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post #41 of 73
6/12/09 at 4:23pm
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Originally Posted by Seahawk Fan 2 View Post

I owned the original iPhone & the 3G. I don't whine because I can't afford it, I whine because Apple has for the 3G and the 3G s given very little in the upgrade arena.

The features of 3.0 bring the phone up to other contenders (I don't need to hear about how great the browser is I own the phone).

The fact that Apple is now saying if I upgrade and I wan't the new features of disk space and find my phone I now have to purchase Mobile Me (stab again with no lube).

Mobile Me's trial period was a disaster, has no features you can't get for free and I wouldn't get near the use out of it being a PC user.

I Bitch because I'm tired of Apple telling me what I need. I do need multi tasking.
I'm reading an article in AP and I get a phone call or email. I take the phone call and I have to relaunch AP find the article again and find out where I left off then start reading again. There are countless situations like this that have turned me off about the entire operating system that have pushed me into moving on.

Even if I was able to get the 32gb for $299 I wouldn't.

I will move on to another vendor. The apps that I use frequently are available on WinMo, Android & Pre's Web OS (and there are very few I use and none are paid apps).

So look at it on the bright side. After my iPhone contract runs out I'll have no reason to Bitch in the Forum anymore under any usesr name.

On the other hand when the current 3G user contract runs out the 3G s users will be Bitching that they don't get the new phone next July when they add something stellar like 2 compasses that you need to be logged into Mobile Me 2 to take advantage of.

I gather that if you could read, you would understand that I wasn't referring to you. UFA.
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post #42 of 73
6/12/09 at 4:40pm
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Originally Posted by Abster2core View Post

I gather that if you could read, you would understand that I wasn't referring to you. UFA.

Your quote was

"If this sight is any indication, the majority of whiners and the loudest ones, like trolls such as teckstud, don't own an iphone."

Oh I understand now...

I can whine and bitch and be called Troll and many other names by Blind Faith Apple Sheep but because I have owned both iPhones I don't meet your immediate definition of Whiner, Troll or Bitcher.

Thanks for the clarification or did i misinterpret your quote? Not sure, as you’ve pointed out “I can’t read”.

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I also don't speak acronyms so I don't have a clue what UFA is.
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post #43 of 73
6/12/09 at 5:16pm
You can read the results of my study after you send me the discounted for today only cost of $500!!!

76.4% of Appleinsider whiners complain about having to pay for data because wireless is everywhere and they don't need/use it and it doesn't work anyway.

79.7% of Appleinsider whiners complain about not being able to use their slingbox over 3G.


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If this sight is any indication, the majority of whiners and the loudest ones, like trolls such as teckstud, don't own an iphone.

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post #44 of 73
6/12/09 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by Fast Fred 1 View Post

iPhone users are richer, younger, and dam good looking perhaps even more productive at work than those who use competing smartphones, according to a new study released Friday.

That sounds about right!

I am so hot. I have a Mirror app for my iPhone so I can look at myself in the screen.
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post #45 of 73
6/12/09 at 5:34pm
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Originally Posted by Seahawk Fan 2 View Post

Your quote was

"If this sight is any indication, the majority of whiners and the loudest ones, like trolls such as teckstud, don't own an iphone."

Oh I understand now...

I can whine and bitch and be called Troll and many other names by Blind Faith Apple Sheep but because I have owned both iPhones I don't meet your immediate definition of Whiner, Troll or Bitcher.

Thanks for the clarification or did i misinterpret your quote? Not sure, as you’ve pointed out “I can’t read”.

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I also don't speak acronyms so I don't have a clue what UFA is.

So, am I to understand that you don't own an iPhone? Or do you?

As you said,
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…So look at it on the bright side. After my iPhone contract runs out I'll have no reason to Bitch in the Forum anymore under any usesr name.

And, if you do, my original statement was not referring to you.
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post #46 of 73
6/12/09 at 5:38pm
Abster and Seahawk should just hug it out.
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post #47 of 73
6/12/09 at 5:48pm
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Originally Posted by Abster2core View Post

So, am I to understand that you don't own an iPhone? Or do you?

