This is something that has irked me for awhile.
I’m sick of kids that I know thinking they’re ‘the shit’ because they just purchased a Mac. I know you’re excited. I know you’re totally in awe of the shiny casing. I know that when you close it, you love how ‘cute’ the little light on the front of the Mac is because it looks like its “sleeping”. It’s okay to embrace the love that the apple gives you. In fact, it might be okay to fondle it a little bit at night. Just a little though, not too much fondling.
But it is not okay to act like a complete Mac-asshole.
Everyone knows who I’m talking about. I’m talking about the smug asshole who purposely takes pictures of himself, holding up his Mac in front of a mirror, and then uses Photo Booth to take a picture of himself with his Mac, and then puts it on facebook as his profile picture. The worst part is that he’s giving some sort of smile/look that just says, “Worship me, for I have a Mac! Accept me into your elite club, Mac-ies!” He’s the guy who wants you to see his facebook status that says, “I got a new mac!!11!!!11 OMGZZZ” and then changes his status every twenty minutes to say, “OMGZZZZ!111!! i GoT a NeW MaC!!!!11!” So literally, all he did was switch around the two ’sentences’ (if you can call them sentences), just to emphasize that he got a Mac.
Of course, all of this has a purpose. He wants you to be aware of his new Mac, and he does this by spamming your ‘Status Feed’ on facebook so that you will go to his profile just to look at his amazing mac on his newly changed profile picture. But, just incase that you didn’t see his facebook status spam, he will get a spot on the News Feed under the “35 of your friends have changed this profile picture” category, and for some odd reason that kids profile picture is always the one that shows up as one of the ‘random select few’ that shows up as being changed, and you will be constantly reminded of him ‘being the shit’.
And what do people do? They follow it. They’ll post on the picture saying, “Omg! You got a Mac! I wish I was that lucky to get one, you’re so amazing!” No, that person isn’t. In fact, you’re commenting on a person’s picture that you told me you hated. Why are you worshiping this guy because he has a Mac now? He’s still the same guy! He’s the same guy who told you in school that you were a moron because you didn’t know what the “gold standard” meant and because you didn’t understand why the “White Fleet in Okinawa” was important. People who just suddenly change personality/opinions about other individuals just because of objects doesn’t make sense to me. It reminds me of when jerks who used to have have rare POGS were idolized for having them. They’re pieces of flimsy cardboard for pete’s sake! It doesn’t mean you can just be a jackass and step on my POGS because yours are holographic and expect to be bowed down to! Nor does owning a Mac make you any better than anyone else so quit acting like it.
Seriously, why do we care?
…Yeah, I own a Mac.
