“The first Apple iPhones hit US shops tomorrow and their arrival has thrown the spotlight on the fanatical and burgeoning movement known as the iCult. Already iPilgrims are queuing outside the Apple temple in Manhattan’s 5th Avenue to be the first to own the holy handset,” Robert Shrimsley writes for The Financial Times.
“The iPhone is the latest ‘cool tool’ from the mind of Steve Jobs. The self-styled techno-prophet appears to believers in a black polo neck at mass religious gatherings known as MacWorld, with revelations of ways they can part with their money,” Shrimsley writes. “At first, the iCultists were seen as a harmless tech-heads who droned on about their Macs, but of late they have adopted a sinister, evangelical tone.”
“It’s easy to spot iCultists. They can be seen in crowds showing off the features of their iPod or bleating on about the user-friendly, ‘almost intuitive’ features on their laptop. ‘Once you’ve tried Mac, there’s no going back,’ they say,” Shrimsley writes.
“With the iPhone, Jobs has taken the iCult to the next level with a sleek, new piece of kit about which to evangelise. Smoking may soon be banned but every boozer will be filled with passive smugness as local iCultists show off the handset’s array of dazzling but pointless features,” Shrimsley writes.
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Shrimsley displays many classic signs of Stockholm Syndrome and Cognitive Dissonance:
• Negative feelings by the victim toward family, friends, or authorities trying to rescue/support them or win their release
• Inability to engage in behaviors that may assist in their release or detachment
• Seeking to reduce information or opinions that make him or her uncomfortable
Don’t hate ignorant lemmings like Shrimsley who viciously and blindly lash out at things and people that threaten the comfort of their limited world view; pity them. They have been abused by Microsoft and other purveyors of mediocrity so hard and for so long that they cannot accept that others are free and happy. Fearful sufferers like Shrimsley subconsciously want everyone to enter into their hell in the vain hope that it will somehow help to reduce their misery. Shrimsley and others like him are obviously in a sad, sad state.
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MacDailyNews Note: Fellow cultists, the annual cult of Apple indoctrination will be held at Apple and AT&T company-owned retail stores tomorrow, June 29, at 6pm local time. Don’t miss your chance at enlightenment! Following the event, we’ll all hop into the vans and go door to door selling iTunes Gift Cards, watching iPhone ads on our iPhones, and soliciting Windows to Mac switchers. As usual, the Kool-aid reception is planned for midnight – all are welcome. Do not forget your robes!