Comments on: Hey! Come Join The Losers! Get a PC! http://www.linuxloop.com/2009/03/27/hey-come-join-the-losers-get-a-pc/ Linux news, Ubuntu news, open-source software reviews, and Ubuntu tutorials Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:32:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Microsoft Ads http://www.linuxloop.com/2009/03/27/hey-come-join-the-losers-get-a-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-2964 Microsoft Ads Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:31:02 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=1707#comment-2964 Now, I have never had a Mac myself so I can't really have an opinion about PC vs. Mac. What I know is Mac has a fan base that defend the brand with their lives. Now, I have never had a Mac myself so I can’t really have an opinion about PC vs. Mac. What I know is Mac has a fan base that defend the brand with their lives.

]]> By: ms http://www.linuxloop.com/2009/03/27/hey-come-join-the-losers-get-a-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-2962 ms Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:30:20 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=1707#comment-2962 They are playing off a certain level of fanboyism of Apple and rejecting that club. Actually they are trying to show that Apple users aren't part of the club that everyone needs to belong. That you can find a computer just for you at a price surprisingly less than Apple. The last thing they are doing is saying PC users aren't cool. I get the language perfectly, and I think most people would. It's like walking by a nightclub with a bunch of people waiting outside and sarcastically saying, I guess I don't belong in that club, I don't have enough gel in my bleached hair or big fake breasts. It's sarcasm, not actually saying they're not cool enough. So you don't detect the sarcasm there?? Successful in my opinion. True too, because PCs offer a lot if you don't mind looking for a while for one you really love. They are playing off a certain level of fanboyism of Apple and rejecting that club. Actually they are trying to show that Apple users aren’t part of the club that everyone needs to belong. That you can find a computer just for you at a price surprisingly less than Apple.

The last thing they are doing is saying PC users aren’t cool. I get the language perfectly, and I think most people would. It’s like walking by a nightclub with a bunch of people waiting outside and sarcastically saying, I guess I don’t belong in that club, I don’t have enough gel in my bleached hair or big fake breasts. It’s sarcasm, not actually saying they’re not cool enough. So you don’t detect the sarcasm there??

Successful in my opinion. True too, because PCs offer a lot if you don’t mind looking for a while for one you really love.

]]> By: Kent http://www.linuxloop.com/2009/03/27/hey-come-join-the-losers-get-a-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-2963 Kent Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:11:17 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=1707#comment-2963 I understand your perspective, but I took the ad differently. I saw the "I'm not cool enough to be a Mac person" line as being a bit tongue-in-cheek. That is, she's not saying people who use PCs are "uncool" but rather, Mac users are full of themselves. It was intended to be more of a slam on "arrogant" Mac users than "practical" PC users. I understand your perspective, but I took the ad differently. I saw the “I’m not cool enough to be a Mac person” line as being a bit tongue-in-cheek. That is, she’s not saying people who use PCs are “uncool” but rather, Mac users are full of themselves. It was intended to be more of a slam on “arrogant” Mac users than “practical” PC users.

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