As you said,

And, if you do, my original statement was not referring to you.

Typo on my part. I do own an iPhone and have owned both.
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post #48 of 73
6/12/09 at 5:56pm
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Originally Posted by nikon133 View Post

So what is next? British Queen is driving in Rolse Royce..?

Her Majesty drives a Range Rover.

If she's in a Roller, someone else is driving!
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post #49 of 73
6/12/09 at 6:16pm
These are just early adopter stats, I bet they wouild be the same for HDTV vs SDTV purchases in 1999-2004, betamax purchasers in 1980s, it takes a reasonably decent income to early adopt tech, it also takes a pretty good income to justify a near-$100 bill for 450 minutes and data...it aint cheap, and if you are making under 35K per year, you likely cant afford it unless you have room mates or something, sorry, that is just the fact.

Education doesnt lead you to buy the iphone, education typacly gives you a bigger salary...that is the difference maker...it is all about the Benjamins.
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post #50 of 73
6/12/09 at 7:03pm
It is one of the most expensive phones .... hope they can afford it. Many broke contracts from other carriers. If family plans are involved, it can really cost. Canceling Sprint plus buying one IPhone and two Blackberrys was about $1200. I love my iphone, and I love that my wife and daughter have internet & GPS. Getting a smartphone is like when you got a cell phone for the first time - you wonder how you did without!
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post #51 of 73
6/12/09 at 7:29pm
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Originally Posted by ulfoaf View Post

It is one of the most expensive phones .... hope they can afford it. Many broke contracts from other carriers. If family plans are involved, it can really cost. Canceling Sprint plus buying one IPhone and two Blackberrys was about $1200. I love my iphone, and I love that my wife and daughter have internet & GPS. Getting a smartphone is like when you got a cell phone for the first time - you wonder how you did without!

Since this is an Apple site I just have to ask...

You broke your contract and Bought 1 Phone & 2 Blackberry's? Why not just 3 iPhone 3GS's?
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post #52 of 73
6/12/09 at 7:42pm
I am sending this article to all my friends...

:P
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post #53 of 73
6/12/09 at 8:51pm
I have to completely agree with the title. Iphone users are in a class by themselves.

The rest eh.

Owning the iphone is like putting a huge post it note on your forehead, that lets everyone know.

Know what is only something non-iphone users are in the know about.

If only the rest of life was so easy, and had everything so clearly stamped.
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post #54 of 73
6/12/09 at 9:10pm
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider View Post

iPhone users are more educated and affluent.

Agreed. But does that mean buying one will increase your IQ?
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post #55 of 73
6/12/09 at 9:33pm
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Originally Posted by Seahawk Fan 2 View Post

I owned the original iPhone & the 3G. I don't whine because I can't afford it, I whine because Apple has for the 3G and the 3G s given very little in the upgrade arena.

The features of 3.0 bring the phone up to other contenders (I don't need to hear about how great the browser is I own the phone).

The fact that Apple is now saying if I upgrade and I wan't the new features of disk space and find my phone I now have to purchase Mobile Me (stab again with no lube).

Mobile Me's trial period was a disaster, has no features you can't get for free and I wouldn't get near the use out of it being a PC user.

I Bitch because I'm tired of Apple telling me what I need. I do need multi tasking.
I'm reading an article in AP and I get a phone call or email. I take the phone call and I have to relaunch AP find the article again and find out where I left off then start reading again. There are countless situations like this that have turned me off about the entire operating system that have pushed me into moving on.

Even if I was able to get the 32gb for $299 I wouldn't.

I will move on to another vendor. The apps that I use frequently are available on WinMo, Android & Pre's Web OS (and there are very few I use and none are paid apps).

So look at it on the bright side. After my iPhone contract runs out I'll have no reason to Bitch in the Forum anymore under any usesr name.

On the other hand when the current 3G user contract runs out the 3G s users will be Bitching that they don't get the new phone next July when they add something stellar like 2 compasses that you need to be logged into Mobile Me 2 to take advantage of.

