/22/2008, -3/+4Yeah thats it, rally against the "consumer society" that you yourself are probably just as much a part of.
      • wdowell, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1Oh, I never claimed to be outside it. How do you think I'm writing this message?! I'm just saying this is one of those situations where prized possessions drive us beyond rational logic.
  • Globel, on 05/22/2008, -17/+185Good marketing team over there at apple.
    • FutureGuy, on 05/22/2008, -0/+26It helps they all have degrees in psychology, chemistry, African wild herbs and alien mind control devices, how else would one explain this.
    • evanscott07, on 05/22/2008, -1/+201. dont announce that any new product is really coming out
      2. line forms out side your store days from a potential announcement
      3. ??????
      4. profit
    • jabberwolf, on 05/22/2008, -1/+4it takes 2 to tango.

      They need the most stupid and sheepish crowd to cater to.
      Otherwise their marketing would never work!

      You want to make bets that Apple or the Apple store hired 10 people to stand in line for no reason?
      I bet if you did that at any given time with an Apple store, people would line up.

      Hmmm, interesting test to try....

      Also try "2 apple fans and a cup" !
      • chromerium, on 05/23/2008, -2/+2"They need the most stupid and sheepish crowd to cater to."

        So, that's about 90% of the population?
        • Marshalrusty, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1Really, so it's 90% now?

          In any case, the answer to your questions is generally "yes".
  • Eminemdrdre00, on 05/22/2008, -14/+31This also happened a few weeks ago...weird NYers, must be something in the water!

    And how do we know they are in line for the iPhone?
    • clharlem149, on 05/22/2008, -0/+6I'm wondering when exactly these pictures were taken, because AIDS Walk New York took place this past Sunday, and the Cube was the registration/sign-in center, meaning that every walker had to go wait in line and go through the store (talk about great advertising). Is this just a false accusation supported by pictures of people waiting to register or sign in for the AIDS Walk, just to make us New Yorkers look bad?
      • tech42er, on 05/22/2008, -0/+2I'll check it out tomorrow and let you know what I find. I don't trust these West Coast bloggers to give us the real story.

        /New Yorker
        //proud of it
      • stevealford, on 05/22/2008, -2/+1Yeah, like New Yorkers need HELP to look bad. The only way Patriots fans could be worse is if the team was from NY.
        • odiego, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1lol
        • NYCEST124, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1That guy must be a patriots fan...

          why are you so mad at NY? Its not like we beat you up as a kid, that was your local bully's job...
  • GregofJersey, on 05/22/2008, -16/+542Don't these people have JOBS?
    • viditbhargava, on 05/22/2008, -14/+242they just have Steve Jobs :|
    • wdowell, on 05/22/2008, -1/+27And with these people, we wonder why the economy is bit wobbly..
    • bizarrorollins, on 05/22/2008, -19/+96.. says the person posting on digg at 2:45pm EST
      • madaday, on 05/22/2008, -7/+9can someone explain to me how that is a bad thing?
      • geneticlone, on 05/22/2008, -5/+26Um, its 12 on the west coast, lunch = digg.
        • aaabatteries, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2Yes, but his username is "GregofJERSEY"

          He is from the East Coast.
        • chaos386, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2Maybe he's from the Bailiwick of Jersey, and therefore it was 7:45 PM when he posted?
      • vagrantwade, on 05/22/2008, -2/+44Believe it or not, some people have jobs that require use of a computer with internet access.
        • edwartica, on 05/22/2008, -2/+22Some people don't have a 9-5 schedule either. There's telecommuters, swing shift, free lance, and a myriad of other reasons why someone with a full time job might be on digg at 2:45 in the afternoon. And there's no reason to believe they're in your time zone either!
      • drgmdp, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3i work from 9pm to 8am the next day (not in a daily basis)
        i'm not from the US anyway
      • wdowell, on 05/22/2008, -0/+6We don't all live in the USA!!
    • cyclopropene, on 05/22/2008, -1/+21If by "job" you mean clean the cat box and take out the trash, then yes, a lot of them do.
      • bjornski, on 05/22/2008, -3/+7"BILLY! Do you want me to cut off your data plan? Take out the ***** garbage!"
    • wynja, on 05/22/2008, -1/+6Apparently not.
    • lostarchitect, on 05/22/2008, -3/+20dude, they're all tourists. locals don't line up. for anything.
      • ChromaVita, on 05/22/2008, -2/+20Oh god, I saw the word locals and thought it said lolcats. Somebody kill me please.
        • Acglaphotis, on 05/22/2008, -3/+2*kills ChromaVita*
        • isaactwito, on 05/22/2008, -0/+4Will do, we all need help ridding our souls of lolc*ts.
      • ThaDRD, on 05/22/2008, -0/+2What a great way to spend a vacation.
        • lostarchitect, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1you'd be shocked. if i see another tourist taking their ***** picture with the balls of the wall street bull... well... well, i guess i'll just go to work. but it will annoy me.
      • tech42er, on 05/22/2008, -1/+1Most of the customers in that store are Euro-tourists. It's different when a new product comes out, but day-to-day, they're not New Yorkers.

