Comments on: How Apple Plays Upon Our Insecurities http://donmilleris.com/2009/02/05/why-apple-users-might-be-fat-losers-on-the-inside/ Best-Selling Author Of Books, And Stuff Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:11:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: RyanTaylor http://donmilleris.com/2009/02/05/why-apple-users-might-be-fat-losers-on-the-inside/comment-page-4/#comment-8572 RyanTaylor Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:08:07 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=581#comment-8572 Yes... Apple is not very subtle. Consider their logo. It's a fruit ... with a bite out of it. umm... duh. Yes… Apple is not very subtle. Consider their logo. It’s a fruit … with a bite out of it. umm… duh.

]]> By: Anonymous Apple Person http://donmilleris.com/2009/02/05/why-apple-users-might-be-fat-losers-on-the-inside/comment-page-4/#comment-8536 Anonymous Apple Person Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:51:17 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=581#comment-8536 Thanks for this post! Good work with nailing the sinful heart here. As Christians we really need that accountability and edification with one another. We can even idolize our own stance against super sexiness. Please pray that as I work at apple I won't succomb to the culture but rather I can be a light in a dark place. I've lived pretty humbly for the past year and I'm hoping I can continue on that path and not think having apple products is what life is all about...nor something necessary in my life or in the life of others. It's just technology. And technology is just a means and degree of connectivity and communication. People are gonna buy apple products, so I hope that in my time at apple God will use me to be a light to the individuals coming in to that store and to those working there. Praying tfor strength. I want to be an example to show people that although having apple products or working at apple is nice and it's not wrong, there is something in life even greater to be had which you truly cannot live without! Jesus Christ. =) Thanks for this post!

Good work with nailing the sinful heart here. As Christians we really need that accountability and edification with one another. We can even idolize our own stance against super sexiness.

Please pray that as I work at apple I won’t succomb to the culture but rather I can be a light in a dark place. I’ve lived pretty humbly for the past year and I’m hoping I can continue on that path and not think having apple products is what life is all about…nor something necessary in my life or in the life of others. It’s just technology. And technology is just a means and degree of connectivity and communication.

People are gonna buy apple products, so I hope that in my time at apple God will use me to be a light to the individuals coming in to that store and to those working there. Praying tfor strength. I want to be an example to show people that although having apple products or working at apple is nice and it’s not wrong, there is something in life even greater to be had which you truly cannot live without! Jesus Christ. =)

]]> By: Andrew http://donmilleris.com/2009/02/05/why-apple-users-might-be-fat-losers-on-the-inside/comment-page-4/#comment-8404 Andrew Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:47:19 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=581#comment-8404 I know I'm very late on this one, but I couldn't resist putting in my "two cents". I'm 19 years old and I'm finding that everything I have is a total gift from God. People really think they acquire some new quality or character when they buy new products. I know I'm guilty of this when I go out and buy new clothes or a new cd or even one of your amazing books. We rant and rave about how cool our new toys are and how they have made us feel, think, work and act different. The very computer I am typing on is a gift from God. I am a freshman in college and I work a part-time job. Most of the money I make goes into school, insurance, gas, and whatever else requires money. I was in no financial condition to buy a computer. My schooling, however, requires blackboard(online homework and such). I simply asked God to work a miracle. I simply could not continue to use my family computer which is 8 yrs old and ready go terminal. That weekend that I handed this need over to God, someone donated their 1 year old Dell to me. If it had been totally up to me, I would have saved up for a Mac or a Lenovo. God knew better. It caused me to find contentment and I now revel in the fact that my God is my provider. God is all we REALLY need in this life. We can have the fanciest things and well paying job and the perfect lover, but from where does our joy come from? I am a believer in a pure, true joy. I know I’m very late on this one, but I couldn’t resist putting in my “two cents”.
I’m 19 years old and I’m finding that everything I have is a total gift from God. People really think they acquire some new quality or character when they buy new products. I know I’m guilty of this when I go out and buy new clothes or a new cd or even one of your amazing books. We rant and rave about how cool our new toys are and how they have made us feel, think, work and act different. The very computer I am typing on is a gift from God. I am a freshman in college and I work a part-time job. Most of the money I make goes into school, insurance, gas, and whatever else requires money. I was in no financial condition to buy a computer. My schooling, however, requires blackboard(online homework and such). I simply asked God to work a miracle. I simply could not continue to use my family computer which is 8 yrs old and ready go terminal. That weekend that I handed this need over to God, someone donated their 1 year old Dell to me. If it had been totally up to me, I would have saved up for a Mac or a Lenovo. God knew better. It caused me to find contentment and I now revel in the fact that my God is my provider. God is all we REALLY need in this life. We can have the fanciest things and well paying job and the perfect lover, but from where does our joy come from?
I am a believer in a pure, true joy.

