Pictures from the Apple Store in San Francisco

[tabatha]

[tabatha]

1. I have never

bought an iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac or anything "i" - except that I play iTunes on my PC.

[Hello World]

2. .

[bigwillq]

36. I don't own any iThings either

I do just fine with my cheap Samsung. LOL :rofl:

[DesertRat]

3. iSad n/t

[Safetykitten]

4. Frightening actually. Cultish and bizarre.

[SkyDaddy7]

5. Paying respect to someone who died at 61

Due to cancer is "cultish & bizarre"????

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[Jim Warren]

12. Never

in the solace and empathy of one's family and friends.

For the guy who makes consumer products, yeah little bit.

[jeff47]

16. So...if someone makes consumer products, their death should be ignored by those who like the product

Any other tips for us, Ms. Manners?

[Jim Warren]

22. Nice try

at framing the premise, but no a non starter. Just read the OP w/o reading into it.

[jeff47]

37. I'm simply restating what you said in your post.

You claimed family and friends should mourn, but those who merely like his products should not.

[lumberjack_jeff]

20. No, but erecting candle-lit shrines in front of his downtown retail outlets is. n/t

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-causes-religious-reaction-in-brains-of-fans-say-neuroscientists/

[snooper2]

23. It's a little fucking weird yes...

Jesus,

When the CEO of Ford dies will everyone get in their F150 and honk the horn in solidarity?

:shrug: :eyes:

[Matariki]

24. died at 56

it's sad.

[KamaAina]

27. 56, actually

what's odd to me is that he was a CEO rather than a rock star (Michael Jackson, Jerry Garcia).

[polmaven]

30. Really!

Steve Jobs was well respected for what he accomplished in his too short life (and for our lives), and showing that respect is "cultish & bizarre"! Go figure! (btw - he was only 56 - born 1955)

[Major Hogwash]

6. It's a nice tribute to a man who transformed the world.

I hate to tell you this, but Apple computer owners are compassionate people, so I won't say anything mean to your bitter comment.

I know Apple computer owners who were in their 70s long before the WWW was created!!
Imagine that!
People who were retired for years were starting to use computers in their 70s!
And that was back in the 80s!
This phenomenon started in the 70s, in Silicon Valley, in Steve Jobs mind - the home computer.

So, a small tribute like this isn't so much.
It certainly isn't frightening.
It's sort of fitting, seeing that they are post-it notes.
Temporary notes -- reminding all of us that we are only here, temporarily.
Sort of a Buddhist thing, a zen thing.

Please, please try to understand. Not all of us hate the internet or computers.

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[Major Hogwash]

14. You just got here yesterday.

Better get a better attitude or it's going to be Quick time for you -- another Apple product.

:rofl:

[Jim Warren]

7. Yes.

...

[JVS]

17. The hipster nerd god is dead.

[vets74]

35. Never a god. That would be Ellison, doing Loki. A saint, yes indeed.

[Missy Vixen]

31. We brought flowers to the owners of a local restaurant, named after their dog,

when the dog died.

"Cultish and bizarre", or other pet owners that realize how much it hurts to lose a beloved canine friend?

[11 Bravo]

32. I used to worry if I might have PTSD. Now I would be satisfied just to never occupy ...

the sad world which you inhabit.

[patrick t. cakes]

8. A temple of Capitalism

Such a soulless society.

[Jim Warren]

9. Perhaps the Occupy SF people

will light a candle, hmmmmmmmmmm?

[rdking647]

15. from facebook

[_ed_]

18. Corporatist cult

I'm aghast at this hero worship of just another CEO. He sold computers. Didn't invent the cell phone. Didn't invent the internet. Didn't invent personal computers. Big fucking deal.

[Odin2005]

19. Ew, corporate cultiusm. Disgusting!

:puke:

[lumberjack_jeff]

21. And he shall dwell in His iHouse for ever and ever, amen.

One day it'll be supporters of logo "A" launching jihads against supporters of logo "B".

I think we're seeing the replacement of religion. It's logical confluence of tribalism and corporatism.

[calimary]

29. Well, the point was made last night either on Current or MSNBC that with the

obscene corporate wealth trying to buy all the elections, soon it won't be candidate versus candidate but rather brand versus brand. Seems like a realistic projection to me.

[lumberjack_jeff]

33. No kidding. You see it in the net neutrality debate.

"In this corner, wearing the red white and blue trunks is Google! In the opposite corner, the challenger, AT&T! Are you ready to Lobby!"

The only involvement the public had in the debate were two corporations claiming to speak for us.

[closeupready]

25. OMG. Make it stop.

:eyes:

[Fire Walk With Me]

26. I owe him for the development of the computer relating to music and music creation. K&R!

[alcibiades_mystery]

28. Oh fer Gawd's sake

Yeesh.

[vets74]

34. That picture is lovely. San Francisco at its best.

A nerd saint is consecrated by his own people.