        Edit: Unless it's Improv Everywhere, of course...
    • chinolofus, on 05/22/2008, -4/+7...
    • chesscat, on 05/22/2008, -0/+15Professional wait-in-line person.
    • GregofJersey, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1Professionals paid to stand in line? HAHA
      • thepatster, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1Congress actually uses people like that, the senators do, so they get a better seat. it's nuts
        • LucasG2, on 05/23/2008, -0/+0The Daily Show did a piece on them.
    • g00dbye, on 05/23/2008, -2/+2I see what you did there.
    • Coolmatt49, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2I can see where those Tax Rebate checks are going...
    • ninja0, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1They're apple fanboys..... they clearly dont have jobs.
  • viditbhargava, on 05/22/2008, -12/+7crazy asses
  • ronin691, on 05/22/2008, -11/+22Awesome! Last year was so fun, let's get the party started again!
  • WiZZLa, on 05/22/2008, -130/+332It's Improv Everywhere. You can bury the article now.

    http://improveverywhere.com/
    • mark076h, on 05/22/2008, -6/+23i was just going to say
    • chadisawesome, on 05/22/2008, -5/+11first thing I thought of
    • Takfam, on 05/22/2008, -7/+14I thought so at first, but isn't this really kind of beneath them? Starting a line for no reason is stoned college guy humor at best. It's on the same page as standing in a warehouse store with 3 or 4 people and looking up at the ceiling to get other shoppers to look for something that isn't there.
      • bjornski, on 05/22/2008, -1/+2".....stoned college guy humor at best."

        Who else falls for this *****?

        Well, I mean, unless you want to impress everyone around you at Starbucks.

        Then it's an obvious call there....
      • Verdanic, on 05/22/2008, -1/+1Ah, I think it's funny - just because they're doing it with Apple. It may not be their usual level of ingenuity, but it says a thing or two. I wonder how many of the followers were on their phones checking their bank balance or calling friends to bring them cash.
    • MaxPayne3476, on 05/22/2008, -29/+24Lol, it is ImprovEverywhere. I hate to spoil the suprise, but I got an email the other day as an Agent to help participate. Too bad I'm working :(
    • maninalift, on 05/22/2008, -10/+3Also the first thing I thought of... um yeah that's by boring post. Bury me.
    • MOJIRA, on 05/22/2008, -3/+16Actually, now I'm going to digg it.
    • cdahlkvist, on 05/22/2008, -4/+18Proof?
    • phoomp, on 05/22/2008, -6/+6Proof first ... bury later
    • Hitchhiker90, on 05/22/2008, -1/+2Exactly what I was thinking too. When I read the article I thought its gotta be Improv Everywhere.
    • thejohnfloyd, on 05/22/2008, -0/+9I'm on the agents mailing list... Not sure if theres another list though, but I didnt get any notice since the camera one on the front page of their site...
    • alephbot, on 05/22/2008, -1/+26No, it isn't. Zero proof backing up this statement.
    • solscreen, on 05/22/2008, -2/+48Improv Everywhere has denied doing so. It's not them

      Mr. Charlie Todd of Improv Everywhere has denied it:
      http://www.mrcharlietodd.com/post/35711495/zachkle ...
    • alephbot, on 05/22/2008, -5/+64http://www.mrcharlietodd.com/post/35711495

      Charlie Todd, founder of Improv Everywhere DENYING involvement in this.
      • phoomp, on 05/23/2008, -1/+7It's interesting how badly people want to believe it's organized by Improve Everywhere and not the bunch of lemmings it really is.
      • suriyou, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2Well now that we know this isn't ImprovEverywhere, I can digg this. Now I want to know what the hell they're doing out there.
    • cwgannon, on 05/23/2008, -5/+2No excuse. They're still ***** stupid.
    • manogamez, on 05/23/2008, -1/+1Believe it or not, some people really do have nothing better to do.
  • arturoimaz, on 05/22/2008, -15/+6I bet Apple pay them so they can create rumors for no reason. Apple has to be on the news all the time.
  • tboutcher, on 05/22/2008, -77/+30it might be that group ImprovEverywhere.