]]> By: HM http://donmilleris.com/2009/02/05/why-apple-users-might-be-fat-losers-on-the-inside/comment-page-3/#comment-8101 HM Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:22:18 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=581#comment-8101 Just a quick note... Justin Long (the personification of the mac in the commercials) doesn't have broad shoulders. Or a chiseled jaw. Among the females I know he is at best considered unthreateningly kind of cute, but too geeky to actually sleep with (save for the fact that he's famous and rich, which I suppose trumps chiseled jaws and broad shoulders). Admittedly, he's more attractive I suppose than the PC representation--but hardly a figure that inspires male envy or stirs female hormones. Now I agree that the Mac ads came right out and said "if you are less uptight, you use a mac"; but as far as the sex oriented appeal...ummm, no. Paris Hilton's Carl's Jr. ad? Now that was about sex. The Mac ad? Just not seeing it...though maybe Justin is irresistible to some special target demographic. Who knows.... In any event, I enjoyed the blog! Just a quick note… Justin Long (the personification of the mac in the commercials) doesn’t have broad shoulders. Or a chiseled jaw. Among the females I know he is at best considered unthreateningly kind of cute, but too geeky to actually sleep with (save for the fact that he’s famous and rich, which I suppose trumps chiseled jaws and broad shoulders). Admittedly, he’s more attractive I suppose than the PC representation–but hardly a figure that inspires male envy or stirs female hormones. Now I agree that the Mac ads came right out and said “if you are less uptight, you use a mac”; but as far as the sex oriented appeal…ummm, no. Paris Hilton’s Carl’s Jr. ad? Now that was about sex. The Mac ad? Just not seeing it…though maybe Justin is irresistible to some special target demographic. Who knows…. In any event, I enjoyed the blog!

]]> By: Jenny http://donmilleris.com/2009/02/05/why-apple-users-might-be-fat-losers-on-the-inside/comment-page-3/#comment-7828 Jenny Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:40:38 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=581#comment-7828 Love the comment that part of you is giving up on the game and that it feels good to quit. I get that. Is there an age this happens? Is it a stage of life? Is there a time when getting back into the game seems like a good idea? Is there another game? Love the comment that part of you is giving up on the game and that it feels good to quit.
I get that.
Is there an age this happens? Is it a stage of life? Is there a time when getting back into the game seems like a good idea? Is there another game?

]]> By: kari http://donmilleris.com/2009/02/05/why-apple-users-might-be-fat-losers-on-the-inside/comment-page-3/#comment-7144 kari Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:30:10 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=581#comment-7144 i am kind of cool, and i've always been apple. but seriously, you know the most uncool thing you could do is call yourself cool, even if you secretly think so. so whose marketing did you buy into there? love the blog. i am kind of cool, and i’ve always been apple. but seriously, you know the most uncool thing you could do is call yourself cool, even if you secretly think so. so whose marketing did you buy into there?

love the blog.

