so apple has ruined my chrstmas......

[ecoho]

fair warning this is a vent thread.

ok so i get home from working the night shift and me and the family start opening presents, its all good till i open one from my dad whos very good at getting what i asked for, and its what i wanted a new ipod. Unfortuneately its a fucking touch screen ipod, i hate touch screens with a passion most reserve for the natzis but i dont blame my dad for this, no i blame apple for ONLY makeing ipods with touch screens now(over 2 gb). so yeah FUCK YOU APPLE youve ruined my chrstmas and since i cant just trade the peice of shit in for one thats not a touch screen anytime soon (so i dont make my dad feel bad) i stuck with this abomination for at least 2 more weeks!

Rant over.

 

[Reginald]

I didn't get my the correct device for free from someone with good intentions, either. Fuck this shitty Earth!

 

[tippy2k2]

...how is this Apple's fault again? Your Dad bought you a present you don't like and now it's the product maker's fault?

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_classic

There's a new model that doesn't have a touch screen.

Not to mention that there are HUNDREDS (if not thousands) of non-Apple MP3 players that cost a lot less and don't have touch screens...

In a totally unrelated question: Are you related to this girl?


EDIT: Well, at least you admit that you're being a bit silly and petty down below. That at least gives you some points back and you're not quite as bad as your fake sister in that video.

EDIT Part 2: This exact clip might not be it but I know this happened once during "My Sweet 16" (A MTV show about spoiled rich kids). Whether they are hamming it up for the camera or truly feel this way could be debated for centuries...

 

[Calibanbutcher]

How dare they produce something you don't like.
How dare they not be open on christmas.
Worst thing to happen ever.

 

[repeating integers]

Is this parodying all those spoilt children who think the world's ended just because they don't get the right colour car?

 

[Rawne1980]

Is this parodying all those spoilt children who think the world's ended just because they don't get the right colour car?

I seriously hope so.

These are the kind of people no parent wants their kids to turn out like.

 

[M K Ultra]

I think we're all missing the point here, that Apple has created a new paradigm of gifts. It is no longer socially acceptable to get a gift for someone unless it is an Apple product. Many many years ago, like in the

Spoiler: 1970's

A typical Christmas scene from the long ago times.

people were happy with an orange & a handful of walnuts as gifts. Due to advancements in mind manipulation techniques via mass media Apple has created the perfect consumer, the kind that believes they only 'want' an iPod when in reality the consumer has been subliminally trained to 'need' Apple products. The consequence of these consumers not receiving the correct dosage of Apple is a dire one. Some of the side effects are minor heart explosions, vivid dreams of self-cannibalization, growing teeth ("often in the mouth"), spontaneous pregnancy, increased chances of vampire attack, involuntary Narnia adventures, and tracheal meerkat colonies. So basically the OP recounts a horrifying gothic tale of filicide through trolling. A terrible age we live in. Terrible.

 

[Scarim Coral]

That doesn't sound bad at all compared to some people in the UK today as some of them are having a wet christmas (there are major floods going on in the UK at the moment).
In another word, you will take what you have been given and you will LIKE it!!!

 

[Zhukov]

Wow, really? I mean... really?

Y'know, I've never used the phrase "first world problems" before, but this... wow. I'm coming dangerously close to marring my clean record.

...

I wish someone would "ruin" my Christmas with some expensive consumer electronics.

 

[Shock and Awe]

Well......uhm......Im sorry you got an iPod?

I guess I should be made at Mauser for making rifles that are great for hunting and that makes it hard to find rounds that aren't soft points?

 

[ecoho]

yeah needed to get that out of me and the thread was the best option,most of what i said i know is stupid and petty but yeah i really hate touch screens as they, dont work half the time, turn on when you dont want them to, and wont stay on when you want them to. Just so you all know wasnt looking for anyone to agree with me or even really give a dam i jst needed to vent.

 

[M K Ultra]

Y'know, I've never used the phrase "first world problems" before, but this... wow. I'm coming dangerously close to marring my clean record.

You've used "first world problems" your record is no longer clean.

It's like speaking of Hastu... Him Who Is Not to be Named aloud.

 

[razer17]

According to your profile you are 24. This would be whiney and childish from someone 13-16. Coming from someone who is apparently 24... Well, it's just incredible. For a start your spelling and grammar are dreadful.

You are meant to be an actual, adult human being, and this is an issue for you? Hell, if my parents buy me anything more than a few knick-knacks for Christmas when I'm 24 I'd be pretty surprised.

Some people would love to be able to afford decent food, never mind a touch screen iPod. And you're bitching about getting one for free. This is even worse than the people on Twitter complaining about not being given an iPhone or whatever. And if you asked for the iPod as you suggest in the OP, maybe you should have told your dad you don't want a touchscreen. You say they don't make non-touchscreen iPods (they do, it's called iPod Classic). Well maybe you should have done your damn research.

And as a final note, somewhere else in the thread you mentioned that touch screens don't work properly. Have you ever used one? I've had 3 touchscreen devices, and in my house their are 7 right now. None of them have dodgey touch screens, they all work perfectly. The main issue is that iPods suck anyway, as they are all shiny casing and shitty insides.

 

[Lionsfan]

...how is this Apple's fault again? Your Dad bought you a present you don't like and now it's the product maker's fault?

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_classic

There's a new model that doesn't have a touch screen.

Not to mention that there are HUNDREDS (if not thousands) of non-Apple MP3 players that cost a lot less and don't have touch screens...

In a totally unrelated question: Are you related to this girl?


EDIT: Well, at least you admit that you're being a bit silly and petty down below. That at least gives you some points back and you're not quite as bad as your fake sister in that video.


Is that video really real? Like, it seems like something that everyone talks about "Oh those rich kids!", but it's seems more like "WoW Kid freaks out, sticks a remote up his butt" than something that actually would happen

 

[Aeshi]

Wait...So you wanted an iPod for Christmas despite knowing in advance that'd you'd hate it on account of it having a Touchscreen?

 

[Sir Ollie]

EDIT: Well, at least you admit that you're being a bit silly and petty down below. That at least gives you some points back and you're not quite as bad as your fake sister in that video.

Silly woman, red ones go faster.

 

[TorqueConverter]

Solution: Get a better mp3 player. That itunes nonsense is garbage anyways. Here's a tip. You don't need to an MP3 player with a large storage capacity if it is easy and quick to place and remove music on your MP3 player. You don't need to be walking around with an external hard drive in your hand.

The reason these large capacity MP3 players have become popular is because itunes is a nightmare of an application. People want to minimize their exposure to it and simply put all their music onto the ipod and forget about it. They do not want to have to remove and place small quantities of music onto a small device because itunes makes that a wretched experience.

Go get an older MP3 player. It operates just like a USB mass storage device. Drag music onto and off of it. No itunes. No GUI interface to get in the way and muck things up.

 

[Hazy992]

How did you not know that most of the iPods had touchscreens? Maybe you should do your research first instead of blaming Apple for not knowing what products they make.

 

[Tayh]

This topic reminds me of the movie 'God Bless America'.

Stop being an uninformed sheep, and get one of the cheaper and better brands instead.

 

[G32420NL]

Sir, i hope you are making some kind of statement or joke, even in that case you are in the wrong place,

If you are serious: may you be kicked in the testicles or vagina by an disgruntled clown. that is all.