    They're such awesome troublemakers.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo
  • darthweef, on 05/22/2008, -14/+8People do this because they crave attention. They have nothing of any value to provide society, they just think if they act crazy and get in line 2 or 3 WEEKS before the damn things gets released that some random news person will interview them.

    I would dare say that the majority of these people have no interest in an iPhone.. just attention
    • wynja, on 05/22/2008, -1/+3No, these people need the new iPhone like a junkie needs his next fix.
    • perdurabo, on 05/22/2008, -4/+4darthweef, who pissed in your Wheaties this morning?
      Sometimes people do things for entertainment value and interacting with other people.

      Hell knows it's got to be a lot more exciting that listening to you whine and judge.

      Lighten up. Jesus.
    • darthweef, on 05/22/2008, -1/+0I don't eat Wheaties... for the simple fear that someone might actually piss in them...

      Sorry if my post came across angry, not intended, I just think that it displays a large amount of stupidity to stand in line for at least 19 days, to get an iPhone ... and since the article indicated that people were confused as to why they were standing in line, it tells me they are just there for attention... which is even more stupid.
    • gandhii, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1People who want attention are stupid. bleh!
  • alaskanmacgeek, on 05/22/2008, -10/+14Wow. Everyone is off work today, and the best thing they could come up with is to stand in front of the Apple store for no specific reason. Smart.
  • L3W1S360, on 05/22/2008, -7/+2They must know something we don't =S All those people wouldn't queue outside the Apple Store for no reason?! Must have nothing else better to do.
  • kjames00, on 05/22/2008, -5/+12Only about a two week wait for the 3G iPhone that may or may not come out after the announce it. Nice use of time!
  • khail250, on 05/22/2008, -2/+29I saw them yesterday during lunch, they aren't allowed to lay down or sit slouched on the wall, they have the rent a cops yelling at them roughly every 3 minutes. reminded me of a bootcamp while high
  • speel, on 05/22/2008, -6/+19Go home to your wives and husbands and kids!
    • skoubydoo, on 05/22/2008, -1/+6I'm gonna guess that none of them have any of those......at least I hope they don't!
    • poploserdigg, on 05/22/2008, -1/+4Kinda tough to have spouses and kids when you live in your mom's basement and spend all day on a computer.

      Oh wait I thought we were talking about Digg'ers here.
  • AppleGeorge, on 05/22/2008, -23/+15It's Improv Everywhere agents.
    • fribhey, on 05/22/2008, -9/+11what's more stupid? standing in line for no reason or calling yourself an agent for no reason?

      hmmm....
      • AppleGeorge, on 05/22/2008, -8/+11I'm guessing being apart of a website with thousands of hits and viewers for a simple laugh and fun to watch video means it's pointless, right?

        Hmm, and yet all of you morons watch Diggnation every week and love that.
        • fribhey, on 05/22/2008, -4/+2i've never watched diggnation.
        • MikeFromAmerica, on 05/22/2008, -1/+1Yeah, some people just listen to the audio-only feed.
    • Hangly, on 05/22/2008, -2/+3Sounds like it. This isn't one of their better ideas.
  • alanr19, on 05/22/2008, -48/+31Proof if proof were needed that apple fanboys are the stupidest ***** on the planet.

    Cant wait to see their faces when it finally dawns on them that the iPhone 2.0 is weeks away. Most of these dumb bastards don't even know why they're queuing. Blindly following a crowd. How exactly does that mesh with apple's "Think Different" slogan? Captures the apple fanboy syndrome perfectly.
    • dnields, on 05/22/2008, -4/+15"Proof if proof were needed that fanboys are the stupidest ***** on the planet."