]]> By: Christy http://donmilleris.com/2009/02/05/why-apple-users-might-be-fat-losers-on-the-inside/comment-page-3/#comment-4691 Christy Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:28:36 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=581#comment-4691 I completely agree with this. I have a mac and a pc and JUST blogged about the mac cult about a week ago. Very good eye on our susceptibility to advertising and how it relates to our fears. You are on to something there. http://criscris007.xanga.com/696840715/the-mac-cult-cool/ I completely agree with this. I have a mac and a pc and JUST blogged about the mac cult about a week ago. Very good eye on our susceptibility to advertising and how it relates to our fears. You are on to something there.

http://criscris007.xanga.com/696840715/the-mac-cult-cool/

]]> By: Konner Buckley http://donmilleris.com/2009/02/05/why-apple-users-might-be-fat-losers-on-the-inside/comment-page-3/#comment-4573 Konner Buckley Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:37:16 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=581#comment-4573 I love The Jonas Brothers so much!! this song is awesome!! I love The Jonas Brothers so much!! this song is awesome!!

]]> By: Monday morning meanderings. Vol.73 « the view from the juniper tree http://donmilleris.com/2009/02/05/why-apple-users-might-be-fat-losers-on-the-inside/comment-page-3/#comment-4308 Monday morning meanderings. Vol.73 « the view from the juniper tree Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:08:52 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=581#comment-4308 [...] as well as a serious side of the role of advertising in promoting ideas that are wrong.  Find it HERE on Don Millers blog.  It is a good read and in one place even agrees with my conjecture that Macs [...] [...] as well as a serious side of the role of advertising in promoting ideas that are wrong.  Find it HERE on Don Millers blog.  It is a good read and in one place even agrees with my conjecture that Macs [...]

]]> By: amber http://donmilleris.com/2009/02/05/why-apple-users-might-be-fat-losers-on-the-inside/comment-page-3/#comment-3579 amber Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:25:16 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=581#comment-3579 i have been using PCs all my life, but i do admit that i am getting sick of them. my pc is cranky, slow, and kind of ugly-looking. i do think that people with apple computers and iphones are prone to thinking they're cooler. i had a friend named josh with three different macs. we called him macinjosh, instead of macintosh. the products are pretty neat, and for a while i have really wanted a mac. but i do have some abashed affection for my pc. yeah, it's clunky, it's schizo, it's not that hip...but it still tries, poor thing. i overloaded the hardrive (mostly with stuff on iTunes--the irony), had to get and external one. when the computer whirrs and sputters to life, oh-so slowly, it's irrating. but it's comforting too. it's all i know. i've only used a mac a couple of times in my short life. the apple ads made me laugh, but also made me pissed. i agree with you don, about how they play on our desire to be young and hip. i am young...probably not that hip. but that's ok. hip people are weird. like macinjosh. i think that you should continue using apple products. i also think that we should pray for steve jobs' health, because he doesn't look so good. thanks for writing. have a wonderful day. i have been using PCs all my life, but i do admit that i am getting sick of them. my pc is cranky, slow, and kind of ugly-looking. i do think that people with apple computers and iphones are prone to thinking they’re cooler. i had a friend named josh with three different macs. we called him macinjosh, instead of macintosh. the products are pretty neat, and for a while i have really wanted a mac. but i do have some abashed affection for my pc. yeah, it’s clunky, it’s schizo, it’s not that hip…but it still tries, poor thing. i overloaded the hardrive (mostly with stuff on iTunes–the irony), had to get and external one. when the computer whirrs and sputters to life, oh-so slowly, it’s irrating. but it’s comforting too. it’s all i know. i’ve only used a mac a couple of times in my short life.
the apple ads made me laugh, but also made me pissed. i agree with you don, about how they play on our desire to be young and hip. i am young…probably not that hip. but that’s ok. hip people are weird. like macinjosh.
i think that you should continue using apple products. i also think that we should pray for steve jobs’ health, because he doesn’t look so good.
thanks for writing. have a wonderful day.

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