“Search for the word ‘iPod’ on New York’s craigslist classified ads and you open a fascinating window into the psyche of the city. Naturally, a revealing search isn’t conducted in the ‘for sale’ section, which simply brings up a pedestrian list of iPods for sale. A truly illuminating search must include the personal ads, which offer some insight into the culture of iPods, but reveal more about the city,” Leander Kahney writes for Wired News. “…there are several ads offering ‘services’ in exchange for an iPod. A cute 19-year-old says, ‘I need $100 to buy an iPod and I’m horny. Simple as that.’ College girl Chloe makes a similar offer because she has bills to pay. ‘I bought lots of clothes, iPod and other things, and charged it to my credit card,’ she says. ‘I don’t want my dad to know.’ With admirable economy, a young gay man says simply that he’ll perform oral sex for an iPod.”
Kahney writes, “Many of the personal ads are ‘missed connections’ — lonely hearts trying to contact the attractive stranger they saw on the subway or in the coffee shop. ‘Where are you my iPod man?’ asks the tall Asian girl with glasses seeking a 6-foot-tall Hispanic male. ‘I asked you about your iPod with the blue cover, and you just went on ranting about how iPod is the invention of the century,’ she writes. ‘You did not notice I was looking into your hazel eyes!'”
“It should be noted that similar searches on craigslist in San Francisco, Los Angeles or London fail to return anywhere near the volume of posts, or anything like the same results,” Kahney writes. “The only posts of note occur in California, where hitchhikers looking for rides promise to bring an iPod and ‘take care of the tunes.'”
Full article here.
Once again…Apple changes the face of personal computing.
To do list:
1) Book flight to NYC
2) Go to ATM to get plenty of cash
3) Pack 30gig 3g iPod, iTrip, etc…
4) Have fun in the Big Apple
40GB 3G iPod seeks iPod mini for data transfer!
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http://homepage.mac.com/johnhood
this is getting silly…maybe we should stick to things that are sort of newsworthy.
to “what the ?”
– very much agreed…
Disagree. Once a while, we need to take a break from the political infightings, Microsoft bashing, WMA bashing, Microsoft bashing, Windos bashing, Microsoft bashing, etc. It is good to be silly from time to time.
Nobody, I agree.
“Looking for a female iPod to transfer gigs of info, among other things to transfer.”
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iSlut, you are off the chain. I think I need to book a flight to NYC too. I bet I would have the time of my life. LOL.
We New Yorkers know what we want and how to get it….
its really easy to judge, but u don’t know how much i NEEDED my pink mini!
i got a nice evening, dinner out AND AN IPOD and all it cost me was a couple bucks for mouthwash. he even let me keep the hankerchief i mopped up with.
i love my ipod and i’m not sorry at all
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A new best seller: 1001 fun things you can do with your iPod. >;-)
I think we have R.V. getting in on the act….
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/ers/26648904.html
There goes Mac Beth teasing again
NO stains on your dress girl? (Macbeth).
Stains? I always take off my blouse before performing oral ;D
iPod? iPod?…. hmmmmmm ….. Yahasa – we used to have devices like that back in ‘ol Arkansas – ‘cept we called it Jack Daniels.
iPod. Funny name… but, does it moisten cigars?
I FEEL your pain, darlin’.
Mac Beth, it took that much mouthwash? What, don’t you swallow?
of course i do, heck for an ipod i lick my fingers like ive been eating ribs!
:p