      There, fixed that for ya.
    • NotaFanboy87, on 05/22/2008, -8/+4I dunno man, I'm still laughing from people buying copies of Windows 95 without even owning a computer... you gotta admit, that's pretty bad. At least these people aren't buying anything, nor are they sure of what they're doing. No harm to them or their wallets...
      • alanr19, on 05/22/2008, -0/+7"I'm still laughing from people buying copies of Windows 95 without even owning a computer"

        Post a link to a reliable and independent article that people bought Win95 without owning a PC. That I'd like to see.
    • MortalynFlux, on 05/22/2008, -6/+2I made a bet with myself to see how many comments it would take on this Apple post for someone to throw in the word "fanboy." I was off by 2!
      • alanr19, on 05/22/2008, -0/+4Thanks for sharing that. No really. Way to liven up the debate.
        • MortalynFlux, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1Sure.

          Must be the laws of Digg. If a post title has the word "Apple," there will be plenty of comments with the word "fanboy," each poster using it thinking they are clever and original.
        • Jb611, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1You don't get it do you?
        • MortalynFlux, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2What I don't get is how people get on Digg, have debates on trivial matters, and then call themselves a "community."

          Comments get dug up when you take a clear side. When you say something insightful, objective, or reveal the process you may be making to form an opinion on something, it gets dugg down.

          This is clearly the macho ego. Draw a line in the sand, pick a side, and then fight. This does not make a cohesive community. It's nothing more than entertainment; an outlet for testosterone.
    • dawgma, on 05/22/2008, -10/+5hey alanr.. hate to break it to you bud, but you're the moron.

      Improve Anywhere just proved that you are one stupid mother *****. especially since half a dozen people already pointed out this is a prank in the comments before you posted.

      jokes on you, ***** face.
      • alanr19, on 05/22/2008, -3/+4"***** face"? lol what are you like 12?

        Improv could at most make up about 50% of the crowd, the rest have no idea why they are queuing. Read the article dumbass.
    • Drax0n, on 05/22/2008, -5/+3Wow you sir are a waste of oxygen.
      • Kyan, on 05/22/2008, -0/+6A human is 70% water, so I think you should say he is a waste of water. Or if you mean his breathing, simply say he is wasting oxygen. Or you could get right to the bottom of it and say he is a waste of carbon. That would pretty much cover all the bases.
  • usingpond, on 05/22/2008, -3/+78Used to work at that store. This happened almost every day in the summer for no goddamn reason. People just wanted to check out the store or buy something; you see, the cube is also a tourist attraction.
  • BoneheadFarker, on 05/22/2008, -2/+21So the best way to keep a fanboy occupied is to get 10 friends, stand in line in front of an Apple store until people off the street start joining the line, and then walk away? Sounds like a plan to me...
  • wbowen05, on 05/22/2008, -5/+38This reminds me of a movie that I saw not too long ago about what our society is turning into:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy
  • Rev0lver, on 05/22/2008, -5/+34As a New Yorker, I would like to completely sever all forms of association I have to those people.
    • tech42er, on 05/22/2008, -1/+4Why are you hanging out in the touristy sections of midtown, anyway?
  • BXRWXR, on 05/22/2008, -20/+63Sheeple. Baaaaa.
    • poploserdigg, on 05/22/2008, -5/+0Seriously just get over the fact that Obama is more popular on this site...

      Oh wait I thought you were talking about Digg'ers
  • ileftfark, on 05/22/2008, -14/+34"I can't wait to get the new Apple!!!"
    "The new Apple what?"
    "I don't know! :)"

    And also:

    Wouldn't the story be more interesting if they had a "girl-on-girl-on-the-scene"?

    Just me?
    • Acglaphotis, on 05/22/2008, -0/+4Everything is more interesting with a "girl-on-girl-on-the-scene".
  • mikek814, on 05/22/2008, -9/+2This reminds me of the 1930's.

    http://www.ismashphone.com/2008/05/the-title-for-c ...
  • uzusan, on 05/22/2008, -2/+143I was expecting this to be from the onion.
  • plimpton777, on 05/22/2008, -16/+10Ron Paul was giving a speech on net neutrality.
    • Envark, on 05/22/2008, -0/+9Net Neutrality is government regulation of the Internets.
      Slippery slope OMG!
  • beatrixkiddo, on 05/22/2008, -1/+12I hope they hand out apple ink pens or something way not worth waiting in line for.
  • goliathlyricist, on 05/22/2008, -6/+14so that's where all the apple fanboys on digg have been today......
  • frelk, on 05/22/2008, -3/+18Remember Ducktales? I like episode where they meet a bunch of Leprechauns.
    • Envark, on 05/22/2008, -2/+5Ducktales was awesome; the movie especially kicked ass.
      • tenspeedogbb, on 05/22/2008, -0/+6*****, they made a movie? Why haven't I seen it?
        • edwartica, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1Whoa, I didn't know either, but I had a dream last night that they did!
    • DiggyWiggy, on 05/22/2008, -0/+5The NES game especially kicked ass...

