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Crazy iPhone 3G line forms in NYC |
The supply is expected to be plentiful, nevertheless a line has already begun outside of Apple’s Fifth Avenue retail store to buy iPhone 3G a week before its release. These people are serious and have their supplies for camping. Wouldn’t it be nicer to stay at home with your families?
Part of the line is occupied by some activists known as “Waiting for Apples” who are hoping to set a Guinness World Record and spread the word about sustainable agriculture. They brought their own solar-power generator, yoga mats, a compost bin full of worms, and probably other hippie essentials. Personally, I can’t think of a better way to spend a week then sitting on my ass next to these guys. Yeah, that would just be awesome…
Look, you’ve got your press, you’ll get your iPhone. Sitting in line to get your iPhone is right up there with camping out for Star Wars tickets in 1999. Your ass is real sore and it wasn’t what you thought it was thanks to Jar-Jar and kid Vader. Plus, a lot has happened in the world while you were away.
[CNet]
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The intellectual calibur of reporting activists waiting in line for the iPhone in order to attract public attention on sustainability is close to American high school lunch room gossip standards. As a CNET writer, if the point is to demean a group of people who are trying to crack open the consciousness of techies worldwide, you would think the tired dry ironic writing style would use some other stereotype like the overused hippie, for anyone who likes vegetables, or Star Wars fans, which for years has been synonymous with techies. The point is the publicity this group was hoping to get was probably more about why food sustainability is necessary for us and how they envision that. This is a real issue, like not virtually made to fit your Playstation, in the world. And you missed the whole point.