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Originally Posted by Cosmo Spring
My favorite reaction is the few seconds of "wait, that's like, the screen?" befuddlement. No, I paid $379 to look at this one greyscale picture of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Yes, that's really the screen.
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I've got to imagine that people reacted the same way to cars when they were first invented. So it's a carriage...WITH NO HORSE???? AHHH!! (Brain Explodes)
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Originally Posted by clintbradford
Can you cite for us any studies that tell me I am harming myself by doing this? Yes, it is mentioned all over the 'Net - but that doesn't necessarily make it true.
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I was making a joke. I'm pretty sure you're not harming yourself or lawsuits would be bleeding Apple dry. At the very least, we'll all be living out our final days like Milton did, which would be pretty cool.
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Originally Posted by Teyrnon
The strangest reaction I've gotten was when an old acquaintance paid me a visit. She saw it on the table, visibly recoiled from it. After she regained her composure she asked me if I'd let her smash the "evil toy." After that I decided it was time to get her out of my house.
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This is great! I guess she was an old acquaintance for a reason. You should've told her the spirits in it would escape if she broke it.
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Originally Posted by patrickt
"What did it cost?"
"Why not just buy the book?"
"Why not use an IPad?"
"But, you don't really get the book?"
But the real, unspoken question is, "But, but, why didn't you buy something for me with that money?"
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You know too much. The vans are coming for you. You've got 5 minutes. GO!