    • DerFlash, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3life is like a hurricane.
  • wynja, on 05/22/2008, -15/+9This goes to show you that Apple users are sheep that will buy any piece of ***** Steve Jobs will feed them.
    • Billman1, on 05/22/2008, -2/+3I think you mean Apple fanboys. There are plenty of Apple users that are crazies.
  • mikefitz2, on 05/22/2008, -14/+7Jesus christ I hate improvs, especially when it has anything to do with Apple or Apple products.
  • tjnelsonjr, on 05/22/2008, -5/+15the hype machine in action.
    • lowspeedchase, on 05/22/2008, -2/+0hypem.com for the win. You won my dig sir.
    • osko2052, on 05/23/2008, -1/+1Yeah, Apple is paying homeless people to wait in line just to create hype.
  • viaoman, on 05/22/2008, -12/+26Bah, Bah, Bah

    /sheep
    • MacParrot, on 05/22/2008, -5/+4Good thing no one else wrote that first making you look like an idiot for doing the exact same thing. You know...sheep-like. But please, continue. The amazing amount of clarity you've brought to the thread so far makes you a winner!
      • viaoman, on 05/22/2008, -1/+6Yeah it looks like I was beat to it, my mistake. Kudos to the previous poster.

        Do you always pee in your Cheerios to make you this way or are you genetically bred to be cranky?
        • MacParrot, on 05/22/2008, -6/+1Not at all. I'm an amazing kind person when the mood strikes me. However it pains me, I must point out that, yet again, you missed the boat as someone already made that comment in this thread as well except it was Wheaties. I prefer Cheerios myself as well, so we'll just let it go.
          If you're going to be insulting, at least make the attempt to be original. To blindly vomit up comments with no originality really is rather pointless.
          Posting on Digg should accomplish one of three things, being on topic and adding knowledge that the original article either didn't have or got wrong, being off topic but putting information or links in that while may not be pertinent to the subject at hand, but might help someone else understand the overall topic at large, or...being funny.
          Your original comment failed at all three. Hope that helps!
        • skeletorcares, on 05/22/2008, -1/+6First off, welcome to digg, viaoman. And yeah, don't bother talking to macparrot, he's an autoblock. He doesn't read anything but 'mac apple mac apple...' and if a negative adjective is in there, he won't shut up. Just a heads up. (Check out his awful site, for a good laugh)

          To block, give a thumbs down, digg -1, then under their name, the 'block user' link.

          I suggest doing this for MrBabyMan too -- his stories are overhyped and stupid.
        • veriix, on 05/22/2008, -0/+5@skeletorcaresskeletorcares
          Haha, his site is hilariously awful, I sent it to all of my friends as "crappy site of the day"
        • truspect0r, on 05/23/2008, -1/+3http://digg.com/users/MacParrot/history/comments

          Bah, Bah, Bah for sure. You better be working for Apple.
  • headzoo, on 05/22/2008, -4/+33Did they all forget, that the lines that queued up for the initial release of the iPhone were completely pointless? People could walk right into an Apple store and buy one. Anyone that stood in line for an iPhone completely wasted their time.
    • superkendall, on 05/22/2008, -3/+4Free T-Shirt.

      Now, you may not care about a t-shirt much, but lots of people seem to like them - so it's not like there as no reason, at least not at the Apple stores...

      Now the people lining up at AT&T stores? What the hell was that about.
      • ShrimpCrackers, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2You mean that $5 bulk Made-in-China black tee with the tiny Apple logo in the center? Yup sooo worth the half week they were there for.
  • mozert, on 05/22/2008, -11/+11sheeples.
  • wafu, on 05/22/2008, -5/+21When I first read this, I thought it was a headline from the Onion.
  • Pselus, on 05/22/2008, -14/+6Oh man all you people who are just whining about how stupid Apple fanboys are are just showing yourselves to be the idiots.

    Improv Everywhere. Look it up.
    • bjornski, on 05/22/2008, -2/+3Hey, Improv Everywhere is great.

