It is straight amazing to me that no one in the ad process at Apple said, "now hold on a second..."

@quinn they knew exactly what they were doing. They wanted the backlash, that's what makes a good impactful ad

@forestjohnson i don't think this is going to sell ipads, i think it's going to embarrass people to be seen with that ipad

@quinn it got you to talk about iPad. Normally we would just want to forget about that stuff but ads violently force themselves on us and force us to think about product x.

Ads are a way to manipulate culture, manipulate people. This ad is trying to occupy as much space as possible in the current cultural zeitgeist... It seems obvious to me, lol.

I really think you don't understand advertising... Its not logical, it excludes critical thinking and instead operates on peoples subconscious level, because the scientific evidence shows that its more effective to drive sales. That any publicity is good publicity for companies and their products. Car ads don't say "this is a good reliable car", they say "you will be popular and sexy in this car". "With this car, you will belong".

Apple has been doing this shit for 10+ years.. If people who " get it " are going to ditch apple, they already did IMO. I think you underestimate how much power apple has over their customer base.

@quinn they are trolling. Its inflammatory nonsense on purpose because they just want to get under everyone's skin so they can occupy mindspace and solidify their position as top dog in that market