Comments on: Is the "Cult of Apple" really a cult? – Part 1 http://technosailor.com/2007/02/02/is-the-cult-of-apple-really-a-cult-part-1/ Business and Technology with Common Sense Thu, 24 May 2012 20:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20883 By: Heathensonline.com » Rants » Get That Song Out of My Head! http://technosailor.com/2007/02/02/is-the-cult-of-apple-really-a-cult-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-41782 Heathensonline.com » Rants » Get That Song Out of My Head! Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:29:04 +0000 http://www.venturefiles.com/2007/02/02/is-the-cult-of-apple-really-a-cult-part-1/#comment-41782 [...] Yeah, you see that right, not only is there some frightening stuff up there, but there’s the former Mr. Julia Roberts. Although, If I had a boat is a nice catchy tune. Funny even.So, now you have a song in your head. What happens when you have a song stuck in your head, but you don’t know the name?  Well, that I can help you with. Here is a place that let’s you record some of the tune and other folks will tell you what it is.  Or songtapper, recommended by killerstartups.com, but Artificial inteligence claims it doesn’t work.  However, he’s part of the evil Microsoft regime and can’t be trusted. Now that I have hopefully gotten one of those nasty tunes stuck in your head, I shall tell you how to get it out. Next week.  [...] [...] Yeah, you see that right, not only is there some frightening stuff up there, but there’s the former Mr. Julia Roberts. Although, If I had a boat is a nice catchy tune. Funny even.So, now you have a song in your head. What happens when you have a song stuck in your head, but you don’t know the name?  Well, that I can help you with. Here is a place that let’s you record some of the tune and other folks will tell you what it is.  Or songtapper, recommended by killerstartups.com, but Artificial inteligence claims it doesn’t work.  However, he’s part of the evil Microsoft regime and can’t be trusted. Now that I have hopefully gotten one of those nasty tunes stuck in your head, I shall tell you how to get it out. Next week.  [...]

]]> By: Steve Fisher http://technosailor.com/2007/02/02/is-the-cult-of-apple-really-a-cult-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-41781 Steve Fisher Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:12:38 +0000 http://www.venturefiles.com/2007/02/02/is-the-cult-of-apple-really-a-cult-part-1/#comment-41781 Football teams. That is an interesting and apt analogy. So it is more like Fanatic than cultist. With the Superbowl this weekend, it is appropriate and worth a further analysis. -Steve Football teams. That is an interesting and apt analogy.

So it is more like Fanatic than cultist.

With the Superbowl this weekend, it is appropriate and worth a further analysis.

-Steve

]]> By: David Dennis http://technosailor.com/2007/02/02/is-the-cult-of-apple-really-a-cult-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-41780 David Dennis Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:51:25 +0000 http://www.venturefiles.com/2007/02/02/is-the-cult-of-apple-really-a-cult-part-1/#comment-41780 Many Apple sites have gone on at length in how poorly Apple is doing and what it needs to do to set things right. If Apple were truly a cult, the Holy Steve would smite these people with one blow of his Sacred Powerbo...um Macbook Pro! Many people have even, shocking as this may seem, criticised the Holy Steve himself, and somehow they have managed to dodge His wrath. Try criticising L Ron Hubbard to a member of the Church of Scientology and see how far you get :-). The Holy Steve does not require us to avoid those of other faiths, or force them to switch upon pain of His wrath. It is true that the Holy Steve is a control freak, and at his Sacred Gatherings members of other faiths might feel a little out of place. But that's true in any gathering, not just those of cult members. I think Apple people are more like sports fans. Thye love their team but are not blind to its faults, and they will criticise it like crazy if its management seems to be failing. If the Apple Cult is one, it's pretty benign. All it expects us to do is buy its Sacred Products. A member of Scientology, on the other hand, is expected to break off friendships and even family ties with non-scientologists, and spend virtually without limit on Scientology services (which can cost tens of thousands of dollars a year). I do like to joke about worshipping the Holy Steve. This is definitely a testament to the appeal of Steve and Apple. But certainly if Steve told me that to be a true Steveologist I would have to participate in weird life-endangering rituals and confess all my secrets to Apple Store employees in the Church of Steve, I'd leave the cult right away. So no, except as a funny joke, Apple's not a cult. I'm not asking you to discontinue this series - I hope you continue it. But in paralell to it, people should understand that joining a real cult is not a laughing matter. Hope that interested you. D My old Scientology pages - http://www.amazing.com/scientology/ - have some links to information about the organization and why it is so bad to be in their clutches. Many Apple sites have gone on at length in how poorly Apple is doing and what it needs to do to set things right. If Apple were truly a cult, the Holy Steve would smite these people with one blow of his Sacred Powerbo…um Macbook Pro!

Many people have even, shocking as this may seem, criticised the Holy Steve himself, and somehow they have managed to dodge His wrath.

Try criticising L Ron Hubbard to a member of the Church of Scientology and see how far you get :-).

The Holy Steve does not require us to avoid those of other faiths, or force them to switch upon pain of His wrath.

It is true that the Holy Steve is a control freak, and at his Sacred Gatherings members of other faiths might feel a little out of place. But that’s true in any gathering, not just those of cult members.

I think Apple people are more like sports fans. Thye love their team but are not blind to its faults, and they will criticise it like crazy if its management seems to be failing.

If the Apple Cult is one, it’s pretty benign. All it expects us to do is buy its Sacred Products.

A member of Scientology, on the other hand, is expected to break off friendships and even family ties with non-scientologists, and spend virtually without limit on Scientology services (which can cost tens of thousands of dollars a year).

I do like to joke about worshipping the Holy Steve. This is definitely a testament to the appeal of Steve and Apple. But certainly if Steve told me that to be a true Steveologist I would have to participate in weird life-endangering rituals and confess all my secrets to Apple Store employees in the Church of Steve, I’d leave the cult right away.

So no, except as a funny joke, Apple’s not a cult. I’m not asking you to discontinue this series – I hope you continue it. But in paralell to it, people should understand that joining a real cult is not a laughing matter.

Hope that interested you.

D

My old Scientology pages – http://www.amazing.com/scientology/ – have some links to information about the
organization and why it is so bad to be in their clutches.

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