It is true that with the 3GS the iPhone will catch up in speed to my HTC running windows and HSDPA. However, there has never been a better phone ap on a smart phone than the one on all iPhones. Let's just face facts that the iPhone is a great product and we are willing to pay for it. See you in line like last year. :-)
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post #56 of 73
6/12/09 at 9:45pm
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider View Post

iPhone users are richer, younger, and perhaps even more productive at work than those who use competing smartphones, according to a new study released Friday.

I'm no longer wealthy thanks to the Dot-Com-Bomb but very rich in Spirit.

I'm 62 but look 50 and listen to Techno Trance Trip-Hop Ambient Buddha Chill Lounge Electronica Dance music all the time like few in my age bracket. Eelke Kleijn is my favorite DJ and I think his 2 hour "Outside The Box" Podcasts on iTunes are Sick.

Work? What's that? I guess there are exceptions to every survey's conclusions.

Anyway I do know I am in a class by myself 'cause I have no life. But i love my new Black 32GB iPhone 3GS like it's my new girlfriend - which I also don't have.

See y'all at the Palo Alto Store Wednesday afternoon for our annual sit in. She'll be fresh off the UPS truck inside for me to pick her up Friday morning so I have to be first in line to be sure I don't keep her waiting.

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2.6GHz 6GB 17"HD LED MBP, Sony 52XBR6 HDTV
EyeTV 500, Hybrid 2G, EyeTV 3 HDTV Recorder
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post #57 of 73
6/13/09 at 2:09am
used to do lot of these surveys; and I always lied just about everything to match the criteria to get in (they'd wisely written in the invitation what they were looking for). $10 amazon gc for 20 mins of "work" was worth it for a while.

just how accurate these so called studies are...
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post #58 of 73
6/13/09 at 6:35am
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used to do lot of these surveys; and I always lied just about everything to match the criteria to get in (they'd wisely written in the invitation what they were looking for). $10 amazon gc for 20 mins of "work" was worth it for a while.

just how accurate these so called studies are...

Not to mention out of date. The article mentions it was a long time in the making ... this market is changing exponentially so the only valid report was done yesterday!
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post #59 of 73
6/13/09 at 7:51am
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Not to mention out of date. The article mentions it was a long time in the making ... this market is changing exponentially so the only valid report was done yesterday!

Not necessarily.

Research of this type is not 'mickey mouse'. It takes considerable resources and time to formulate, execute and compile. They are not for the average person or consumer, but for companies who are heavily invested in the subject matter.

The findings may be obvious to some, but not for many or necessarily accurately interpreted. Just look at some of the comments here. Not everybody is in total agreement and some commentaries or opposing opinions are completely ludicrous.

Companies like Apple, Microsoft, etc., conduct and/or buy research of this magnitude because they can't just rely on street talk from such rumor sites as this. As is evidenced, visitors here are repetitive, seldom change opinions or acknowledge being corrected or such even when proven wrong. More importantly, the number of unique visitors is extremely small. The same ten to 20 registered visitors does not a representative board of plausible consultants make.

Although it may be construed that the data is 'late', it should be understood that this is not the only study being conducted or relied upon. Companies compare the findings to their own internal reports and use them to monitor trends. As a consequence, it is the whole of the effort that helps ensure their accuracy and usefulness, as well as their value in the creation of a companies' strategic product development, marketing and sales plans, long and short term.
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post #60 of 73
6/13/09 at 8:18am
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Originally Posted by majortom1981 View Post

I dont think this is a good survey. What did they count as the mobile web? I have a smartphone and dont use the actual web that much but remote into work via remote desktop on the phone , use map software that accesses the web and youtube apps and things like that but dont access a web broswer that much.

I am a windows mobile smartphone user who preordered the iphone.

