Poignant Onion Article Discussion Thread

[Insula Dei]

Actually it is the mourning which is in poor taste.  What is wrong with people, idolizing a merchant for selling them something?

It's because Jobs was a revolutionary in the tech industry.  A modern day Thomas Edison.  He's a man worth remembering.

Steve Jobs was a manager who was really, really good at his job. He didn't retrieve the iPad from Volcan's own forge, nor did he really enhance the quality of your life. I am all the way with Opebo here.

[Insula Dei]

Actually it is the mourning which is in poor taste.  What is wrong with people, idolizing a merchant for selling them something?

It's because Jobs was a revolutionary in the tech industry.  A modern day Thomas Edison.  He's a man worth remembering.

Steve Jobs was a manager who was really, really good at his job. He didn't retrieve the iPad from Volcan's own forge, nor did he really enhance the quality of your life. I am all the way with Opebo here.

How can you determine whether or not someone's life has been improved without actually being that person?

I can have an educated guess.

[Insula Dei]

Certain things aren't a determining factor for the quality of life of most people. It really should not be controversial that the whole Apple bazar, fun as it might be, isn't really as big a deal in terms of what it means to peoples' lives as certain people seem to make it out to be.

But I see that I have broken rule #2 of the internet: I have gotten involved in an argument which also involves Apple products.