      The ***** idiots that lined up without knowing why are brainless fanboys.
    • grantilius, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1read the article first before you comment, they denied it.
    • phoomp, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1Confirm before you assume. Improve Everywhere says it wasn't them.
  • YodaJones, on 05/22/2008, -12/+12If you ***** at engadget would shut the hell up and listen for a moment you could hear the crowd going: baaaa baaaaaaa.
  • JasonCox, on 05/22/2008, -4/+21Any chance I can borrow the 15ft Bill Gates hologram and have a little fun with the people waiting in line?
  • jerrycurley, on 05/22/2008, -15/+10Apple fanboys are sheep. Proof positive.
    • ThreeDee912, on 05/23/2008, -1/+1It's more like random idiot tourists who are wondering what is in the cube. That Apple store is in a high-tourism area. I've seen this happen a couple times already.
  • sexypeon, on 05/22/2008, -9/+10This sounds like something from The Onion.
  • TalenGTP, on 05/22/2008, -6/+16Someone needs to update the link over at wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemming
  • bincoder, on 05/22/2008, -9/+7free beer? free gas? hmm oh, just another telephone.
  • skinturtle, on 05/22/2008, -12/+13What a bunch of brainwashed consumeristic.."gotta buy something" sheep! Go back to work for goodness sakes.

    All a few people would have to do is form a line somewhere on purpose..and when people ask what's happenin..you just say, "I don''t know..but it's gonna be big!" People will line up like dorks..haha. Gotta try that sometime.
    • MacParrot, on 05/22/2008, -4/+5Yet another winner from the "Let's all say sheeple at the same time thereby proving that we are individuals who just happened to think the same thing when we saw someone else do it too!" contest!
    • digjam, on 05/22/2008, -2/+1At this point skinturtle has +0/-0...hows that possible??????? Did he start from 0 diggs when he submitted his comment? or is a DIGG BUG!!!!
  • debuffplx, on 05/22/2008, -13/+12It's such a beautiful sight seeing people so eager and lined up to give away cash and take it in the ass from corporations.
    • skinturtle, on 05/22/2008, -0/+0I know it. They just love it.
    • nytejade, on 05/22/2008, -1/+2Pretentious wanna-be hippie *****.

      Unless you're living in a mountain, growing your own food, and making your own clothes, you're taking it in the ass from corporations every day.
      • bokep, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1Hey dumbass there's a line between necessities and ***** like iPhones, which only morons buy in the first place.
        • nytejade, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2Of course there's a line, but who draws it? You? skinturtle? I'm sick of listening to whiny anti-corporation types who sit around perusing stories on Digg related to huge products coming from huge corporations.

          I mean, wtf. If I was REALLY anti-corporation I wouldn't even bother coming to Digg or clicking on an iPhone related story. Hell, I wouldn't even own a computer. 90% of the stories submitted relate DIRECTLY to some huge company raking in millions of dollars every quarter for things that AREN'T necessities.

          In reality, like skinturtle, you're a hypocrite who hides behind a keyboard pointing fingers because you can't accept the fact that you're just like the rest of us. A consumer.

          I've known a good deal of people like you throughout my life, so let me give you a little piece of advice. We all buy ***** we don't need. For instance, you're using a computer, posting on Digg. LOTS of people don't own TV's, computers, etc, because they don't find them to be necessities. You probably own TONS of ***** which I find utterly useless (The Shins and Bob Dylan CD's, for example). I probably own tons of ***** YOU find utterly useless.

          The idea is to stop being a judgmental prick, and let people enjoy their lives the way they see fit. I don't judge you because you don't take a shower, so please don't judge us because we like to play with toys made for grown ups.
    • hassanchop13, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1i must be getting ripped off, because i'm definetly not being provided with anal sex.
  • roflbrothel, on 05/22/2008, -12/+2I wonder if this is another Improv Everywhere stunt...
    • mixxo, on 05/22/2008, -2/+14I wonder if you saw the other 10 people saying the same thing..............................
    • bjornski, on 05/22/2008, -1/+10Didn't read a single comment before posting, did you?

      Or did you read them, glean that information, and post it to try and sound smart?

      Either way, you're an idiot.
      • roflbrothel, on 05/22/2008, -4/+1Didn't read them and go ***** yourself douchebag. Hope you die in a fire. :)
  • Bunnybutt, on 05/22/2008, -7/+18Lemmings!!
    • cglisson, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1I hope this leads to Portals there...
    • jabberwolf, on 05/22/2008, -6/+1But the good thing with lemmings is that they run off cliffs....
      We can only dream with mactards!
    • V2012, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3Actually lemmings don't commit mass suicide. It's a hoax.
      Blame Disney.
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