I see a lot of people who wouldnt normally have a smartphone with an iphone but i dont think the states are right on blackberry and windows mobile smartphone users.



be CAUSE you don;t fit the mold does not ruin this survey. ]32000 people were surveyed. What proof can you offer saying this a bad survey. And online is online whether a browser is used or not. Just stop feeling bad about your self dude . There are a few smart non iphone people out there. Go out today and buy the iphone.


BE one of us .
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post #61 of 73
6/13/09 at 8:28am
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Originally Posted by Seahawk Fan 2 View Post

Your quote was

"If this sight is any indication, the majority of whiners and the loudest ones, like trolls such as teckstud, don't own an iphone."

Oh I understand now...

I can whine and bitch and be called Troll and many other names by Blind Faith Apple Sheep but because I have owned both iPhones I don't meet your immediate definition of Whiner, Troll or Bitcher.

Thanks for the clarification or did i misinterpret your quote? Not sure, as youve pointed out I cant read.

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I also don't speak acronyms so I don't have a clue what UFA is.

Dude you area classic troll. You hate apple yet you buy apple products. Consider how hard it is to get banned from a site that has advertising on it . ? Yet you got banned. Sometimes you come here and whine about made up stuff.Next day you mister nice guy ?? We see that anytime you come here you are very negative about apple. Why bother ?? Only trolls do this.

Most people here discuss apple products . pro and con.
You come here to start fights and flame people.
The good news is admin will contact your ISP next time you lose your cool.
You will lose all rights on the internet.
You will have been deemed a nut case.
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post #62 of 73
6/13/09 at 9:15am
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Originally Posted by Seahawk Fan 2 View Post

Since this is an Apple site I just have to ask...

You broke your contract and Bought 1 Phone & 2 Blackberry's? Why not just 3 iPhone 3GS's?

I was the iPhone luster. Wife didn't like no keyboard & smudges (yes, some people make decisions based on smudges!) - I talked her into a smartphone - Jitterbug was more her speed. Daughter already had a Touch and wanted to try a BB. They like the BBs. They are nice phones, but iPhone is more my style.
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post #63 of 73
6/13/09 at 12:53pm
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Originally Posted by krispie View Post

Her Majesty drives a Range Rover.

If she's in a Roller, someone else is driving!

Well I did say Her Majesty is driving in RR - not Her Majesty is driving RR.

But I wouldn't expect her to drive Ranger on her own, anyway... is she?
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post #64 of 73
6/13/09 at 3:16pm
...it's a very flawed study. And, that doesn't mean I have a problem with any implications, they're just based on bad data.
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post #65 of 73
6/13/09 at 3:31pm
I realize this is an Apple Fanboy site. Heck I own a MBP and own 4 iphones that are used by my employees. But to say that people who use an iphone are more productive than those on a Crackberry....well, that's just plain Bull Sheet. Business email is much easier today on a Crackberry than on a iphone. I have seen people on a Crackberry type much, much faster and with fewer errors than on an iphone. The key business apps exist on both platforms. And measuring productivity is massively subjective to begin with.

What next, iphone people are prettier, smarter, have better breath? Come on, Appleinsider. Grow up. You are beginning to sound like FoxNews to post an article to support your point of view to make you and your readers feel better about themselves.

You should be embarrassed to have even posted this BS on your web site.


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post #66 of 73
6/13/09 at 6:24pm
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I realize this is an Apple Fanboy site. Heck I own a MBP and own 4 iphones that are used by my employees. But to say that people who use an iphone are more productive than those on a Crackberry....well, that's just plain Bull Sheet. Business email is much easier today on a Crackberry than on a iphone. I have seen people on a Crackberry type much, much faster and with fewer errors than on an iphone. The key business apps exist on both platforms. And measuring productivity is massively subjective to begin with.

What next, iphone people are prettier, smarter, have better breath? Come on, Appleinsider. Grow up. You are beginning to sound like FoxNews to post an article to support your point of view to make you and your readers feel better about themselves.

You should be embarrassed to have even posted this BS on your web site.



Hey look! It's one of those "take it from me I have 20 Macs and Apple sucks!" first time posters that we seem to get so many of! That are so persuasive and authentic seeming!

