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"A smashed toy isn?t entirely unprecedented, and some even pay for the honor, but we think this one ups all of that ? smashmyipod.com raised $400 to purchase a brand new iPod with video (hey Apple, when do we get to call it the video iPod, already?) and smash it to smithereens while actually inside the Apple store. They?ve filmed the event, and what we?re totally looking forward to right now seeing the look on some of those Apple Store employees? faces as it went down. Anyone else got odds that the video will be scored to the soundtrack from the opening sequence of 2001?"

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http://smashmyipod.com/


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What a bunch of idiots.

What do Apple care.. they got their $400 and its one less warranty possibility to have to worry about. If anything you've done them a favour rather than making any sort of point. Congratulations.

Might have been better spent sending aid to the millions of displaced people in Pakistan, or the countless thousands who've had their lives ruined in New Orleans, etc etc..

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Wow, did they expect the sales guys to say "Wow, our prducts really must be crap. Quick, fix them all", or did they get the reaction "Right, OK. Shame you guys did that, cos you could have sold it or whatever. Retards!"?

And they pulled a switch-er-oonie! That is not a new video iPod they smash. So basically they got a bunch of guys to upgrade their iPod for them FREE. Maybe they ain't so dumb...

Either way, this whole thing of mixing idiocy with taking a stand works much better when it's performed by intelligent people rather than idiots. There is no irony to this, and you can imagine the only people laughing at this are themselves. And yeah, they are trying to do prank videos like Dom Jolly, except he's funny.

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