The Simpsons v. Mapple

[Vincent Ferrari]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.hulu.com/watch/46689/the-simpsons-mypods-and-boomsticks?c=133' target='_blank'>http://www.hulu.com/watch/46689/the...oomsticks?c=133</a><br /><br /></div><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="512" height="296" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="src" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/2o5YyvJ36vjql-Gb58xfBQ/133" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="512" height="296" src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/2o5YyvJ36vjql-Gb58xfBQ/133"></embed></object></p><p>So did anyone catch this this weekend?&nbsp; I saw the relevant clips and it was pretty funny.&nbsp; I've come to terms with the fact that the portrayal of Apple fans here is pretty much what most non-Apple people think we all are so I can laugh at this sort of thing.&nbsp; Anyone else amused, or are you tired of the stereotypes?</p><p>(Youtube version for those of you outside the US after the break)</p><p><MORE /></p><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="344" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gTH-aLsVFFs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gTH-aLsVFFs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[doogald]

That was pretty funny. The Apple parts, anyway.

[Vincent Ferrari]

That was pretty funny. The Apple parts, anyway.

Yeah... The Simpsons still have their moments...

[Macguy59]

I've always wondered where the over-the-top hatred comes from. It's a product line. No more no less. Not interested? Then don't buy one but to go out of your way to hate on it is irrational. I find it amusing that the most vial anti Apple stuff usually comes from people that have never used one. The depiction in the video was funny.

[Vincent Ferrari]

I find it amusing that the most vial anti Apple stuff usually comes from people that have never used one.

I completely agree. Most people can see the pluses and minuses of both. I for example am a Mac guy but I know where Windows has its place. I'd prefer not to use it if I can avoid it, but I also understand that it's not the end of the world if I have to. For some reason, we as Mac users have a reputation as being some wide-eyed drooling weirdos who worship Steve Jobs and accept him as our lord and savior, yet despite how prominent that stereotype is, I don't actually know any Mac users who are actually like that. Okay, maybe a few, but they're the exceptions not the rule.

In the end, I think most people just want to use the platform they prefer and be left alone. That, to me, is the way it should be.

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

It's all because of people like that in the video (they do exist and its scary). Blame them for the anti-Apple backlash. :P

[Deslock]

Not as side splitting as Maddox's post (http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant), but funnier than anything I've seen from the Simpsons in a while:

"Did you get peanut butter in your ethernet port again?"
"You're all losers! Think you're cool because you buy a $500 phone with a picture of a fruit on it?"
"Traitor! Your heart is blacker than your turtle neck"
"Who dares question the boss we fired 10 years ago and then brought back?"

Heh