Guess what? The article is citing a Forrester Research study, so if you want to go rail at them for being "fan boys", why don't you go do that instead of registering at a discussion board that mentioned it to explain how they're all full of shit and what not?
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post #67 of 73
6/13/09 at 7:33pm
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Hey look! It's one of those "take it from me I have 20 Macs and Apple sucks!" first time posters that we seem to get so many of! That are so persuasive and authentic seeming!

Guess what? The article is citing a Forrester Research study, so if you want to go rail at them for being "fan boys", why don't you go do that instead of registering at a discussion board that mentioned it to explain how they're all full of shit and what not?


First time poster....on this board, very active poster on Macrumors. My point, King of the Fanboys, was that it was a weak study, which others stated, and that it was a gratuitous article worthy of FoxNews. i was quite surprised that ApplInsider, a excelent source of Apple info, stooped to such an article. It must be a slow news day...

The fact that you made it personal speaks volumes of your bullying tactics and your intellectual capabilities. And along those same lines, I was lmao when I read what others said about you on your profile.
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post #68 of 73
6/13/09 at 8:31pm
Oh noes, I've been called a fan boy by a none to bright douchebag. Whatever shall I do. Wait, what's this? An ignore button? Cool!
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post #69 of 73
6/13/09 at 10:07pm
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Originally Posted by ulfoaf View Post

I was the iPhone luster. Wife didn't like no keyboard & smudges (yes, some people make decisions based on smudges!) - I talked her into a smartphone - Jitterbug was more her speed. Daughter already had a Touch and wanted to try a BB. They like the BBs. They are nice phones, but iPhone is more my style.

No offense, but your wife needs to wash her hands more often!

(Or she can just take an iPhone and rinse it by holding it under a slow stream of water at the kitchen sink. If she's downloaded "Waterboarding" from the App Store, it'll make strangled gurgling sounds for Dick Cheney's amusement.)

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post #70 of 73
6/15/09 at 6:04am
This is the most retarded thing I've ever read.

So one of the most popular, coolest, and expensive phones is in the hands of people making more than 70k a year!? NO WAI! Everyone who owns an iPhone is automatically a delicate genius!

Seriously gay to post this article.
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post #71 of 73
6/15/09 at 6:56am
"The research suggests that an employee with an iPhone could be more productive: Those who carry Apples handheld device are more likely to stay connected to their employers network. Workers with an iPhone also usually leave their laptop at work, suggesting the phone essentially replaces the need for a traditional full-form mobile computer.
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Give me a break!!! I am also sure they are more attractive, not over weight, and have great teeth.

iphone replace a mobile computer, is like saying that a pair of shoes replaces a car.

Let's keep our immaginations in the realm of this solar system please.
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post #72 of 73
6/15/09 at 3:46pm
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Fitter, happier, more productive, comfortable, not drinking too much, regular exercise at the gym

aahhh OK Computer, they were at their best back then!
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post #73 of 73
6/15/09 at 4:30pm
I'm poor and I don't have one. And I'm less productive at work. Why? I keep looking at the iPhone and the new features and drooling!
I'm going to pinch pennies and bite bullet and get one in two months. So excited....

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Hey look! It's one of those "take it from me I have 20 Macs and Apple sucks!" first time posters that we seem to get so many of!



Awesome. That's like an inside joke for Apple dorks and AI regulars.

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Well, my patients certainly skew the data. I work at a federally funded free clinic where everyone is on welfare (not kidding) and just about every mom that I see (Pediatrics is one of my Board certifications) has an iPhone. I can't even afford an iPhone!

Baby mamas keeping Apple afloat!

No kidding. Gotta love those people who are perfectly fit to work, sitting around collecting welfare and they have a nicer car than us working folks, nicer phone than us working folks. I am already getting old and bitter and cynical. Yay! Don't worry, it's probably not the welfare money though. It's probably the money from dealing drugs to middle schoolers.
At least I'm gettin' an iPhone...that's definitely worth working a few weekends a year on extra stuff!
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