1. I know that. I find using that word about as ridiculous as shedding tears for a billionaire. 2. Funny how religious extremists resort to name calling and threats when you don't believe in their god, yet most of Jobs fans who aren't religious(i'm assuming) still lash out in anger in the same way when you don't agree with their opinions(this is happening on facebook & twitter as well). Sure, i'm an idiot and i will kill myself as someone suggested because i disagree with placing this 1 individual in a place in history he doesn't deserve. This is an internet forum. His respect was given when i buy his products, i don't feel the need to have to give my condolences on a basketball forum and say Rest In Peace(which is ridiculous as well. He lived in peace. That's what is important.) Sucks for his family and close friends as it always does when someone passes away. But,hey....those of you who have called me names and told me to kill myself, i am sure Steve Jobs would have loved to have a drink with you while he were alive.
You could have just ignored this thread, instead of pissing off the people who are paying their respects to a dude who just died.
sad he died so young, rip My mom was in his high school graduating class, but she didn't know him too well
I did not know that. If that's what you meant, then why did you use the term 'billionaire'. Why didn't you use "someone you don't know"? I assume then you didn't mean the actual sheddding of tears. Why can't people feel sorrow for someone they may not personally know? People's lives are touched by folks they have never met every day. For example, there are people on this board (and I have never knowingly met any of them), whose death would sadden me greatly.
Someone you never met from Clutch fans is understandable. That is far more personal than someone who owns a computer company and you use his product every day.
I see where Maximus is coming from. The nerve of some people getting upset about someone they've never met passing away . I yelled at my mother when she cried over Selena's and Princess Diana's death. I disowned my father when he was upset over Dale Earnhardt's death. I punched my history book when I saw how many people were crying when Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. Damn these oversensitive losers and their worthless tears.
You know what. Forget it. May your soul rest in peace Steve Jobs. I hope you are riding on a cloud with Jesus on your way to the magical kingdom to share an O'Douls with god himself. You showed us things we people wouldn't believe. A personal computer i could use while on the toilet. I watched cell phones glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Farewell Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs has indirectly impacted my life more than anyone on this BBS has. I have heavily used Apple products since the introduction of the Apple ][ (not ][e or ][+). It is fine that you have a disconnect with being saddened by someone's death who you do not personally know. No one is asking you to change how you personally feel. What is not fine is when you ridicule someone else's feelings.
First off...the whole point wasn't about putting down anyone from clutch fans for saying RIP. It was the people i saw on tv literally crying. People on my facebook getting angry and making threats at others for making comments like mine. Then it turned into people on clutchfans placing him next to einstein and edison which i thought was crazy. So they called me an idiot and for me to go kill myself by quoting me saying that was crazy. If i did anything wrong...it's that i mocked religion in that last line. Other than that, i still think it is crazy to be so offended by the things i have said in this thread. It is crazy to be so sad over a billionaire who had everything in life while you sit there with nothing or very little in comparison. We spend too much time worshiping or idolizing the individual. Just like Michael Jackson and people being depressed and killing themselves over his death. The guy made music. How can you justify that much less having to mourn the death of someone who you have never met...A businessman and a salesman whos product you use on a daily basis. To let his death affect you even if he indirectly impacted your life from his gadgets and computers being a part of your work or something is just way too much.
I will admit that I was not a big Mac fan but not for reasons you mentioned above. I mean Jobs had the vision to monopolize PC and software business and that was annoying in the 90s. Microsoft was the Google sort of speak at the time, open platform, more freedom etc. But, we also have to admit how ugly Bill Gates turned the computer world into. Jobs probably would not be remembered most as an inventor. Rather, he is a revolutionary that brought us his vision of PC, MP3 player, portable computing we all loved so much at first sight. Be respectful.
