Path: ...!news.nobody.at!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad Subject: Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Date: 10 May 2024 22:29:17 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net ibYZVakycuyoISdMb6cKxwk4gSM6nvmE4Avr1YveD/Pb/JgE+2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:XPm0lvnUzJeiFkQsBYVWrq9atBA= sha256:lANPmbO2XvwzKJvfO7c/2UP1pG5mE7FJdHpuEePncuc= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Bytes: 3506 On 2024-05-10, Chris Schram wrote: > On Fri, 10 May 2024 14:33:50 -0700, Alan wrote: > >> On 2024-05-10 14:30, Andrew wrote: >>> Jolly Roger wrote on 10 May 2024 18:33:42 GMT : >>> >>>>> I found the ad visually stunning on one level, but pretty creepy on >>>>> another. Overall, not the best way to tout the iPad's artistic >>>>> versatility. >>>> >>>> I usually tune out Apple advertisements during their announcements >>>> (and I generally avoid watching advertisements in general anyway). I >>>> was indifferent to it when I watched it again, and I don't take anyone >>>> claiming to be offended by it very seriously. It's just an ad. >>> >>> Given all your statements about Apple come from Apple advertisements, >> >> LOL! > > Well, now that Arlen has entered the room, I suppose this conversation is > over. So I guess It's now OK to broaden the discussion, and eventually > drag it far off-topic. > > In an online article commenting on the recent Apple ad, it was hinted that > videos of various objects being crushed by a hydraulic press has become > some sort of social media meme, perhaps a logical successor to "Will It > Blend." Perhaps I lead a sheltered life, but I have not viewed other such > videos. That would make Apple's ad a humorous (?!) parody of an existing > meme. I'll bet the committee that dreamed it up had a great laugh. I mean other companies have made similar commercials for many years. Strangely, the internet didn't melt down over them. But this is Apple, so... > I'm really overthinking this, but the more I overthink it, the concept of > crushing traditional creativity tools to splinters and goo, before > compressing them into an iPad, seems not the very best way to advertise > the iPad's creativity tools. It's a light-hearted advertisement, and nothing more. People reading too much into it is exactly how we got here in the first place. > So Stephen Colbert's parody is a parody of a parody of a social media > meme. My brain hurts! I think Social media is nothing without parodies. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR